Montmartre, Paris. Sunny morning in October.
Have you ever seen “The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain”? No? You definitely should. This is the metro station, Amélie guides the blind man to.
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Jena is everywhere
Jena is everywhere. In this case the Iéna metro station underneath Place d’Iéna, which divides the Avenue d’Iéna, which leads down to Pont d’Iéna at the foot of the Eiffel tower. Paris, exactly.
Why did they name it that way? Napoleon, battle, 1806. Check your history book.
(but the real Jena metro is a restroom underneath the fountain on Jenas market place. 😉)
Morning sun
Early morning street scene in Paris. A group of kids on their way to the Louvre.
Recently I have been on a short trip to Paris. Always such a great city to stay in. As a tech nerd, the first highlight on a trip to Paris is the 320 km/h high speed train ride from Germany. (ICE to Paris, TGV Duplex from Paris. Highspeed travel in the upper deck. Another tick off my bucket list.)
Acropolis Rallye of Gods 2024 – Day 2
For the Saturday of this years Acropolis Rallye of Greece, I went to an already known spot in the Loutraki area at the Gulf of Corinth. Or as I call it the “Valley of snakes”. Not that I have ever seen a snake there, it is just a running gag within the group of travellers. The stage’S surface is pretty rough. I have seen many punctures, ripped of tyres, broken rims and lost body work of the cars.
Upper three pictures were taken on SS9, the lower three on SS11. Again, the same stage, driven twice.
Acropolis Rallye of Gods 2024 – Day 1
A set of pictures I took on day 1 of this years Acropolis Rallye of Greece, the Rally of Gods. All photos where taken on stages 1 and 4, which actual is one stage, driven twice.
I wasn’t the best place for taking photos but the scenery was quite nice. Up in the mountains near the village of Pavliani. Usually you won’t think about green mountains, full of forrest when thinking about Greece. At least not in first place.
The last pictures…
…of my trip to the Acropolis Rallye of Greece in September last year. Something I haven’t done before, but this post will contain more than one photo. All are taken at the Karoutes stage (8/11) on Saturday.
Again it was a perfect event and a perfect weekend and as always, a pleasure to have been there.
Sébastien Ogier / Vincent Landais
Ott Tänak / Martin Järveoja
Sébastien Ogier / Vincent Landais
Esapekka Lappi
Esapekka Lappi drifting by. Again, 2023 Acropolis Rallye of Gods (in Greece). This time on stage 11 (Karoutes 2), which was the same as stage 8 on the pictures before. Just a different spot for me, 400 meters up the road.
Takamato Katsuta
Takamoto Katsuta, SS8 (Karoutes 1), Acropolis Rallye of Greece 2023.
Have a look at the photo I took of him on Sardinia last year, this guy is a guarantee for specatcular dust clouds.
Ott Tänak
And on it goes. This is Ott Tänak passing by at stage 8 (Karoutes 1) of this years Acropolis Rallye of Greece.
Thierry Neuville
As you might know, there is always a purpose behind travelling to rallyes: taking pictures in the dust. It all started at the 2006 Acropolis Rallye of Greece, went over to Rally Italia Sardegna on the beautiful island of Sardinia and in this year I finally went back to the Rallye of Gods in Greece.
In this picture: Thierry Neuville in his Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC at stage 8 on Saturday morning. This stage was near the town of Itea, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth.