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My name is Emma-Jane and I was born in Kingston-Upon-Thames in the UK, I work for a small IT company in Paris, France and I also run my own web-design business.
I recently graduated from University in Ancient History. I am a TV fangirl and love taking photos. I go crazy for Italian food and adore Jack Russell Terriers. I am also known to be random. Very random.

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I clean up this post every so often, so don't be surprised if comments disappear (it makes things a lot easier to keep track of for me :D)

If you are here for lj layouts/overrides: Yes, they are down. No, I don't know if they will be back up. Maybe one get I'll be motivated to go through them all and fix what needs fixing, but I won't promise anything.

I went to see Lily Allen live last night, and of course, brought my camera along :) The opening act was amazing (Just Jack) and Lily was super cute. She kept giggling and saying 'Merci beaucoup'. It's funny I expected her to be a lot more self-confident on stage, but she seemed quite anxious at times.

Anyhow, the show was fun and the venue absolutely full - 6000 people (eeeeeek, I am afraid of crowds, so I was a little stressed) but since we had seats I was ok :)

The photos aren't great because we were quite far back, but I did manage some close-ups *pats camera's extra ordinary zoom*

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More of my summer photos :)

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Last night was fun. I came home at 1.30am, which was very well behaved of me :) (I then proceeded to stay up until 4am fixing myself a gigantic omelet and chatting with verycleanindeed *facepalm*)

Buuuuut, during that time I registered for Comic Con 2010 *BOOGIES LIKE WHOA*. Mo also handled the hotel room booking, so things are getting organised. It's in almost a year, but I am already very excited! Because it's COMIC CON, doh. And I will be hanging out with fun people. So yay :D I still have to book the plane tickets, but I will most likely spend a few days in L.A. with Morgan and maybe even go to Disneyland so I'm not entirely sure of the days yet :) BUT OMG AWESOME.

And less awesome, why is it that when I start typing 'Lee Adama' in google, it completes it with 'fat'. I DO NOT APPROVE *cries*

MOAR AWESOME. Merlin series 2 tonight!! *boogies*

OH MY MERLIN SERIES TWO TRAILER!!!

Am I excited? Yes I am! *boogies*

Olite (Erriberri in Basque language) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.

According to Isidore of Seville (Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum), the city, Oligicus, was founded by Swinthila, Visigothic King of Hispania (621-631).

The Palacio Real de Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre.

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Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque: Donostia, Spanish: San Sebastián, known officially as Donostia-San Sebastián) is the capital city of the province of Guipuscoa, in the Basque Country, Spain.

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Bardenas Reales is a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain whose vegetation and rocky formations created by erosion are unique in Europe. It covers 45,500 hectares of terrain, and its most famous sight is the Castildetierra.

In 1999, the Bardenas Reales was named as a natural park, in response to the large influx of tourists throughout the 1990s, and on 7 November 2000, it was declared a UNESCO Biosphere reserve

The desert was quite amazing and unlike anything we had ever seen before. We drove through and crossed only two other cars. Not only is the scenery breathtaking, it's like being alone in the world! We initially set out to spend a couple of hours there and ended up staying almost all day :)

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This tiny village was where we spend the first night of our holiday. We weren't expecting but the village was really beautiful. There was a river going through with small waterfalls, an old dungeon and a church.

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Collonges-la-Rouge is entirely built with red sandstone, its existence is proven since the eighth century thanks to the donation of the count of Limoges of the parish to the monastery of Charroux.

The monks of Charroux Abbey founded a priory in the eighth century which attracted a population of peasants, craftsmen and tradesmen who lived and prospered around its fortified walls. The welcoming of pilgrims for Compostelle through Rocamadour was a lasting source of profit. In 1308, the viscount of Turenne granted the village a right to high, medium and low jurisdiction, permitting it to govern the birth of lineages of prosecutors, lawyers and notaries. The enclosure soon became too small to contain the entire population, and faubourgs were created. Following the french wars of religion, the reconstruction of the nobility's fortune coincided with the viscounty's rise in power.

After selling the viscounty in 1738, and after the French Revolution which caused the destruction of the priory buildings, the village regained a short-lasting prosperity at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Later on, its population slowly decreased and the village was transformed into a stone quarry.

In the beginning of the twentieth century, some villagers created the association Les Amis de Collonges ("the friends of Collonges") and eventually obtained the classification of the entire village as a historical monument in 1942.



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The Château de Beynac is a castle situated in the commune of Beynac-et-Cazenac, in the Dordogne département of France. The castle is one of the best preserved and best-known in the region.

This Middle Ages construction, with its austere appearance, is perched on top of a limestone cliff, dominating the town and the north bank of the Dordogne River.

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The Marqueyssac gardens are on a hill overlooking the Dordogne River, with splendid views. The primary planting is boxwood hedging, with cypress and wild cyclamen. The box is more sculpted than clipped, with the organic shapes harmonizing with the landscape. The clipping is done, by hand, with only four gardeners and the planting dates from the nineteenth century.

The gardens have a sort of Alice in Wonderland feel to them (well they way I picture Alice in Wonderland :p)

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Part two of my july pictures :)

Sarlat is a medieval town that developed around a large Benedictine abbey of Carolingian origin. The medieval Sarlat Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Sacerdos.

Because modern history has largely passed it by, Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the towns most representative of 14th century France. It owes its current status on France's Tentative List for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site to the enthusiasm of writer, resistance fighter and politician André Malraux, who, as Minister of Culture (1960-1969), restored the town and many other sites of historic significance throughout France. The centre of the old town consists of impeccably restored stone buildings and is largely car-free.



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I just realised I never posted any photos here from my vacation in the south-east of France this summer! So here is part one :)



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Le Croisic is a seaside town & small port in southern Brittany.

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I was in Brittany last weekend, and you know me I had to find a castle, didn't I! :p



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