les poissons frais

Each morning there is a fish market at the Vieux Port in Marseille where the fishermen sell their catch of the day. This is where you buy all the different types of fish for the famous Bouillabaisse.

le tour de france!

The Tour de France raced through Montpellier today. My photos weren't up to much. They went past so incredibly fast I kept on missing the focus. Also it was so thrilling it was a shame to take photos. Better to clap and cheer them on!

summer fruit & le corbusier

There's not much in common between summer fruit and Le Corbusier. However, I have been enjoying this fruit from my neighbour's garden and imagining what it must have been like to find this furniture.
What a scoop!

skandium

Skandium is one of my favourite shops and it's on my regular list of places to visit when I'm in London. I walk around planning what I'd buy if I won the lottery!
On my last visit I found these little thorsten van elten door stoppers. They come in an array of colours and I came away very happy without having spent a fortune!
I've been looking for a clever design to stop the wind slamning the doors shut in our apartment. It's also much neater than the random piles of books we've used previously.
The story of this designer is over here.

menton

It's a few weeks ago since I went to Menton, taking the local bus from Nice around the coast to the Italian border. All for the princely sum of 1€!
I went specifically to find Katherine Mansfield's house and was lucky enough to find the writer in residence at her desk there.