CITY DAILY PHOTO THEME DAY, OCTOBER 1: ORANGE

CDP MEET-UP IN QUIMPER, BRETAGNE, FRANCE

What better to way to bring in the new month that with a bounty of orange seafood from the waters of Bretagne, France?

It was a local seafood feast fit for the celebration of friendship in early September between two bloggers who first met five years ago via City Daily Photo. Versailles de Quimper played host to my partner Doug and me for five days of sightseeing and eating in the Breton region of France. 

This was our first meal at her home in Quimper. It doesn't get much better than this!

Spider crabs, langoustines, and prawns, all washed down with Breton cidre, welcomed us to the bounty of Bretagne.

This prawn came with a little extra--roe.

For more photos by other CDP bloggers, follow this link: http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/

INTERNATIONAL CDP MEET-UP

East Meets West

It was a momentous day on Monday, September 19, when veteran City Daily Photo blogger Versaillaise de Quimper breezed through Spokane, Washington, USA, stopping long enough to enjoy lunch and conversation with this Walla Walla Daily Photo Blogger. VdQ aka Ciel de Quimper prefers to maintain a stealthy profile on social media, but I have had the pleasure of meeting her twice in-person--once in Paris in May of 2014 and then again on Monday as she neared the end of her 14-day road trip of the American West. 

Here VdQ can be seen in the rear window of her rented blue Camry along with her faithful traveling companion Charlotte Adelaide, posing temporarily as a hood ornament. 

In keeping with the furtive mode, I present our Stealthy Selfie take in front of Frank's Diner as evidence of our meet-up.

To learn more about Spokane's famous train car diner, and to see and hear the actual waitress, Gage Lee, who we had, be sure to follow this link:  https://youtu.be/FtjVolQhIIk