Friday 10 November 2017
Thursday 9 November 2017
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Monday 6 November 2017
A monday mural
Victor Hugo, one of France's greatest novelists and poets.
"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face".
More Monday Murals here.
"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face".
More Monday Murals here.
Sunday 5 November 2017
Saturday 4 November 2017
Friday 3 November 2017
Thursday 2 November 2017
Socks, drugs and rock'n roll
After looking for 3 weeks for an appropriate post for yesterday's theme day, a few hours after posting, I came accross this yesterday...
Wednesday 1 November 2017
Wine, knack(wurst) and rock'n roll!
November City Daily Photographer theme day: rock'n roll. A hard one... To tell you the truth, Strasbourg is not a rock'n roll kind of place. Well, except for one place, the very excellent Bretzel Airlines. What could be more alsatian than a bretzel??? Well, don't answer this one.... Choucroute (aka sauerkraut), wines, and on, I know, guys...
To see more rock'n roll photos, click here.
To see more rock'n roll photos, click here.
Tuesday 31 October 2017
The tree is up!
Every year around this time, the city puts up the tallest christmas tree they find, on place Kleber, our main square. This year, it didn't go as planned... They found a 36 meters tall tree, but it broke when they cut it down. This is plan B, only 30 meters tall, 100 feet. The christmas market opens on the last weekend in november, time for the city workers to make the tree christmassy, by attaching more branches (right now, the tree is...meager), and to decorate it.
Monday 30 October 2017
Saint Jean
St John church was a former monastery church. Built in 1477, and heavily damages during WW2, it is now home to a monastic fraternity (whatever this means. I saw a nun unlocking the door this morning). I love the simplicity of it!
A close-up of the lion above the entrance:
A close-up of the lion above the entrance:
Sunday 29 October 2017
Saturday 28 October 2017
Reformation
The town is very busy this weekend, lots of protestants from all over France, Germany, Switzerland, celebrating 500 years since Father Martin Luther, catholic priest, augustinian monk, father of 6 with Katharina von Bora, a nun, absconded his "true" faith, to embrace another "true" faith (...).
Now, the region here, Alsace, is predominantly protestant. A few catholics, jews, muslims, others...And our neighbors, Switzerland and Germany are very protestant as well. Followers of a guy who wrote a treatise about jews, Von den Jüden und iren Lügen, "about jews and their lies". In the treatise, he argues that Jewish synagogues and schools be set on fire, their prayer books destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, homes burned, and property and money confiscated. They should be shown no mercy or kindness, afforded no legal protection, and these poisonous envenomed worms should be drafted into forced labor or expelled for all time. He also seems to advocate their murder, writing "we are at fault in not slaying them".
What a nice example to follow.
You know the rest: suffering, death, racism, narrow mindedness, hate, intolerance, bigotry, Trump...
Evangelicals are boycotting the celebrations. I wonder why.
Now, the region here, Alsace, is predominantly protestant. A few catholics, jews, muslims, others...And our neighbors, Switzerland and Germany are very protestant as well. Followers of a guy who wrote a treatise about jews, Von den Jüden und iren Lügen, "about jews and their lies". In the treatise, he argues that Jewish synagogues and schools be set on fire, their prayer books destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, homes burned, and property and money confiscated. They should be shown no mercy or kindness, afforded no legal protection, and these poisonous envenomed worms should be drafted into forced labor or expelled for all time. He also seems to advocate their murder, writing "we are at fault in not slaying them".
What a nice example to follow.
You know the rest: suffering, death, racism, narrow mindedness, hate, intolerance, bigotry, Trump...
Evangelicals are boycotting the celebrations. I wonder why.
Friday 27 October 2017
Buddha in Paris?
Not really, seen in the window of a souvenir shop near the cathedral in Strasbourg 500 km from Paris.
More black and white photos here.
More black and white photos here.
