Headshop

Amsterdam, a while ago, just another typical "coffeeshop". No coffee available though...

More b&w here.
 

UPDATE: for some reason, I'm not able to comment on most of your post, don't know why... Trying to find out.

The victims of the Shoah in the Lower Rhine area

To commemorate the 80 years since the liberation of the survivors of the Auschwitz death camp by the Red Army, the Strasbourg municipality created this memory garden, where the old synagogue stood, Inaugurated on January 27th 2025. Below, a model of the old synagogue:

Burnt to the ground by Hitler Youth in 1940.
 
 

Menorah

 

A menorah  at the Dohany Street synagogue in Budapest. 600.000 hungarian jews were murdered during WW2.

A walk in the park

 

Solar queen

Weird things you can buy in Strasbourg. Or not. A little outdated, innit, your maj?
 

A weekend reflection

At the Petite France. More weekend reflections here.
 

Lunchtime

One of 1552 restaurants in Strasbourg...
 

Ford

Detail of a 1940es Ford. More b&w right...here.

The whole car, in colors:

 

Little lace street

Petite rue des dentelles. No lacemakers here, it is the corruption of an old medieval German name, Spitze, meaning lace or angle.
 

Europa

The European Parliament in Strasbourg.
 

Soap street

Nice and empty street, after the millions of tourists in December... Saponarii, soap makers, were working here from the 16th century.
 

Bunny

 More Monday murals here

Chicken tonight?

 

Le tram

A local, but binational, tramway, linking the Strasbourg greater area to Germany. Many trams, many different designs.
 

Walking

More b&w right... here.
 

Post 2974

The truly sumptuous Palermo cathedral, built in 1185 AD by Normans.

 

The band, part 2

 

The band

Having a break in Cefalù, Sicily, Italy.
 

The old fountain

 

Umbrella or hat?

I'll take the hat, anytime!
 

Umbrella weather

Wet winter.
 

A young reader

More b&w to enjoy here.
 

Alsace...

Thing we love in Alsace...lol. I am an alsatian, although I only rarely bark or bite.
 

At the cathedral

Too cold for outside drinks now
 

Batwoman

Roaming the streets.
 

Sunday

 

Going places

 

Closed

 

Taxi!

One way to go to the island of Armona, southern Portugal.

                               

Last summer

 More b&w here.

              Wishing you all a very happy 2025!

Photo of the year

More photos of the year right here..

                  Happy new year!