Parc de la Tete Dór - Lyon

Full day outing in the park.

Summer 2009 - Europe 1

We arrived in France on 22nd July for our summer vacation. We took delivery of the rental car in the CDG airport, it was a brand new merc B class. It took almost one hour to arrange the luggage in the car, at the end all fit wells.

The car is with automatic transmission and with GPS, driving is fun.



We made a couple of stop in the parking and service area along the road before we reach Lyon. Price of stuffs in these service area is at a premium; a small bottle of soft drinks is 12x the price in Oman.

View from one of the parking area.

Chili's in Muscat City Centre

One of our favorite restaurant in Muscat.

Half portion Ribs with Fries



Grilled Salmon with Rice



Fresh strawberry with lemonade

More gears!

Somehow before any vacations, I had to spend more on my photography gear. This time i bought 2 lens & GPS geotagging device.



During this coming summer vacation, we are planning to do a bit of traveling; so i bought a geotag device - Gisteq PhotoTrackr Lite. I've been experimenting using my Garmin and Nokia E71 for geotagging my photo but the process was time consuming. Maybe i'll do a post on this item later.

I've sold my EF-S 10 - 22 because i'm using 5D Mark II more often than the 30D, the choice for wide angle is between the 17 - 40 f/4 L or 16 - 35 f/2.8 L. Based on my expected usage, I've bought the 17 - 40. Actually the main factor was the price; it was almost half of the 16 - 35!

Photo at 17 mm



Rather than saving the difference on the price of the 1st lens, i spend it on a 50 mm prime. I've tried the 50 mm 1.2L and the 1.8 version and decided to get the 1.4 version.

Some photos taken in low light.