Place du Marché Gayot

Next to the cathedral, a quiet square with good restaurants. What looks like a stone in the background is actually made of cast iron, a sculpture by Daniel Pontoreau, called Pierre trouvée, found stone, in 1992.

Part of the castrum, roman camp. Strasbourg was founded in the year 12 AC by roman soldiers, 2038 years ago.
 

Wooden bike

Never seen one before.
 

No Snow White

Just seven dwarfs.

More b&w... HERE.

 

Olive oil

Olive oil surpasses everything, it says. Well, here in the north east of France, we don't use it much, it's rather a southern thing.
 

Early morning...

at the central train station
 

Wish I was there

Sarandë, Albania. The town of forty saints.
 

Watering the cathedral... lol

Grow, cathedral, grow!:-)
 

Pots

A traditional Alsatian house, decorated with traditional Alsatian earthenware pots.
 

Heyritz

The Ill river, at the Heyritz park.
 

Out there

I went to the new planetarium a few weeks ago. This is just another far away galaxy. Are we alone??? Frankly, I doubt it.

More b&w here.

And glorious photos from the James Webb Space Telescope right...HERE
 

Another demonstration

This time for Palestine.
 

Free Tibet

You don't the Tibetan flag in Strasbourg
 

Deviant Roses

A local band, a gig last night, 3 minutes away. Excellent e-guitar player!
 

Love tree

Seen in the city centre.
 

Cooling

Yesterday afternoon, Place Kleber.
 

Counting

Counting the numbers of bicycles (bicyclettes or vélos in French) passing here today and this year.
 

Roar!

Big pussycat!!!                                                                                                                                       More b&w right...HERE.
 

Chateau Ksara

A famous winery in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, a few years ago.
 

Ventilation

At the museum of modern art
 

Chatting

 

And all that jazz

More Monday murals right...HERE
 

Student food

Eat healthy! There is a lot you can do with dried fruit.
 

Chilling

 

Complicated tree

More b&w here.
 

Going for a swim

The third heatwave in a month is coming this weekend.
 

CDP July theme day: water

High tide on Saint Mark's square, piazza San Marco, in Venice.

More posts about that theme here..

Still unable to post on any FB group, I wish I knew why.
 

Sausage galore

I am still unable to post on any FB group...
 

Watch your step!

More Monday murals here.

Unable to post on groups... I'm a spammer, according to FB! 

Market day

Vegans and other vegetarians, look away! The twice weekly market on Place Broglie.
 

Old people are cool

Well, I'm 65. But I don't consider myself as old. Cool? That's not up to me to say :-)
 

Landing platform

The "futuristic" main tramway hub in Strasbourg. Waiting for an alien spacecraft to land on the elevated circle... LOL

Anyway, more b&w here.
 

Tropical

Well, I braved the tropical heat this morning... They say, France is hotter than Saudi Arabia... To give you an idea...I'm melting away.
 

American flag blue

Reminding me of some pool in Washington DC...
 

Street lamps

 

Hats and legs

Sheltering from the heat. But watch out for that sunburn! Temperature could pass 44 degrees C, 111 F, on Tuesday. Same or hotter then Dubai...

Lilac

From the geranium family of plants
 

It's damn hot!

About 38 degrees C as I write this, 100 F. The last day of spring, they say, not even summer yet...
 

Thirsty

More black and white photos right...HERE
 

Are you looking at me???

Seen in a shop window
 

Second heatwave

Starting today, up to 40 degrees C, 104 F. Or so they say.
 

Going places

Any food somewhere?
 

A flamingo mural

Seen a few days ago in the town of Ulcinj, southern Montenegro. There is a nature reserve nearby, with hundreds of them birdies, but I didn't have the time to go there.

More Monday murals here, at Sami's blog.
 

St Thomas

Not sure how churches we have in Strasbourg (dozens?). Anyway, this is the Lutheran St Thomas church, aka the protestant cathedral. More about it here.
 

Going fishing

On the Albanian border.
 

Parisian ducks

More b&w right... HERE
 

Football free blog

Well, this one is dead. I've never understood the hype about pro or not) football, overpaid men running after a bit of leather, the beer filled rowdiness, the obscene amount of money, the violence, the deaths... Women behave better, I hope. Anyway, it's a big NO NO for me.

Thank god for Netflix!