Saturday 31 December 2016
Friday 30 December 2016
So many names!!!
Here, we call them knack. Further down in France, they are called Strasbourg sausages. Elsewhere, they are franks, frankfurters, in Germany, they are called Wiener, viennese sausages. Very international things! How do you call them?
History tells us they were first invented in Strasbourg, some 500 years ago. Best with mustard, or with sauerkraut!
History tells us they were first invented in Strasbourg, some 500 years ago. Best with mustard, or with sauerkraut!
Thursday 29 December 2016
Disappearing act
The unedited view from my kitchen window, 5 minutes ago. The outside world is disappearing. Might be a good thing, but certainly not for anyone out here, as it just well freezing. Dangerous night.
Wednesday 28 December 2016
COLD!!!!!
And no, it is not a pizza, as they say on the link above! Blasphemy!!!
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Friday 23 December 2016
Thursday 22 December 2016
Standing tall
Whatever sad the weather might be, however bad the world news might be... We still are the Capitale de Noel, the Christmas capital!
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Sunday 18 December 2016
Saturday 17 December 2016
Friday 16 December 2016
How colorful...
Hi there! So nice seing you again!
A busy week, finally, after 2 years of recovering from my stroke. What a joy, being busy!
For the time being, I will be able to post on weekends only. As it is friday night here, enjoy the sundown, above. Yet another shot from kitchen window, linking to Skywatch Friday, as usual!
A busy week, finally, after 2 years of recovering from my stroke. What a joy, being busy!
For the time being, I will be able to post on weekends only. As it is friday night here, enjoy the sundown, above. Yet another shot from kitchen window, linking to Skywatch Friday, as usual!
Sunday 11 December 2016
Waiting for...
...the train, near the station.
This is a monday mural (on sunday). More mural here, every monday.
C ya all next weekend!
This is a monday mural (on sunday). More mural here, every monday.
C ya all next weekend!
Saturday 10 December 2016
Friday 9 December 2016
Skywatch Friday
My daily commute, at 200 km/h, 125 miles an hour. I spend my weekdays at Sélestat, 45 km, 30 miles, south of Strasbourg. Long days, very little time for photos or blogging.
Skywatch Friday is here!
Skywatch Friday is here!
Thursday 1 December 2016
Monthly CDP theme day: transition
Found some time for this, still a few days left before my course starts...
Transition, from Aldous Huxley's utopian brave new world to Orwell's 1984... The yearly christmas market is on, attracting hundreds of thousands visitors. So, the city center is barricaded, for fear of bad guys. Bridges blocked as on the photo, cops everywhere, controls... Christmas time in fortress Strasbourg.
Transition, from Aldous Huxley's utopian brave new world to Orwell's 1984... The yearly christmas market is on, attracting hundreds of thousands visitors. So, the city center is barricaded, for fear of bad guys. Bridges blocked as on the photo, cops everywhere, controls... Christmas time in fortress Strasbourg.
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Goodbye for now
Due to big changes in my personal life, some good, some not so good, I won't be able to carry on blogging regularly for a few months, Back at the end of march, I think. Or this weekend.
Tuesday 29 November 2016
Siberian day out!
I almost froze solid today. Being still used to more southern temperatures, minus 4 C, wind chill factor minus 11 C, despite of the sun,.. Very hard!
Anyway, I went to the lovely german city of Heidelberg, 140 km away. You get different kinds of mulled wines here, exactly what I needed!
Anyway, I went to the lovely german city of Heidelberg, 140 km away. You get different kinds of mulled wines here, exactly what I needed!
Monday 28 November 2016
Sunday 27 November 2016
It is christmassing!
The festive season started on Friday, with the opening of the 446th (yes, since 1570 AD!) Christkindlsmarik, the christmas market.
Saturday 26 November 2016
Some like it pink...
Showing off at the fancy restaurant, with your fancy car...
Sorry about the quality, photo taken with my phone
Friday 25 November 2016
Snowy???
Not really... Some more light, less colors...
The weekend is starting, and it is black and white, with some grey thrown in
The weekend is starting, and it is black and white, with some grey thrown in
Thursday 24 November 2016
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Monday 21 November 2016
Sunday 20 November 2016
Saturday 19 November 2016
Friday 18 November 2016
Skywatch Friday
Wonderful sundown last night, as always taken from my kitchen window, as always for the Skywatch Friday meme.
Thursday 17 November 2016
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Place of music and dance
Aka Cité de la musique et de la danse, the most musical building in town, musicians (and I suppose dancers) rehearsing at all hours. Also a concert place, a few hundred meters from the city center.
Monday 14 November 2016
Sunday 13 November 2016
Saturday 12 November 2016
Friday 11 November 2016
Holy cow!
One of the statues stored inside the old Vauban fortification. Leftovers from the (catholic!!!)
cathedral, I believe.
cathedral, I believe.
Thursday 10 November 2016
Spring?
Printemps: french for springtime. What used to be a haberdasher shop, sells now clothes and leather goods, only the most expensive brands. Behind all the metal and glass, is a brick building. In front, the main tramway hub in town
Wednesday 9 November 2016
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Sunday 6 November 2016
Saturday 5 November 2016
Friday 4 November 2016
Thursday 3 November 2016
A 2-parter...
Oops, a bit missing. Here it is:
...from the small petting farm in the Orangerie park, place I've been visiting now and then for the last 50 years. Memories!
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Don't go me on the ghost!
Our dear neighbors on the other side of old father Rhine, 3 miles or 5 km from here, have a way with words... Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about Goethe or Schiller, oh no! I'm talking about those everyday expressions... translated in English, word for word.
Peace, joy and eggcake to you, my friends! LOL!
Peace, joy and eggcake to you, my friends! LOL!
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Monday 31 October 2016
Sunday 30 October 2016
Saturday 29 October 2016
Friday 28 October 2016
Paying to take photos...
A shocking thing to me, having to pay for the right to take photos, specially as a sign forbids it... Anyway, this is St Alexander Nevski orthodox cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, the town's main attraction (see the photo I posted a few days ago).
Well, I paid (the price of a good meal in a good restaurant), and I didn't regret it.
More info as usual given by Wiki.
Well, I paid (the price of a good meal in a good restaurant), and I didn't regret it.
More info as usual given by Wiki.
Thursday 27 October 2016
Rilski Manastir
Wednesday 26 October 2016
One heck of a landing!!!
Well, this is not Strasbourg. I was away for a week, to the beautiful city of Sofia, Bulgaria. A dangerous city in a way, as the planes are crossing the city centre before landing. But what a view!!!
Well, this the Alexander Nevski cathedral, orthodox. More about it later.
Well, this the Alexander Nevski cathedral, orthodox. More about it later.
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