December CDP theme day: slow. Also, 9 years Strasbourg Daily Photo! Yeah

Slow. I love eating! But not processed food, if possible. I'm a fan of the Slow Food movement, all about local food and traditional cooking, as a much healthier alternative to fast food. 

More 'slow' posts right... here.
 

November City Daily Photo theme day: cooking

I love cooking! But I've had to go wayyyyy back (2011...) to find an appropriate photo for this theme. Barcelona, Fiera de Abril, a señor cooking what looks like huevos rancheros.

More cooking posts right... here.

 

Blue

The CDP theme for October is: blue.

More blue photos right here.
 

CDP September theme day: bridges

Old photo of the Dom Luis I bridge in Porto, Portugal, built by a disciple of Gustave Eiffel.

More bridges right... HERE
 

Cantaloupe!

 And a little watermelon...

Enough for a nice fruit salad!

Old photo, taken at the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Fruit, is the August CDP theme day. More fruity posts right... here.
 

Flea market

One of the few flea markets in town.
 

CDP theme day: flea markets

More flea markets to be seen... here
 

June CDP theme day: outdoor cafes

Nice lively Parisian brasserie. More posts about this theme right... here.

 

CDP theme day: cyclists

Old photo, Barcelona seafront, many years ago. More cyclist photos right...here
 

City Daily Photo's April theme day: medicine

My first ever brush with intensive care, 14 years ago, as my heart wasn't ticking properly. Fixed, at the Sant Pau hospital in Barcelona.

More photos about this theme here.
 

CDP March theme day: reflections in windows

More about this theme right...here
 

CDP February theme day: street corners

Madrid, a few years ago, on a business trip. Many more street corners from all around the world to be seen... here.

Also linking to the weekend in black and white.
 

Photo of the year

On a ferry, between Corfu, Greece, and Saranda, Albania.

More about the photo of the year CDP theme day right...here. Prepare to be amazed!!!
 

December theme day: local history

Well ok, this is in Venice, not Strasbourg. But the theme is local history, and I'm not living in Venice anymore... Then why? The Valentine's day 1349 massacre, or pogrom, that's why. The Black Death killed about 25 million people in Europe. The church authorities were sure the Jews poisoned wells, therefore causing the plague. So, February 14th, 1349, they decided to burn the entire Jewish population of Strasbourg, 2000 men, women, children. It didn't stop the plague.

A few families, fearing what would be happening, managed to escape before. They settled down at the only place allowing Jews, in the old foundry in Venice. Foundry = ghetto in the Venetian dialect. Many Venetian Jews are descendants of there Strasbourg Jews.

More theme day posts right... here.

November CDP theme day: my favorite part of town

A good for a drink, weather permitting. This part of town, the Petite France, has always been my favorite.

More about this theme here.
 

City Daily Photo theme day: transportation

Some of the hundreds  (thousands?) of ferries on the Bosphorus strait in and around Istanbul. More transportation theme photos right... here.

 

Cheers!

September. Wishing you all a good weekend.

For more b&w, just click... here.

The September City Daily Photo's theme day, bottle, is right...here
 

August CDP theme day: garden

My favorite type of gardens... No maintenance or TLC needed... Everything I plant dies, except cacti. This is the huge cactus garden on Montjuic hill in Barcelona.

More garden photos here
 

CDP July theme day: climate

Well ok, this is an Imoca 60, a very nice way to go around... the world, if you have the time (and the money) for it. Or a sponsor.

Why this photo??? There is an engine on board, but it is mainly wind powered. There are more and more wind powered cargo ships, some of them gigantic, like the Japanese MOL, the French Canopée, the Swedish Oceanbird, an American whose name I forgot, to quote just a few. There are solar powered ships as well. Wind- and solar power are the future, furthermore as there is no planet B.

More posts and photos about this theme here. And more weekend reflections right... here.