Royal Engagements

This is a collection of royal engagements pictures. It includes the royal engagements from various Princes and future Princesses some of whom later became Kings and Queens. The weddings were very royal affairs.

Engagement of Victoria, Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in 1855

Japanese Business Lunch

This is what most Japanese office workers have for lunch. Some foods look strange, and the portions are sooooo small :)

The 2010 Lemon Festival of Menton

Each year, the French town of Menton hosts an event unique in the world, La Fete de Citron, or the Lemon Festival.
This year’s 77th edition of the Menton Lemon Festival takes place between February 12 and March 3 and has the theme “Menton does cinema”. The second most important festival on the French Riviera, after the Carnival of Nice and just before the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Monaco, The Lemon Festival draws in a crowd of over 230,000 people.
The lemons grown in the Menton area are favored by the world’s star chefs, for their distinct flavor and superior sugar content. The French town enjoys a sub-tropical climate, sheltered by a nearby mountain chain.
Back in the 1930s, locals used to celebrate by parading a few carts loaded wit orange and lemon trees, but throughout the years, the festivities turned into an international carnival. Over 300 professionals work on arranging around 145 tons of citrus fruits as giant sculptures.

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Black Friday Madness

Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season with discounts on some “hard-to-find” products. All this shopping is numerous hours of waiting in lines, sometimes the whole night in order to get in the store the first at its opening.
Now let’s look at this shopping madness :)