Weekend in black & white

Early this morning at the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Roma, la citta eterna. Tom Hanks went into some trouble there... :-)
My first time in Rome, after over 35 years... One bit of advice, maybe... AVOID THE METRO AT ALL COST!!! It is somewhere between abysmal and catastrophic, an utter disgrace.

Well, as usual, take a look at the Dragonstar's den, over there.
And you will enjoy more reflections here.

Monday Murals

 New, by local artist Dan23

 Monsanto, Total, Apple are without a doubt champions in destroying our planet. We are millions, they are just giants with clay feet

If I die, you die.

More Monday Murals here.

Weekend in black and white

I took this photo on a very chilly -close to freezing actually- April morning, at around 6.30 or 7 am, looking for coffee. In Venice. So, I guess this guy and his dog might have been going to work, in the San Polo area of town.
As St Mark is the holy patron of Venice, many many (and many more) men are called Marco. So this might well be Marco, from San Polo... Well, in San Polo anyway.
I finally found an open bar shortly after . Un espresso per piacere, Signore!

To my great joy, I'll be back there in a few days. Venezia is like home to me.

More b&w here.
And more weekend reflections here.

Purple

The color purple= problem! I am partially color blind, so I can't really recognize purple. Not good for a photographer! Well, I'll try it anyway

This might be purple, or maybe not, you decide. I just don't know.

More purple photos on this City Daily Photo monthly purple theme day to be found here

The cathouse on the shore

Complete with mermaid and lizard-onaute.
More Monday Murals here

Post 1000

The feline equivalent to internet spyware...lol

1000th post for this blog, many more on my other blogs. I'm fighting a blogger's block, it's getting hard. Henceforth, I will carry on posting, but less regularly. I started blogging in Dublin, in December 2006, and I need a break.
No worries, Dragonstar's b&w crew, you'll see me every Friday! You'll see me here, but not necessarily on this Strasbourg blog of mine.

A farmhouse

Looks very old... Very often the foundation date is engraved on the lintel, but I couldn't find anything here. My  (educated) guess would be 15th century, but it could be older. From a time when Bilbo was young.

Little Venice

Not in Italy, but here in Alsace!

Kehl am Rhein

Our tiny neighbor city, in Germany, just across the Europa bridge, just across the Rhine river, 15 minutes from Strasbourg city center. A part of Strasbourg, from 1939 till 1953
As many things are cheaper in Germany,, cigarettes, food, cosmetics, and as Strasbourg is 30 times bigger, there always more frenchies than Germans in town. It is pretty much a bilingual town, which is very good!

A Monday Mural

Seen a few weeks ago in Malta.
More Monday Murals here

The way

As a former work zombie, I couldn't agree more... Destroy your work zombiness, and start again.

A weekend reflection

A reflection on the Opera Bastille, the newer of the two opera houses in Paris.
More weekend reflections here.

Weekend in black and white

May well be my favorite view of Paris: the rooftops.
More b&w to enjoy here

The tiny doorman

You're never too small!

This way out

Leaving the island of Gozo, a few weeks ago. Gosh, I so need holidays. Again.

Notre drame de Paris

Built in 1163, last rebuilt from 2019 onwards 

SOS

New from Dan23. On his Instagram account, Dan says it is about humans destroying the only planet we have.
More Monday Murals here, as usual.

Weekend reflection, with ducks

Last spring... Sorry, I mean last week! Winter is upon us once again.

Did you spot the other duck???

More weekend reflections here

Things to do in Strasbourg

Go to the park, and enjoy spring!

Weekend in black and white

Inside the Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe, aka Denkmal fuer die ermordeten Juden Europas, in Berlin last winter. Aka the holocaust memorial. More about the place here.
More b&w here

Hidden

Somewhere in the Petite France area, in the old town, there is this hidden courtyard, with a strange tree. Not sure what it is about.

Love

Love can truly be found in the strangest places

White on blue

A little color on this grey and rainy day.

Under construction

A brand new gigantic mural, here in Strasbourg, in the Esplanade area. Painted over the dull front of a student home. A close up, to appreciate the size of it:

More Monday Murals here

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here

Not Strasbourg!!!

No, this the lovely small town of Marsaxlokk, Malta. Overrun with tourist, even in February.

Weekend in black and white

Guess where I was just before Christmas... The winners will get a gummy bear, of course! LOL
More b&w here

Berlin HBf

Waiting for the S-Bahn, aka metro, at Berlin central station, last December. No ballet in Spandau for me though.:-)

Stork reintroduction center

We used to have many storks here, but in 1972, the number was down to only 5 couples. Thanks to this center and to several charities, there are now approximately 750 couples in Alsace, about 60 of them in the Orangerie park, next to the Council of Europe.

Blue

With some pink thrown in for free!

Yellow

1st day of the month = City Daily Photo theme day. Here we go, the theme today is...yellow. No, no french yellow jackets!
Click here to see a yellow world.

Stork nests

Having a rest after feeding the kids... Can you see the baby?

A weekend reflection

A nice stroll through the Orangerie park, the green lung of Strasbourg. Looks like spring has finally started!!!
More weekend reflections here.

Albert, in b&w

More black and white here

Early morning

Sipping my first coffee on my balcony, watching this...T'is a good day

Just checking

In most European countries, it is forbidden to use your cell phone whilst driving. So I guess this... driver is not doing anything illegal. Checking his phone whilst waiting for clients, in Mdine, Malta

A Tuesday mural

Actually part of the Monday Mural theme, but as I'm a little jet-lagged...
Anyway, click here to see more murals, 7/7.

Petite France

Tourist things

Very popular with Asian visitors. Me? No way!

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections right...here

Not quite ready yet...

Seen in a small fishing town, a few weeks ago. The owner has probably gone fishing.
More b&w here

A place on the riverside

France Bleu Alsace

Our regional  bilingual (French and Alsatian) radio station. Well, we have many more radio stations here, not even counting the German and Swiss ones (hello, neighbors!) . But this one is actually in one of 2 world heritage sites, the Neustadt, the other one is the Grande Ile, the old city center

Spring!

It really looks like spring today! 4 days after the ides of march (RIP Julius Caesar).

Georges's guitar

Not a music shop, contrarily to what I first thought, whilst  walking through the streets of Montmartre 2 or 3 weeks ago. Georges Brassens had a guitar like this, if I remember well.
More Monday Murals here.

Sunday sunshine

Nice way to spend your sunday morning.