I missed a few days due to other commitments, and I have to say lack of inspiration while Zurich remains a kind of alien tented village during Euro 08. It should mean good opportunities for photography as I've said before but there is not actually a huge amount of activity. So here is a familiar scene on the Seine, much photographed. There's something pleasing about the seemingly natural sweep of the barges. As if it couldn't be any other way

I was in Paris for just one night, en route back to Zurich. I feel I need to explain this photo, something I don't normally do but it's the only one I have. On the face of it, it looks like I captured a guy at the bar staring at the waitress passing by. But actually it was just the characteristic atmosphere that appealed to me. Someone stands at the bar and is lost in thought. The waitress busies herself back and forth with the other customers. Drinks wait appealingly behind the comptoir. I sit and steal pictures from my seat. Brasserie life

Is the Eiffel Tower the highest structure in Paris?

Is this guy a flâneur, or is he just walking his dog. Or am I just overdosing on Paris?

Back in Zurich now but still feeding off Paris photos. The Rodin museum, installed in his former studio and surrounding garden is light and airy and worth a visit, although personally I can never see what the fuss is about Rodin. His sculptures for me exhibit none of qualities I expect from a great artist. There is no depth or power or grace or pathos or indeed just beauty of form. I get irritated by the incessant lumpiness which just seems to be there for it's own sake. "The Thinker" and "The Kiss" are difficult to approach objectively because of their familiarity, but I feel that even these are just gestural, rather than anything deeper, and I couldn't live with them on a regular basis. They would be consigned to the attic. Maybe I need someone to explain it all to me. I make a bit of an exception for the Balzac pieces which do seem to capture something beyond the mere form

Followers of Peter Olson and RuTDP will know that we had a genial meeting in a Parisien brasserie on Tuesday. I had so much to drink I can't remember whether I asked them for permission to publish this, so I'll take a chance (Hell, I've never asked anyone else's permission)

Peter is wondering where he left his camera, and Chuckeroon is saying "If you get one this big there is no chance of losing it".

Thanks to Peter for pointing out the benefits of raising your eyes when you enter this Parisien department store. It looks quite nice in black and white as well, believe it or not....

Deserves some detail shots I think

And here is the cupola in all it's glory. Not possible to get directly underneath because of a football field of perfume counters, so the wide angle (16mm here) distorts things a bit

Outside the entrance to the Musee Rodin - rain on the way by the looks of it

I never knew that there were so many "other" famous people buried in this cemetery. Must be pretty dangerous living around this area if you are an artist....

Looking a bit more like autumn than spring

Early morning - one my favourite views in Paris. Grandeur, space and beauty.