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.
 

Among many ways of decorating your street...

 

Canal Saint Martin

 Photo from an old trip to Paris, my old home in the 80es and early 90es. As usual, more b&w here.

For the lovers of classic French cinema, this is near the famous Hotel du Nord, quai de Jemmapes.

2 Eiffel towers, 1 Lord Buddha

Seen in a shop window. Weird.
 

Some flowers for you

 

Oum pa pa

During summer, many concerts of traditional Alsatian muzak in town, bands in traditional outfit. We call it oum pa pa music, oum pa pa (repeated many times) giving you an idea of the rhythm. I have to confess, I can't stand this music, but it was worth of photo for my blog. Give me jazz or 70es oldies anytime! Or even Ozzy Osborne, everything is better then this! But not ABBA! I absolutely hate ABBA's muzak!
 

An oldtimer

 A 1932 or 34 Ford.

A weekend reflection

More reflection photos here.
 

Playing around

 

The bubble guy

End of a short bubble series on my blog... Anyway, wanna see more b&w? No prob, it's right...here.
 

More bubbles, more fun!

At the cathedral.
 

Sweet music

 

July CDP theme day: bubbles

More bubbles here.