Thursday 26 October 2017
Wednesday 25 October 2017
He ho, and a bottle of rum!
Waiting for Captain Jack Sparrow to buy me a drink!
Tuesday 24 October 2017
Monday 23 October 2017
A monday mural
Sunday 22 October 2017
Saturday 21 October 2017
Friday 20 October 2017
Thursday 19 October 2017
Wednesday 18 October 2017
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Vox box office
Vox seems to be a common name for older cinemas. This one was built in the 30es, renovated in 2015. 6 screens, with the latest technology.
On today: Blade Runner 2049, the latest Kingsman movie, the Lego movie, Coexist (french), Mozart's Enchanted Flute, It...
On today: Blade Runner 2049, the latest Kingsman movie, the Lego movie, Coexist (french), Mozart's Enchanted Flute, It...
Monday 16 October 2017
Sunday 15 October 2017
The bubble guy
I read somewhere that he is a syrian refugee, trying to build a new life. May the force be with him!
Saturday 14 October 2017
Imagine that!
Wow! A kid without cell phone, Iphone, or other pads! A kid with a BOOK!!! Amazing.There is hope, my friends!
Friday 13 October 2017
Thursday 12 October 2017
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Monochrome chicken
Labels:
B&W,
monochrome
Location:
Grand'Rue, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Tuesday 10 October 2017
Monday 9 October 2017
Al cinema
Last summer, I was very happy to be able to spend 24 hours in the italian city of Genova. And I fell in love with, again. Vibrant, multicultural seaside port.
Sunday 8 October 2017
Bring the chevy to the...
... vintage fair I went to yesterday! A feast for my eyes, this 65 Malibu!
Many other wondrous and/or wonderful things and people to be seen.
Many other wondrous and/or wonderful things and people to be seen.
Saturday 7 October 2017
Friday 6 October 2017
Big baby!!!
Table football, or in french: babyfoot, or baby, pronounced bahby. This is the the biggest baby I've ever seen!
Location:
112 Grand'Rue, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Thursday 5 October 2017
Wednesday 4 October 2017
Pink sandstone
Once upon a time, the cathedral, our Lady of Strasbourg, used to be pink. Pink sandstone, from the nearby Vosges mountain range. You can guess what happened: smoke during the last few centuries, pollution, weather, pigeons... She is rather dark now, a dirty greyish-brown. Cleaning the stone is never ending work... You can see the original color in the faces. Pink she was, pink she will be again, one day.
This was all carved on site 700-800 years ago. Totally amazing craftsmanship!!!!!
This was all carved on site 700-800 years ago. Totally amazing craftsmanship!!!!!
Tuesday 3 October 2017
I want to ride my...
With 330 km of cycle paths, almost 200 miles, Strasbourg is France's most "cycleable" town! Hurrah!!!
Monday 2 October 2017
Sunday 1 October 2017
Theme day: sensual
Is it a mermaid??? I saw this... creature a few months ago in Colmar, posing "sensually" with it's ducks..
No, I swear it's not a selfie, lol!
Right, you guessed it, it is theme day again, and here are the other entries.
And sorry for the bad quality of this cropped to death photo!
No, I swear it's not a selfie, lol!
Right, you guessed it, it is theme day again, and here are the other entries.
And sorry for the bad quality of this cropped to death photo!
Saturday 30 September 2017
4742
I went to a forum about migrants this morning.
4742. The number of migrants who lost their lives in the Med last year. But they are others as well:
4742. The number of migrants who lost their lives in the Med last year. But they are others as well:
Friday 29 September 2017
This is not a cuckoo clock!
Wrong side of the river Rhine, aka the german border. No: this is a cock clock.
Btw, the cock is a very french (aka the occupiers) symbol. It is the only animal who sings, with both feet in the merde. Old joke, sorry for that.
Btw, the cock is a very french (aka the occupiers) symbol. It is the only animal who sings, with both feet in the merde. Old joke, sorry for that.
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