Notre Dame

Morning stroll in town, looking for the first Christmas present. Cold but sunny, nice!!!

Weekend in black and white

Probably the most beautiful tree in town!
More b&w here
The same tree below, in his best autumn garb

The Sea of Straw

Mar de Palha. Well, kind of. Not actually a sea, more a large bay, where the Tejo river, aka Tagus, flows in the Atlantic Ocean, in Lisbon, Portugal. The name comes from the color of the water at sundown. In the back, the 23 km long Vasco de Gama bridge.

Notre Dame de Strasbourg

Well, they built things to last, 1003 years ago...

Look, Mum!

I'm gonna jump you!

A Monday Meowral

Meow, everybody! The tiniest of Monday murals!
More Monday Murals here

100 years ago...

At the end of WW1, in November 1918, a red flag was floating on top of the cathedral. Strasbourg was declared a socialist republic, for about 10 days, until the french army "liberated" the town.
Last night, some partisans of the independence from France floated the "Rot Wiss" ,red and white alsatian flag on top of the same cathedral. It was removed by the police at 10.30 AM.
History repeating.
Below, the press photo;

A weekend reflection

Les Ponts Couverts, or covered bridges, part of the old fortifications around town. Well, we had to ward off the nasty Germans, innit!
More weekend reflections right here.

Weekend in black and white

Last month at Lake Garda , in Italy.
More b&w here, as usual.

Towards the sun

It's a grey day, but I know the sun is up there, somewhere, somehow.

Petite France

A quiet side street in the over touristic Petite France area

Fall

A Monday Mural

Well, what can I say? It's a camping, in Argeles, south of France
More Monday Murals right here.

A weekend reflection

Definitely my top favorite spot in town!
More weekend reflections here.

The Amis are coming!

American jeep, seen this morning at a vintage fair.
This said, tRUMP, the demented psychopath,  is coming to Paris next week, for the WW1 commemorations, as guest of Macron. Wish I could go to Paris to join the protest!!!

Weekend em preto e branco

On a very rainy and cold January  morning in Fatima, Portugal, eons ago...
Want some more b&w this weekend? Easy, just click here!

November theme day: friends

Some old friends and former colleagues of mines, in their best Sunday outfits...
More friendly photos and posts here

St Peter the young

The central nave of this most beautiful church in town. In my opinion anyway.

Sunrise? What sunrise?

Pretty dramatic, no? Lasted all but 3 minutes, before fading to grey.
 Good news: it's finally raining. And snowing on thhe hills nearby. Not a lot, but even a little is welcome

Rosae, rosae, rosas...

Do you see the inscription just underneath the statues?
A Monday Mural, spotted somewhere in the Pyrenees mountains.
More monday murals, right... HERE!