Summer window

 

Down by the river

 

Southern

Oleander, a southern plant at home in Strasbourg now.
 

Tropical day

36 degrees C today, 97 F. Here is some snow, to freshen down...😂 
 

A Gay Pride smile

The yearly Gay Pride today in Strasbourg. I won't be able to go, so here is an old photo.
 

A close shave

I spent a few days in hospital this week, for a 6 hours middle ear surgery. Home now, but I really need a shave... And more coffee. LOL

More b&w here.
 

Room with a view

The hospital where I spent the last few days.
 

Knock knock

That door looks solid!
 

Stern looking dude

Corner dude, probably angry because of the shit weather. Understandable. Smile, dude!
 

El Gat

I think I saw a pussycat... The Raval cat in Barcelona, by Fernando Botero. Old photo, from my years in Barcelona.

More b&w here.

 

What's your poison?

Seen somewhere, some time ago.
 

At the cathedral

Some fountains to cool the square (and some kids sometimes) down.
 

The Phrygian cap

A metal Phrygian cap that topped the cathedral in 1794, as decided by the anti-clerical revolutionary Strasbourg authorities. Our Lady of Strasbourg was the world's tallest building the with 142 meters.
 

Zeus

Zeus, the metal horse who rode down the Seine in Paris, at last year's olympic games. In Strasbourg for a few days. Photo taken from far away, as I went there 2 hours before opening... Well, no choice in that matter, I couldn't go back later. No idea why they called it Zeus, probably an acronym.
 

CDP theme day: shadows

More photos about this theme right... here.

 

The tourist season is open

Has it ever been closed?
 

Lights

More b&w here.
 

Rainy day

Duck weather.
 

Who's this guy?

Unknown dude from ages ago... Tomorrow, weather depending, I will try taking a photo (or 5, or 10) of non other than...Zeus himself!
 

Parc du Contades

Another park in town. A former shooting range, made into a park in 1764 by the military commander, the Maréchal Louis Georges Erasme de Contades.
 

Rainy day

Rainy week...
 

Old style

I don't know how many of those old style lamps are around town, but they are everywhere. Electric lamps...
 

Stork family

We have a lot of them around here.

 

A Venice wedding

More b&w right...here.
 

With fava beans...

... and a nice glass of Chianti? 
 

Up there

The restaurant at the Eiffel Tower. I would need to win a lottery win to be able able to afford it.....
 

Unfinished. Politicians and promises...

Another photo of my trip to Paris, last week. You surely remember the big fire at Notre Dame, on April 15th, 2019, 6 years ago. The French president promised the reconstruction works would be finished in 5 years... Apparently not.
 

Le Zouave

36 hours whirlwind trip to Paris, family matters. This is one of the most famous statues in Paris, under the Alma bridge, a zouave was an infantry soldier from the Crimean war, 19th century. More about him here, on Wiki.
 

The photoshoot

Someone got a new dress.

Photos taken from a moving boat.

 

Steampunk carousel

Feeling antsy?
 

Alone in the big city

More b&w here.
 

Metro

Hello from Paris! Phone post, not sure how it's gonna come out ..
 

Collegiate Church Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune

Young Saint Peter, a gothic church with 14th century frescoes. La most beautiful church in town., 
 

Music

Music from the excellent Musicâme ensemble, last Thursday. I was too far away for a better picture.
 

Quai des Bateliers

To eat and to drink on the Boatmen's Quay. The red barge, Café Atlantico,  is a restaurant, the blue one, le Rafiot, a bar.
 

Orangerie park

 

Via Praetoria

The street called Via Preatoria by romans over 2000 years ago, is now named rue des hallebardes, halberd street. Much later, 16th century, many weapon factory shops were located there. Weapons to fight the invaders, mainly French... 
 

Canals

My next palazzo... LOL, probably damp...

More b&w here.
 

Autumn in Paris

Old photo, taken before the fire.
 

On a hot summer day...

... last Saturday.
 

Printemps

A huge department store in the city centre called Printemps, springtime. The shop closed a few years ago, didn't survive covid. 2 or 3 months ago, one of the big metal claddings fell on the street, no one was injured, fortunately. Now, finally, they're putting nets, to protect people waiting for the tramway underneath...
 

Play with me, mum.

 

Down by the river

A few minutes away...
 

Crossing the bridge

Yet another hot summer day...in April.
 

Vittorio Emmanuelle 2

The Galleria Vittorio Emmanuelle the second, former king of Italy, in Milan(o). I've been to Italy countless times, but only rarely to Milan(o).

More b&w here.
 

CDP theme day: very small

A sunflower on my balcony in Barcelona, ages ago. More 'very small' photos right...here.
 

Al fresco

Lunch on the water...
 

Summer???

Definitely feels like it, expecting up to 28 degrees C/82F the whole week. NICE!!!
 

Lunch break

It's getting warm, 25-27 degrees C this coming week. Summer in April?