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A Photo a Week Challenge : Unexpected

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It was totally unexpected record breaking day. I was at Paris for business and my personal appointment was scheduled a few weeks ago. There’s no reason to change the day of rendez-vous except one crazy forecast. The French weather agency « Météo-France » was saying it would be going to be an exceptionally hot day. Indeed it might be true but nobody knows. 

The result was quite simple. It took 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7F) officially and a thermometer of the town read 47C (117F). 

42.6度という気温はさすがに厳しく、陽の光の当たるところを歩き続けるのは無謀すぎた。体重は1日で1.5kg減少。大きなペットボトル1本分の水分が体から抜けたことになる。

Station staffs handed free water out in the train station in order to avoid traveler’s heatstroke. 

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: Unexpected by Nancy Merrill Photography.

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Monday Morning Moue

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Sky was blue, fruits were sweet, iced cafe latte was fresh and everybody was smiling. That’s because it’s vacation time, isn’t it? Yes, it was, not now. It’s Monday morning. OK, fine. Let’s throw back to those days. 

夏休みが待ち遠しいのは遠い記憶？今日は月曜。ちょっとくらい思い返したっていいじゃない。（表題のMoueはフランス語起源のla moue）

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A Photo a Week Challenge : View

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A few weeks ago, I was at an old town and looking down a sea from one of windows at the ramparts. It was a peculiar experience. Everybody looks happy and everything is shining but what I was at was used as a lookout post hundreds years ago and it faced difficulties again a quoter century ago.
The picture was not taken for the challenge but I chose this one.

この写真は数週間前に撮ったものであって、今回のチャレンジを目的としたものではない。ただ、同じ意図を持って撮ったこの写真を見る時、どこかで世界と世紀を見渡すような感情を引き起こすものである。

A contribution to A Photo a Week Challenge: View by Nancy Merrill Photography.