European Tour 2001
| Our European Tour consisted of Maki (the missus) and yours truely travelling around Europe for a month, mostly by train, sketch in hand. Starting in the UK in September (just prior to 11/9), our itinary took us through France - (Paris, Lyon, Avignon and Marseille) - Italy (Firenze & Milano) and finally Amsterdam before returning to Tokyo in October. I began writing the Journal with sketches while we were in Avignon, but as the days wore on it grew into a fully illustrated blow-by-blow account of our travels, eventually stretching to 102 pages, most of it scribbled in cafe's and on trains when I could grab a few minutes. The images are not so much sketches from life (I carried a quality sketchbook for that kind of serious stuff), more an illustrated diary, resulting in something I'll treasure far more than any amount of snapshot photos. Here are a few choice snippets. |
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 "Unforgettable images of France No.1 Even the tiniest insignificant village has it's Tourist Office... and dog poo" |
 "Unforgettable images of France No.2 Sign Posts and Bus Stands (total lack of)" |
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