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After too many years starring at too strong sunlight, after too many years starring at screens, I thought I needed new glasses. Fact is, I needed urgent eye surgery, cataract as I was going to lose my eyesight, which is not cool for a photographer... First eye 2 weeks ago, second yesterday. This is what I have to wear for 5 nights after each surgery. Oh good: I can read with it, it's transparent!

More b&w here, as usual.

And for  the City Daily Photo monthly theme day (theme: transparent, you guessed it), click here.

Καλό μήνα! Kalo mina, as they say in Greece, happy first day of the month! 

Clinique Rhena

Photo taken this morning, very early. I've spent a few hours there, having yet another cataract surgery, the second in 2 weeks. Well, a photographer needs to see, ain't that the truth! Nice brand new hospital, at the German border, friendly people. And it didn't cost me a single cent, taxis home included!

 

Big bad pussycat! Kill, kill!

Erected in 1892. Fortunately, the styles changed.
 

The vortex

A swan opening a portal to another dimension.
 

A Monday Mural

Spotted in Paris, a while ago. It seems to refer an album, the aviary, from a band (unknown to me) called Galantis. Anyway, wanna see more murals? asy: just click here!

Knock, knock, knocking on the lion door

Somebody home?
 

A weekend reflection

A weekend stroll through the Orangerie park.

More weekend reflections here.
 

Early morning

Early morning in town. Old photo: the huge Printemps store closed last October.. More b&w here, as usual

 

Bisous

Bisous, one of the French words for kisses.
 

Port of Beirut

I just came across this old photo, from a holiday in Lebanon, a few years ago. This is where the big explosion happened, in August 2020, as seen from my hotel room.

 

Summertime!

In the northern hemisphere anyway. Me? I'm stuck here till the end of July, hoping I can take some holidays afterwards.
 

A Monday Mural

Like a bird on the wire... More Monday Murals here.
 

For the right to love

Over 15.000 mostly young people celebrated yesterday this year's 20th  Gaypride, French: marche des libertés. Happy and funny people.
 

A weekend reflection

Have a nice weekend! It's gonna be hot as hell here, over 40 degrees C! More weekend reflections right here..
 

Liquid fruit

Alsatian fruit brandies. Pear, cherries, raspberry, yellow mirabelle plum, quince. To be drunk with moderation!!! Specially with heatwave we're having here! They are quite expensive, but you can get them from  farmer in Germany, 4 miles away, for 10 to 12 euros.

More b&w here for your weekend. Enjoy!

Green, green, greener!

The city is getting greener almost every week, thanks to the green city council.
 

A quiet place

The garden of the Oeuvre Notre Dame, the institution taking care of the cathedral.
 

Dudes, we're watching you!

 

A Monday Mural

Have a closer look... Trompe-l'oeil! What is real, what is painted?

More Monday Murals to be admired here.
 

A weekend reflection

There is a seal in the water, should you ask.

More weekend reflections here.
 

I am the walrus

Just back from a daytrip to Karlsruhe, 75 km away in Germany. My friend wanted to see the zoo. Hot summer day, 30 degrees C. Nice day.

 

Faster!

Riding naked on a big snail... Selfie? Could have been, but no... Could not find a big enough snail.

More b&w here, as usual.
 

Baeckeoffe!

(Not so) Typical alsatian stoneware. Just what you need for a good baeckeoffe! Vegans, vegetarians: don't click on the link! A baeckeoffe, well done, is just divine
 

Rue du chaudron

Cauldron street, near the cathedral. Called "novus vicus apud praedicatorum juxta domum liberorum quondam Philippi apothecari" in 1330 AD, "a new street with preachers near the house of the children of the the late Philip's storeroom".... Long name, but I suppose it was a good indication to the place, a kind of medieval GPS...
 

No parking!

What was a parking in front of the Temple Neuf a few days ago, is being transformed into a meeting area, with grassy hills, benches... Part of the city council's effort to bring nature in town.
 

A "Marvel"-lous Monday Mural

By Jaek El Diablo, very inspired by hip-hop culture. More Monday Murals to be seen here.
 

Shopping mall???

Nope, just a German train station.
 

An Italian weekend reflection

Sigh... Wish I was having an espresso or a pizza in beloved Italia...

Anyway, click here for more weekend reflections.
 

Weekend in black and white

Well, I am not a churchgoer. Except to admire the art and architecture. And to take photos, bien sur! This was yesterday, in the Freiburg cathedral, southern Germany. The young girls were part of a French school trip. France is just a few kilometers away, and so is Switzerland.

 Wanna see more nice b&w? Click here, dudes and dudettes!

 

Fun at the Bächle

Daytrip to Freiburg im Breisgau, in the German Black Forest, 2 hours away. The Bächle , south-german word for a small brook or river, runs through the old town since 1220 AD, and is apparently  a font for infinite fun for youngsters.
 

CDP monthly theme day: the road

Parking on the road.

More road photos and posts right... here
 

Berlin

On cold December day, a few years ago.
 

Abbattiamo le frontiere

Let's break down borders. I totally agree with this mural in Genova, Italy, as I consider myself as a world citizen. 

More Monday Murals right... here.
 

Place du Marché Gayot

A good place for lunch or brunch in the sun, just behind the cathedral.
 

A weekend reflection

Have a nice weekend! And do not forget to click HERE to see more weekend reflections!
 

Luzzu

A luzzu is a traditional maltese fishing boat. They always have eyes. This might refer to the eye of Horus in ancient Egypt.

Many more b&w photos here.
 

Wisteria

Or glycine, in French. 
 

Fun with bubbles

Where they celebrating something, or someone? Or just having fun? We shall never know.
 

Market day

A day at the flea market.
 

Le pote aux roses

Wordplay... To discover the pot of roses (pot aux roses), means accidently finding out the truth, in French. Pot, same word in French and English. But pote means friend, chum, mate. Therefore, he his the friend with roses. Voila.

More Monday Murals here.
 

A well hidden place

A courtyard near the cathedral
 

Leaving Gozo

More weekend reflections here.

 

Weekend cats in black and white

2 zen masters waiting to be fed..

More b&w for the weekend here.
 

Matryoshka

One of the very few Russian restaurants in town. Notice the Ukrainian flag...

In French, the name Putin is spelled Poutine. Poutine is the also the name of a yummy French-Canadian dish . Guess what? Some restaurants serving it got hate mails... And many Russian restaurants as well.
 

A detail

A detail.
 

Saint Guillaume

The yard of the protestant Saint Guillaume church, in the city center.
 

A loooong Monday mural

Panorama photo, it is not actually curvy. Author unknown, spotted in an area of Strasbourg where only rarely go. I love it!

More Monday Murals right...here.
 

Summer in the city

It's hot, with 30 degrees C.
 

A weekend reflection

The Mediterranean sea. Wish I was there, on this hit summer day. Anyway, more weekend reflections to be seen here.
 

Black and white weekend in Sicily

Horsing around in Palermo. Una pizza, per favore!

More b&w here, for your perusal.