An Occasional Thought or Photo

Not too far off the highway between Zurich and Bern is the small town of Bienne or Biel.  It is officially a bi-lingual town, so it has a French name and a German name.  I was in Bienne (feeling French right now) to visit the Swiss regulator of radio frequencies (for work not personal interests).  The regulator as well has a French name, OFCOM, and a German name, BAKOM.  It's almost like visiting two places at once.  Anyway, the town has a very quaint and well preserved old town.  As we arrived a bit early, I was able to do a little exploring.

I spent a weekend in Paris earlier this month.  While the weather was rainy and the bulk of my free time occupied with a sudden onset of Achilles tendinitis, I did manage one evening of exploring the Latin Quarter with camera in hand. I noticed at Notre Dame that the majority of people were not taking photographs of the famous cathedral, but rather of their friends and family with the cathedral in the background.  I refrained from doing the typical MySpace self-photo, complete with extended arm.