Christmas. Strasbourg, population 291000. Tourists this coming month, over 3 millions.

Catalan for "a man and his dogs", at a  side entrance to the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Old cheap phone photo. More b&w rig...

Above the Star/ Saint Exupéry cinema. Saint Ex, as well call him, the author of the famous Little Prince and other books, lived just to it, ...

Not being much of a land lubber, I don't know my trees. So, if anyone knows this tree, let me know.  

AKA the gingko biloba next door.  

A restaurant, last Saturday. This is a small part of the bar...As a 99% teetotaller, I had water and a coffee.  

Last summer.  

Last summer.  

Well, it is the season, innit... The Christmas market opens next Wednesday, with hordes of tourists... 3.3 millions last year.... Chaos. It...

Seen last Tuesday near my cardiologist's office. Straight out of Tolkien... No, the tree did not walk away!  

 

Do some sightseeing! And have an espresso!  

 

At the Tiburtina railway station in Rome.  

The world's oldest pharmacy in Florence/Firenze, Italy. Open since 1221.  

A rarely seen bird around here. More b&w here .  

 

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 . ...

In the Rohan palace, home of former prince-archbishops.  

Barcelona ages ago. Author unknown. More Monday murals here .