Galleria

 Yet another italian Galleria, this time in Naples. A beautiful shopping mall.

Giuseppe Garibaldi

 A general who contributed to the unification of Italy. Statue in the homonyn piazza in Napoli, Naples, Italy. Not the Naples in Florida...lol

Italia!

Calabria, southern Italy 
 

C ya later, alligators!

Away for a while, without a laptop. I will try to post from my phone. Craving for a good pizza, me!
 

Love

 

Shadows and the Shadows

 

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Waiting for you.

At the flea market

Hopefully without fleas!
 

The salmon house

Built en 1587 AD, now with an Italian trattoria on the ground floor. In the 70es, it was a brasserie, where I used to meet friends.
 

Morning gymnastics

Or just stretching?
 More b&w here

A reflection

 

Petite France

Not open yet
 

Strasbourg on the Seine river, in Paris

Explanation: one the biggest cruise companies is based in Strasbourg, with a big office in the centre. They do see and river cruises, all around the world.
 

Kugelhopfs

An Alsatian speciality. Sweet, with raisins and almost, or salty, with bacon bits and walnuts. Very yummy! I like both, but the salty ones do it for me.

Well ok, they exist in many countries, but we'll do it better! -:) In my area, we call them keuylopf. 
 

We are nothing but a speck of dust

Well, yesterday I went a little outside my usual boundaries, hitchhiking, lol. Hello, Douglas Adams, wherever you are now! 200 million star systems, a small galaxy. You are there, somewhere.

Oh, we have a brand new planetarium in Strasbourg. No photos allowed! Rules...-:)
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The citadel park

Another park in Strasbourg, around the remains of the 1681 fortifications. Lots of squirrels there, the brown ones.
 

Too many years ago...

... at Camden Market in London.

More b&w right... here.
 

A quiet place

In the city centre, on the river Ill, last spring.
 

Gone fishing

Istanbul's Galata bridge, on a rainy day in May.
 

Keeping watch

With a stony face.
 

Things to do with old tapes

 

Turkish bazzar

Not in Turkey, but in Skopje, North Macedonia. A bazaar since the 12th century. The umbrellas have seen better days... Love the place!
 

Orangerie park

Early morning, last autumn. Smoking forbidden in all parks, 135 euros fine!
 

Don't move

Very old photo, from a very basic phone... More b&w right... here
 

A typical Alsatian house

A wine grower's house in a village nearby.
 

Up

An air show, ages ago in Barcelona.
 

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Fancy door

On a 18th century building.
 

EVOL

 

San Giljan, Malta.

All dogs go to heaven

 

August CDP theme day: sweets

More sweet posts right.... here.
 

Going around

Before 3 weeks or rain, rain, and more rain...

Wanna see more b&w? Easy, just click right here!
 

Trying something different

Petite France
 

Down by the riverside

Lots of rivers, canals here, and lots of boats of any kind, barges and so forth. I even saw a small Australian boat once... LOL
 

It's coffee o'clock!

Bare necessities.
 

October weather

Place Kleber, Strasbourg's  main square. Named after a local guy who became one of Napoleon Bonaparte's general. He was murdered during Napoleon's Egypt campaign in the year 1800. Big statue of him in the middle of the square, complete with a small sphynx.
 

Idyllic Petite France

 

La voile

La voile: the sail. Not a sailing boat though...lol

More b&w here.

And more reflections right...there

And the name of this gay friendly disco is explained here. 
 

Summer vibes

 

Just some trees

 

Bottega del pane

Aka il panificio, an Italian bakery, complete with a bicycle. Maybe for delivering il pane, bread.
 

Bassano del Grappa

Nice place about 60 km north west of Venice.
 

Feeding time

Lady feeding the tame stork at the Orangerie park.
 

Early morning...

... at the train station.
 

A bank or a bevy? A flock?

A group of swans has many names depending where they are or what they are doing...A bevy when they are on the ground, a wedge when they are on flight, a bank when they are on a river... I'll call them a flock. 

More b&w here.
 

On a sunny winter morning...

...in Venice.
 

A reflection...

...of the stern of an IMOCA 60 racing boat, a favourite of mine.
 

Is it a shoebox on wheels?

No, it's a car! A Vespa 400.
 

Mounted police

 Catch me if you can!

Colmar

Nice town, 65 km south. Birthplace of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the statue of Liberty, the one in New York (several others around). Btw, the actress Eva Longoria is there right now, filming a food documentary for CNN. She was in Strasbourg as well, for a few days.