Bamboo

 

A weekend reflection

With selfie. More weekend reflections right... here
 

A walk on the wild side

We have an excellent and big botanical garden in Strasbourg. More photos to come, stay tuned!

More b&w right... HERE.
 

Frog weather

After a glorious summer weekend, a rainy week. Perfect weather for frogs.
 

Always look up

 

Summer in the city

28 degrees C, 83 F as I write this on Saturday afternoon. Ice cream weather!

My trusty main camera died, RIP. So back to my 12 years old Canon DSLR, by far not a sharp as my poor Leica. New camera coming soon.
 

s'Kaafhüs

The former mooring places on the 1358 AD custom house. Boats on the Rhine had to declare their goods, tobacco, wine, salt. A custom house with an inn, since 1401 AD for centuries, a market later, a trendy restaurant nowadays.
 

A weekend reflection on Monday

More weekend reflections here.
 

Early morning

 

Place du Marché Neuf

Or New Market Square, minutes away from the cathedral. The "new" market dates back to 1738 AD, until the late 19th century. Nowadays, it's a shady parking lot, with a nice fountain.

I keep wondering about the number of "Newmarkets" wordwide...
 

Old books and foie gras

2  specialties in Strasbourg, UNESCO book world capital 2024: ancient books and foie gras from ducks. A good book and some foie gras on a warm toast. And a nice cup of coffee, of course!
 

Chicken tonight?

More B&w right... HERE
 

Typical

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).
 

Igualdad

Igualdad = equality. No idea what it is about... Some Samoan looking guy holding sausages and a bagpipe, with some devils... Anyway, more Monday murals right... here.
 

Opéra national du Rhin

Built in 1821,damaged several times (wars), more about it here. And for this season's program, en English, German or French, click here.
 

A reflection

 

Lavoir

The lavoir, or public wash house, where people washed their clothes before washing machines. This one is on the Aar, one of the rivers in Strasbourg. Abandoned in 1960, later renovated.
 

Fighting religious hatred

I posted this photo 3 years ago. The LGBTQ theme decorated tramway. 3 years ago. To this day, I am still getting hateful comments, mainly from so-called "Christians" in the US (so it seems) and from Muslims. The last one today. Good enough reasons for posting it again. Fuck those religious assholes                                                                            ☝

I'm a atheist hetero btw, but it does not matter!

 

A stroll in the park

 

Meiselocker

A statue in the old town , gifted by the city of Munich in 1929. It's the tit piper. Tit, the birds, meise in Alsatian, mésanges in French. A poem on it's base, in Alsatian:

“Hey guys, it’s a beautiful morning.

You don't want us to attract tits?

There, in the Rhine forest, or in the lark field,

There are great tits, blue tits,

crested tits in large numbers.

Anyone who has never baited tits is not a real boy! »