This is a special web edition of the book. The physical item is 4.25"x5.5", costs $5, and makes a swell gift for people with taste, style, and wit.

My Feet Go to Europe

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Photographs by Jean Sirius

© Copyright 2003 by Jean Sirius
Published by Sirius Books
PO Box 9665, Oakland CA 94613 USA
1.510.595.5570 siriusbooks(at)jeansirius(dot)com

My Feet Go to Europe, a travelogue

Early in this century, my dotcom job vanished out from under me. After making up my sleep deficit, I plotted an extended trip to Europe.

It began April 25, 2003, in Oakland and hit New York City, London, Amsterdam, Leuven, Paris, London, and New York City before the return to Oakland on June 20. I took about 9000 digital pictures. Here are fourteen.

image: Groot Begijnhof
Groot Begijnhof, Leuven, Belgium

image: Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
image: quartier Montorgueil, Paris
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
quartier Montorgueil, Paris
image: au Printemps, Paris
image: cour Carrée du Louvre, Paris
au Printemps, Paris
cour Carrée du Louvre, Paris
image: rue de Rivoli, Paris
image: le Louvre, Paris
rue de Rivoli, Paris
le Louvre, Paris
image: Chateau de Versailles
image: Vincent's wheatfield, Auvers
Chateau de Versailles
Vincent's wheatfield, Auvers
image: Covent Garden, London
image: British Museum, London
Covent Garden, London
British Museum, London
image: Oakland, la Californie, les Etats-Unis

My darling Cara Vaughn, dead these six years, was with me every step of the way. Florence Adkins promised to stow away as soon as she was in spirit form, and died a week after the journey began. Adrienne Fuzee may have joined us as well.

My bodyworker, the miracle-wreaking Dr. Jane Robinson, helped me prepare for the trip. When I reported that I was able to walk farther, with less pain, in flip-flops than in shoes, she laughed merrily and asked for pictures of my flip-flops on the grand tour.

My friend Tee Corinne, doyenne of lesbian photographers, has always encouraged me to document everything. This book is, therefore, also for her.

Oakland, la Californie, les États-Unis

This book was made possible by generous grants from

The Darling Daughter Charitable Trust
and
The Pirate Queen Fund for Wayward Girls

The travel on which the book is based was funded by the late Dotcom Bubble.
Sic transit gloria mundi.

image: Going Home


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