Now where did I park my TARDIS?

Finally got around to watching the DW Christmas Special. It was good but I still miss some of the simplicity that was there in the original series. I miss Five and Teagan looking a guy dressed in an alligator suit and screaming "oh my god, look at that horrible monster!" and Four and Sarah Jane being attacked by those robots that could shrink. And you can't forget the green slime and the weird underground maggots from Inferno, still the best Three episode ever even though I don't quite like Liz. I'm kind of looking forward to the next series though, I want to see Eleven ditch the bow tie and put on the cowboy hat! (or wait, is that a spoiler? Surely that can't be... can it? I'm so out of that fandom these days I don't even know what a real spoiler for DW is anymore) And in other news, yesterday lacked a bit of sunshine... hopefully there will some today. Till then there is this:

(Sunshine, even during the autumn. Zenit. Redscale.) ( +4 - some sunshine, some flowers, some trees )

Les choses changent

The city is changing... it's strange.

(Marseille, not through a looking glass. Zenit. Redscale.)

We drove down Rue de la République the other day, I hadn't been there in a long time. I actually can't remember when was the last time I made it anywhere further than the town hall area around Vieux Port. They put a Starbucks there. Yes. In Marseille. Next thing you know the'll want to open some fancy tourist trap bar instead of OM Café on the port. But really that whole street is just too clean now, there are all these fancy huge shops... almost the same stuff you find on Rue St. Fé and Rue de Rome, yet the feeling is different. I suppose not many tourists would find walking along Rue St. Fé all that pleasing but that whole clean feeling isn't Marseille! Heck, yes, I don't like how busy those streets are but I'll take them on any day rather than what Rue de la République seems to have become. For those who didn't follow the whole Rue de la République deal, it's an old street that ends right on the Vieux Port and for a long time it was in a shabby state because the buildings are old and "old families" lived there. Then one day some really rich foreigners (from Texas iirc) and banks came, bought up all the façades, cleaned them, made a "clean" street and of course many of the people who used to live there could no longer afford it. But hey, now Marseille has a clean street where tourists from cruise ships can go shopping. Woopeedoo. Note: the above paragraph is my point of view, believe it as you see fit. (there is even a Wiki article on that street, but it's only in French, alas)

Better late than never!

Since I wasn't around when it was Christmas, Merry Belated Christmas to all those who celebrate it! Happy Festivus and happy holidays and happy whatever-you-celebrate! Here's a tad of the holiday decorations around here.

(On my door. December. Chinon. Agfa 200.)

And just this once I'll put a second photo above the cut because I really, really, really love how it came out and I can't pick my favourite from the one above and the one below. The one below was taken using the Chinon's multiple exposures option and I can honestly say that no digital photo I tried taking of those bulbs ever came out so well. The only problem is that now I can't remember which photo I took first.

(Twice the fun. December. Chinon. Agfa 200.) ( +3 - more fun and christmasy things )