Post-Saidian fast food, Paris CDG
Paris, day 1
Cheese plate with hint of salad
Dreyfus, Jewish Museum, Paris
Flan #1
Dachshund crossing
Flan #2-Poilane
Cafe in St. Germain
Perfection
Not exactly street food, but why not?
Orientalist painting at the Musee D'Orsay
Chocolat chaud
"I had a pony," in Jardin du Luxembourg
Flan #3-Dalloyau
First Sarkozy wins, then this: the Americanization of France is complete!
Sarkozy Day 1
Pastry in Passy
Why not le mien???
And off to Belgium
Jo in the Brussels station
Don't be fooled by the language and the rooftops, this is not the Netherlands!
Winding street, Tienen
Tienen
Feigned lack of interest in pastries
Jo's elegant European family!
Cute cars, double vowels, and frites: we made it to Belgium
Proustian cafe, Brussels
Bag with built-in dachshund
Brussels, near the museum. First (failed) attempt to see the Flemish Primitives.
These trees are each the height of the average Belgian. In America, Jo is quite tall.
St. Gery, fabulous hair
Note Aaron Berlin look-alike in the background
St. Gery
Beautiful mall
Puppy!
Jo in the Palais de Justice, pretending to be there for more than just a look at the fabulous interiors.
Jo, me, and Brussels
Cafe post-Palais de Justice
Tourist attraction pees on Jo's head!
Absolutely vital
Salade Nicoise, Brussels
The brothers dig in
Rice pudding tart, or effectively flan #4
Twins
Antwerp, with poster for long-baby art exhibition
Angels, Antwerp
Long baby, Antwerp: tragically the Flemish Primitives were under repairs in Brussels and too popular to get tickets to see in Antwerp.
Cafe, post-failed attempt to look at long-baby paintings, Antwerp
Art nouveau
England?
America?
Switzerland?
Scandinavia?
Boortmeerbeek
Interesting tart size:person size ratio...
Rice tarts aren't for everyone.
Flan on the train
At Leuven's library
Leuven city hall
Statue of Erasmus on Jodenstraat, Leuven
"Les Flamands," Brussels
Alitalia strike: normal planes replaced by model ones
Tel Aviv, in the shade
A concert I wish I'd seen?
The first of many such stops: cafe on Ahad Ha'am
Happy to be in Tel Aviv, land of the iced blended coffee
Francophilic Zionism?
Yes, I could live in Tel Aviv if need be...
These flag-string-things were everywhere. The smiley-face-bottle signs, not so much.
Tayelet
Een schaap, and two Israelis on bikes.
How very "Wallpaper"
No comment.
Jo at the Tel Aviv port.
Me, also at the Tel Aviv port.
Fear not, one of them was mine.
Cafe at the port
Contemporary art at Comme il faut, again at the port
More Comme il faut
Comme il faut boutique
Quite the Aroma.
Two brilliant men, and some womenswear.
Shine cafe
Near the Tel Aviv museum
Also near the museum; possibly apartments?
A moment of Belgian pride.
Schwarma: best when not examined up close.
Aside from me, women do not eat at this schwarma stand, nor at schwarma stands in general. Why not?
Cafe stop.
Mmm.
This photo was inevitable.
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Jo and Tel Aviv!
Street cat in paradise.
Beachfront cafe.
Jo looking glamorous. Unidentified woman in background.
Again, not sure who the woman behind me is, but anyhow, this is me enjoying a tiny beer in the most amazing place ever.
Sheinkin
Carmel Market (?)
Debonair
Minimalist-ish fashion, Tel Aviv
At the port
Hotel Basel: references can be made to either the Zionist Congress or a certain Mr. Fawlty.
Evening, Ibn Gvirol.
Salade Nicoise, at Brasserie.
Merguez! Also Brasserie.
At last, profiteroles
Pourquoi pas?
Globalization
Best falafel ever, near Dizengoff.
Debonairport
