Saturday, 21 December 2024

Winter

First day of winter. Heidelberg, Germany, a few years ago, by minus 17 degrees C, 1 degree F.
 

Friday, 20 December 2024

UP!

Barcelona air show, 12 or 14 years ago...
As usual, more b&w right... here.
 

Thursday, 19 December 2024

Traffic jam

Pedestrian traffic jams in town, at all the Christmas markets...
 

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

My goal for 2024

A personal post.
I'm 63. I started smoking at age 14, peer pressure. I stopped on August 11, after 49 years. I achieved the goal  I'd set for 2024. 4 months and a week, counting. I used to buy my smokes in Germany, half the price of the French ones. The savings went into my Christmas presents budget. Happy times. 

I DID NOT STOP DRINKING COFFEE!!! LOL
 

Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Monday, 16 December 2024

El Marqués

The excellentissime Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenéch, Marques of Dali of Pùbol.

More Monday murals right... here.
 

Thursday, 12 December 2024

Saturday, 7 December 2024

Een weekendreflectie

A weekend reflection, in the Amsterdam grachten (canals).

More weekend reflections here.
 

Thursday, 5 December 2024

Post 2932

I woke up craving for a pizza, preferably in Italy...As I'm not there, sigh, here is a  street in Ferrara's old town, Italy.
 

Monday, 2 December 2024

Sunday, 1 December 2024

December CDP theme day: slow. Also, 9 years Strasbourg Daily Photo! Yeah

Slow. I love eating! But not processed food, if possible. I'm a fan of the Slow Food movement, all about local food and traditional cooking, as a much healthier alternative to fast food. 

More 'slow' posts right... here.
 

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Hark the angel


 Christmas. Strasbourg, population 291000. Tourists this coming month, over 3 millions.

Friday, 29 November 2024

L'home i els seus gossos

Catalan for "a man and his dogs", at a  side entrance to the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Old cheap phone photo.

More b&w right...here.
 

Thursday, 28 November 2024

Stars

Above the Star/Saint Exupéry cinema. Saint Ex, as well call him, the author of the famous Little Prince and other books, lived just to it, when he was learning to fly.
 

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

What tree is this?

Not being much of a land lubber, I don't know my trees. So, if anyone knows this tree, let me know.
 

Monday, 25 November 2024

Cheers!

A restaurant, last Saturday. This is a small part of the bar...As a 99% teetotaller, I had water and a coffee.
 

Friday, 22 November 2024

Window shopping

Well, it is the season, innit... The Christmas market opens next Wednesday, with hordes of tourists... 3.3 millions last year.... Chaos. It's been snowing since yesterday.

More b&w right...here.
 

Thursday, 21 November 2024

This tree

Seen last Tuesday near my cardiologist's office. Straight out of Tolkien... No, the tree did not walk away!
 

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Sunday, 17 November 2024

Saturday, 16 November 2024

Maria Novella

The world's oldest pharmacy in Florence/Firenze, Italy. Open since 1221.

 

Friday, 15 November 2024

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan's place

The Prince-archbishop de Rohan's palace, built in 1732. Just next to the cathedral. And to the free public toilet. More about it here.
 

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

The old stables

In the Rohan palace, home of former prince-archbishops.
 

Monday, 11 November 2024

Saturday, 9 November 2024

To the top

As long as I remember, and I've spent half of my life here, there have always been ongoing works on the cathedral. Pollution and bird poo destroy everything, making the pink sandstone turn black. You can go up to a platform, 66 metres up, through a very narrow staircase, 330 steps. Therefore, a lift for the workers.
 

Tuesday, 5 November 2024