Summer is ending

Jim's hotel

As seen at a music shop, in Basel, Switzerland, 100 km away or so.

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A weekend reflection

A few hours in Frankfurt, where (not so) old mixes with quite new... The "old" buildings were rebuilt after WW2.
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Weekend in black and white

The nicest door I've seen in a long time! From extremely skilled artists!
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Mainhattan

Frankfurt is less than 2 hours away. I quite often cross it by plane, train, etc, know the airport very well, but I've never actually visited it. Done now.
The skyline, mainly big international banks, dubbed Mainhattan, the Main being the river.

Frankfurt

I just came back from Frankfurt, and yes, I had some franks!
The old HQ of the European Central Bank. The root of all evils, so they say... Specially true in the light of the latest CumEx files revelations. CumEx? Just google it.

A Monday Mural

Place Gutenberg, Strasbourg. I don't know who did it, but it's been here for years.
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Red

September CDP theme day: red
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A weekend reflection

I hate selfies! This is all you'll get! LOL
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Weekend in bianco e nero

Well, amici, I go to Italia quite often, since the early 80es actually. Culture, food, art de vivre, mamma mia! Si, I speaka the italiano, si signore!
Here a common scene in one of the few metros in Roma.
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Still summer...

Enjoying the last really hot summer days... We're losing 10-15 degrees C next week. Is it me, or did summer really fly??

Somewhere over the...

Flight from Amsterdam to Rome, somewhere in Italy

St Paul's cathedral

Mdina, the old capital of Malta, 6 months ago. St Paul is believed to have been shipwrecked in Malta, and therefore founded the Church on the islands.

A Monday Mural

Well, he does not look happy at all!
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No coffee!

Place is closed.
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Weekend in black and white

Paris: training for  Mount Everest on Montmartre's steep hill... Just kidding :-)
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Weather report

Heavy mist this morning, cold. Very warm now, sunny, blue sky. Perfect.
Also the music I'm listening now, the very excellent Heavy Weather, by Weather Report...:-)

Summer in the city

Well, not today. 18 degrees, rain. This too will pass.

Patrick

I met Patrick in Marghera, near Venice. His unblinking stare made me a little uncomfortable. He may be  an Irish expat, looking for dry land... LOL
Anyhow, more Monday murals here, from al around the world.

Weekend in black and white

A moment frozen in time
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Summer docks

Summer docks. In what used to be the old port, every summer, the city transforms the place in front of the central library (building in the back) into a beach; sand, toys, paddle boats...

MondayMural

Franko Dine is a groundbreaker. He is the very first street artist employed by Tirana municipality (aka Big Brother...), in Albania.
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Enjoy your Sunday!

Good place for a coffee. Or two.

Roman morning reflection in black and white

One early morning in Roma...
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And more weekend reflections... here

Rainy day in Strasbourg

Rain is needed here, and that's good. But I need this!

A Monday Mural

A nice new mural, discovered today, Monday, on place Gutenberg.
More Monday Murals at Sami's

Hey dude, you're on my turf!

More b&w here, as usual

City Daily Photo theme day: black

'twas a dark and rainy night, surrounded by the empire of blackness ... Who's strange lopsided eyes are staring at me???
More blackness here

Don't look at me

Haven't had my coffee yet.

Impromptu biergarten with a view

Ah, the pleasures of summer... After yet another thoroughly tropical heatwave, after a wet and stormy weekend, let's have a drink!

Baden-Baden

Our pretty and very famous neighbor, in Germany. I think this is actually a spa.
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weekend in black and white

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A Monday Mural

Well, it's a dog. That's all I know about it.
Oh yes, it's in Tirana, Albania, near the Parliament.
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A weekend reflection

Tirana, Albania, 2 weeks ago. 9.30 AM at the Skanderbeg square, the main square in town. Close to 40 degrees C already... Wish I could have joined them...
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Mexican standoff

Who will win???
It's the weekend, and it's black and white.

Bretzel Airlines

You know Air France, Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and so on... But do you know Bretzel Airlines, the one and only one? No?
Well, it is not actually an airline, but a shop where you can buy funny shirts, mugs, bags, etc, all with an Alsatian theme.About bretzels (with a B here!), wine, tartes flambées...
Have a look on thheir airline shop, french only, here.
And no, they're not paying me in any way! Just a good place for funny presents.
God save the bretzel!

Κέρκυρα, Ελλάδα

Corfu, aka Kerkyra, Greece, 2 weeks ago. Terribly hot!

Një mur i hënës, a Monday Mural in Albania

An Albanian mural. The municipality of Tirana welcomes street artists, they even issued a booklet explaining some of the murals, in both Albanian and English. Not this one.
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Weekend reflection yawn

Dubrovnik airport, yesterday at 6 AM, after an almost sleepless night, and before the coffee shop opening... Not easy.
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Weekend in black and white, or where Richard the Lionheart meets an iron throne in Qarth

Absolutely beautiful island, with a rich history...Lokrum Island, just 600 meters from Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia. Yesterday.
According to the legent, King Richard was shipwrecked here in 1192. There is also something of an insane queen, the emperor of Mexico, and lots of peacocks and dangerous rabbits. Read on, here.
Incidentally, for the lovers of such things, the city of Qarth stood here. You know, the one from Game of Thrones. Haven't seen a single episode, but I have a photo of te iron throne.
I read the books though!!!
Anyway, it's the weekend, and it's black and white.

I was just above you

Yesterday, above a inviting looking beach near Budva, Crna Gora, aka Montenegro.

Mos paragjyko/Do not judge

Well hello again from Tirana, Albania! Tirana is an absolute dream for street art lovers! It's EVERYWHERE!!!
This is by Serbian artist Artez, do not judge. There is a lock on the bicycle, does he steal it, did he loose the key, what's happening???

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Do not judge.

A weekend reflection

As a former burger of Amsterdam, I  got used to see the many big I love Amsterdam signs all around town.
But this not Amsterdam, this is Tirana, capital of Albania, aka Shqiperia. I went this morning to the monumental Skanderbeg square, the centre of Tirana. But wtf is Chameria??? It's complicated! Have a look here.
And here as well, many more reflections to be found..
HOT here!!!

Weekend in black and white

Corfu harbor, Greece, yesterday morning.
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On the blue again

Well, this is not Strasbourg (I wish).
"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean". Arthur C. Clarke
Why are we so attracted to the ocean? Maybe because that's were we came from...
Anyway, this is the Ionian Sea, between Greece and Albania. Enjoy!

A Monday Mural

A brand new mural in the rue du jeu des enfants, children's play street. Looks quite joyous and jolly (jumper?)
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Blue

Now this, dudes and dudettes (dudesses?) is the ayuntamento, the city hall in Barcelona. Right, you've been there, you know it doesn't look like this. Well, it does, every summer evening, when they do a light show.
Want to go even bluer? Click here, as it is the...

MONTHLY THEME DAY!

A brief respite

The heat abated a little today, thanks to a mild northerly breeze. Back to the oven this weekend...

Circonvolution

An intricate (and unfortunately closed) staircase inside a catholic student home, a sheer marvel.
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