Joyeux Quatorze Juillet!

Bonjour! ... I know I'm a day late... buut Happy Bastille Day or rather La Fête Nationale!

As you have probably already gathered, I am not French, nor do I know anybody French. But ever since Andi sent me a postcard from Paris it's held a special romantic place in my heart. Awww...

This is one of the hundred or so photos taken in Paris by Andi. Isn't it pretty?  Ohkay, so now that Andi is back from traveling the world, I can pretend imagine that his adventures were this romantic lovely time for me, hanging out in his golden pocket-watch. But truth be told... man it sucked! Everyday was just me trying to occupy myself so I could forget that he was on the other side of the world... it never worked. But, lets get back to pretending now, I like it better that way.

So I've decided to share some of my more Frenchy things with you. This is my beautiful postcard, which of course I had to frame. It actually came in the mail the day after he got back, so it took over 2 weeks to arrive! Phwaar

And that is one of my most favoured books, Villette by Charlotte Brontë . The story is set in France and there is much in the book written in French too, which has not been translated. I think it's cute but very annoying because I can't read what it says! I do love it the most purely because of how beautiful it looks. It's the oldest book in my collection, published in 1890, so it's not sooo old...

I love that the pages are practically falling apart at the edges and how when you close the book the pages don't a-line perfectly with each other like in new books.

This is another of the photos that Andi took in Paris. I really love the look of this one. The colouring is all camera by the way, the photos have not been touched up.

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet!