Skip to content

France – People

September 10, 2014

Here are a few pictures of people we know, people we have met or just people seen

God, I love coming to the market for breakfast

God, I love coming to the market for breakfast

Would you buy true french cheese from this vendor?

Would you buy French cheese from this vendor?

OK - so I smoke a lot. I'm French

OK – so I smoke a lot. I’m French

I'm coming, I'm coming.  A waiter we got to recognize in Sete

I’m coming, I’m coming. A waiter we got to recognize in Sete

Oh yes.

Oh yes. That looks good

Yes, I'm French.  Why do you ask?

Yes, I’m French. Why do you ask?

Bonjour

Bonjour

I tired for the role of Lisbeth Salander but that was a while ago

Can you repeat that.

Can you repeat that.

Add a caption

I’m thinking

Stunning

In deep conversation

A beautific moment

A beatific moment

Gite St. Marie - Connie, owner and Dave

Gite St. Marie – Connie, owner and Dave

And a few who came to visit

Eveleyne, Sue, Connie and Herve

Eveleyne, Sue, Connie and Herve – all sailing friends

OK - I booked for Hawaii so how did I end up in Carcassonne

“OK – I booked for Hawaii so how did I end up in Saissac” Petko and Sammie from London, England

Connie, Petko and Sammie

Connie, Petko and Sammie

Leslie, Connie and Dave

Leslie, Connie and Dave – all here to bicycle

Connie and Sue

Connie and Sue, our flat mate

 

 

 

 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Aren’t we having fun.

 

 And then there are the sea stories and here below are some sailing friends we last saw 20 years ago. Christiane and Jacqueline are back in France and have their boat in Fromentine, Barre de Monts, a short distance from their home

Visiting old sailing friends onboard Maris Stella

Visiting old sailing friends onboard Maris Stella

Connie and Jacqueline onboard Maris Stella

Connie and Jacqueline onboard Maris Stella

Christiane and Connie onboard Maris Stella

Christiane and Connie onboard Maris Stella

So much to catch up on with lots of sea stories, recommendations of where to go and what to do.

Solid friends

Solid friends

4 Comments leave one →
  1. Jamie Furlong permalink
    September 11, 2014 01:47

    Love the street portraits. More please! Who is the odd-looking guy in photo 20? Looks dodgy as hell to me. I know you’re well traveled but please be careful of these shady types.

    • September 11, 2014 05:35

      That’s gumpy cat 2. And totally untrustworthy

      Tony Gibb

      06-29-62-7601

  2. Annie Boldt permalink
    September 12, 2014 12:11

    I would say from the look of your ‘solid friends’ that they both look a little ‘tanked’. Ha!
    Annie B.

  3. October 23, 2014 16:32

    Tony, I really enjoy your portraits. They can be so difficult to get! Well done.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

%d bloggers like this: