Watching the sky

The grey sky went finally away

Grand Rue

Is it me you're looking for?

Gold

A panorama view of the interior of the St john's co-cathedral in Valletta. The main cathedral, San Pawl, is in Mdina, & few km away. San Pawl, Saint Paul, as the story goes, was shipwrecked in Malta (in St Paul's Bay). He founded the first christian in Malta, around 60 AD.
I've only seen more gold in some Bavarian rococo churches. I'm equally amazed and deeply dismayed by so much ostentation wealth...10 euros to see it...

A Monday Mural...Or is it?

Murals, murals.. Now, what about this pussycat?
More Monday Murals here

Riflessjoni fi tmiem il-ġimgħa

This is the lovely Maltese town of San Giljan, or St Julian in English, with some traditional luzzu fishing boats in Spinola Bay.
More weekend reflections here.
You guessed it: the title of this post is Maltese for... :-)

CARNIVAL!!!

It's the children's carnival in Valletta today!

Tmiem il-ġimgħa bl-iswed u l-abjad/Weekend en noir et blanc

That's weekend in black and white in maltese and in french... As this is the door handle at the french embassy in Valletta, Malta. Nothing to do with them, I just passed there, looking for fish and chips...
You now the drill: click HERE, more b&w if you do. Shame if you don't.

Monthly CDP theme day: green

Greens, with some added colors . The gentleman on the side looks quite green as well...
More entries to the CDP theme day here

Nice day out

Wish it was a window, and that it was mine... The Maltese island of Gozo, seen from a ferry

Valletta

Went to Valletta this morning, to get the lay of the land. Made a few new four legged furry friends on my way. What can I do, cats, and dogs, just love me!

Mural it-Tnejn

First, you park your car. Then, you...
My first ever Maltese Monday Mural, live from Sliema, Malta, on a grey day. Never been here before.I have a good grasp of most European language, but Maltese... Beats me.
More Monday Murals at Sami's. Just click HERE

Mirrors

Amazing, what you can do with mirrors and a few projection devices...Musée Grévin, the wax museum in Paris.
More weekend reflections here

I'll be away for 8 days, to some tiny islands. Not sure about internet capabilities down there...

Sur les quais de Paris

Along the Seine river in Paris. Where I did some guiding/sightseeing this week

Weekend in black and white

The entrance of the Sacré Coeur basilica in Paris, last Monday.
More b&w here

Le bon bock

Could be in Alsace, but this photo was taken in Paris last monday. Bock is what english-speakers call a stein, a big beer container. Typically alsatian indeed!

Meeting Mr O.

Sorry about not posting yesterday: I was in Paris, on a secret meeting. Plotting the after-tRUMP with Mister O. All about strategy, strategy, and more strategy. Can't tell you more, sorry. Me talking, Mr O listening.
What a strange idea, to meet at a wax museum! Did he think I couldn't see the difference???

A Monday Mural

Old mural, seen in Barcelona ...... years ago.
More colorful murals here 

Just standing there

Waiting for spring

A weekend reflection

Oldie, from an old blog. The entrance to the Desigual HQ in Barcelona.

More weekend reflections here.

Weekend in black and white

Gone fishing.
More b&w here.

Busy skies

A lot happening out there this morning... 6 airports in the area. I'll be joining all those travelers in a few days time, flying south to a warmer place, to some island life, to a lot of history, to some fantastic architexture. And lots of rabbits!

Mugshot

I am french. So, genetically, a coffee drinker. It's the truth, it is in my genes!
But... I've spent long years in tea drinking fields, England, Scotland, India, etc, and I've got infected... Yes, I drink tea as well!!! A nice oolong, or masala chai... Better than bad coffee!
And so, tea selling shops are spreading in France, it's a pandemic...
DEAR COFFEE DRINKERS:I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY!!!

Paradiso

My favorite bar/restaurant/exhibition place in Europe... In the Giardini area of Venice, and part of the Biennale

A Monday mural in love

I know, it's 3 days early, but happy Valentine everybody!
More Monday Murals here.

A weekend reflection

Can you see me?
More weekend reflections here.

Pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Do you ever have a craving for an authentic Italian wood-oven pizza, with a little musica, a few canzone to go with? Well, I do, now. The nearest Italian pizzeria being some 400 km away, here is some musica, from Genova, city infamous from it's crumbling bridge.

Weekend in black and white

Crossing the ponte degli Alpini in Bassano del Grappa, near Venice.
More b&w here

Colors

Something to light up a grey rainy day

Place Gutenberg

By rain, by snow, winter or summer...

The world and the Currywurst

Berlin without Currywurst is not really Berlin...Pork sausage, with ketchup, vinegar and curry powder  I like my Wurst as any German does, or half-German in my case. The Germans eat 800 millions of them every year, according to the Currywurst museum (I'm not kidding, there is such a museum) in Berlin. I'm travelling a lot, but I've never seen it elsewhere.
The hot air balloon, Welt is German for world, is probably taking the Wurst around the world....Could be worse...;-).

Walking through a sea of roses

Where is she going? Is she on her way to friends, to a trendy coffee place, to see her lover?
Seen in Faro, Portugal, last June.
More Monday Murals right....here.

Bridge over troubled water

Crossing the bridge. Wouldn't want to get my feathers wet, me!

Weekend reflection

Last summer, so long ago...
More weekend reflections here

Weekend in black and white

Water, birds, snow, a little sunshine... What else do you need?
More b&w here.

Whiteout

Theme day tomorrow, the theme is: white. It snowed a little last night, but now, at 2 PM, it's all gone. The weather report predicted a snow apocalypse, but...FAKE NEWS, lol.
A lot more white here.
Post dedicated to my friends  Gunn and Steve.:-)

Deudeuche!

A shiny oldtimer! The 2cv, (deux chvaus, 2 horses, aka deudeuche) the quintessential french car, rarely to be seen nowadays. They were built from 1948 till 1990. Want one? They can cost over 12000 euros.
More here.

The door to...

... well-being. Technical door to one of the thermal springs in the neighbor town of Baden-Baden, 40 km away in Germany. One of the springs of my favorite spa, the Friedrichsbad

быстро!

A typical parisian bistrot, or bistroquet. Some say that the word bistro came from the russian word bistro, quickly, from when russian troops occupied Paris, during the napoleonic wars. As in: beer, quickly!
More about it here.
More Monday Murals here.

Budapest, with Jethro Tull

Let's go away for a day... I discovered Budapest last summer, and I love the place (and the local prices).
The parliament, office of the troublesome Mr Orban.

My photo, but obviously not my video!

A weekend reflection painting of sorts

A little digital painting today, trying to render the impression of snowfall. Well, kind off.
The Petite France area, of course, such a good photo spot!
More weekend reflections here.https://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/

Weekend in black and white

Snowed in playground in the Petite France.
More b&w here, as usual. Easy peasy, just CLICK!

Aubette on ice

This is the Aubette on place Kleber, the city's main square. An old garrison building from the mid 18th century. Nowadays, a shopping mall where you can have an Californian apple and Seattle coffee, among other things, with a concert hall. Oh: and the international bookshop, important!!!
This winter, there is also an ice rink in front. And a very convenient meeting point!

Bye bye

No worries, it's not me, but the tree saying bye bye. It's been taken down as I write this. So, Christmas is definitely over.
It is snowing... Too late for a white Christmas.

Petite France

After the catastrophic holiday season we've had, terrorist attack, yellow jackets, the city council apparently decided to leave the Christmas lights on a while longer.

You're now entering the...

...japanese sector.

More from the Eastside Gallery in Berlin.

Many more Monday Murals here

A weekend reflection

More reflections here

Weekend!

Enjoy your weekend, everybody!

Weekend in black and white

I spent the day for the first time ever in Baden-Baden, a small and lovely spa town in the Black Forest, 40 km from here. In Germany. By browsing the net, I discovered that the town an important russian population in the 19th century. People like Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky,  Goncharov, many Romanovs stayed there... They all wanted to the local casino. There is even a russian orthodox church.
Anyway, more b&w here, as usual