Bretzels in Strasbourg, since at least 1467AD. Kept safe by 2 tiny lions, so careful there!  

French: rue du chaudron,  "novus vicus apud  vicumpraedicatorum juxtadomumliberorumquondam Philippi apothecarii", (A new village n...

Place Kleber , Strasbourg's  main square. Named after a local guy who became one of Napoleon Bonaparte's general. He was murdered du...

Street named after an inn, Zum roten Faesslein, 1636 AD. This is the current name, since 1945, although the name changed 18 times since 1275...

The Rohan were nobles from Brittany. 4 of them became prince-archbishops of Strasbourg. More info here .  Couldn't find out who the dude...

A part of the 13th century fortifications in the Petite France area.  

Il Castello Sforzesco , the 15th century home of the Sforza family, the Dukes of Milan. Milan(o) is an excellent place to be!  

The old tannery workshop, since 1572, a protected historical monument since 1927. A restaurant nowadays in the Petite France area.  

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

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 . ...

A view of the old Galata tower in Istanbul.  

Or New Market Square, minutes away from the cathedral. The "new" market dates back to 1738 AD, until the late 19th century. Nowada...

Typical houses in the old town. Most are dating back to the 15th century, some much older, as early as the late 13th (1298 AD).  

An old fortification around town, defending Strasbourg from the bad French or German armies, depending of the years/centuries... Photo taken...

Aka "tour des français". One of the 4 remaining fortification towers, built between 1230 and 1250 AD, to ward of the bad neighbors...

St John church was a former monastery church. Built in 1477, and heavily damages during WW2, it is now home to a monastic fraternity (what...

Actually the raven's courtyard. Ravenscourt is a tube station in London, from where I commuted daily for a few years. Well, couldn...

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the oldest barreled wine in the world, in the basement of the old hospital, in the city center. It was give...

There is a big convent on top of Mount St Odile, the Hohenburg. St Odile , holy patroness of Alsace and of the blind or partially sighted,...

So I went for a bit of shopping, to Karlsruhe, the next big German city, an hour away. Some nice buildings there... This is but a side ent...