it's the simple thing's in life that make me happy ...

spending some quality time with the camera ...

a giveaway on this blog ...

one day left of voting (i'm number 5 ... hint hint) ...

trying to think of a reason to splurge on this ...

making plans for a weekend away with the hubby!

taking a time out ...

You ever feel like you need a break ... a time out ... some space. Not from anything in particular more like everything. A chance to breath. Life has this habit of getting a little hectic & you need to escape. Well i need a day to myself & so Thursday i took that & headed to France.

We are lucky enough to be only an hour from the French border, & whilst France is one of my favourite places to be i really don't spend enough time there. So off i headed (with a minor detour to be blogged about later) & after much driving through the French country roads (they were gorgeous & spring is slowly starting to appear) I arrived in Metz. & whilst the clouds were dark & moody at times the rain managed to stay away.

I had a wonderful afternoon wondering around the city, just me & the camera. I can't lie i did a little shopping along the way but it was more about taking photos than anything. I need to explore & photograph everything & everything along the way.

France is one of those places that is filled with details ... i know everywhere is really but i notice it more when i'm in France. Everywhere i looked there was something.

& of course being in France i had to get my crepe!

More photos can be seen on my previous blog post ... Metz.

Metz ...