Social distancing

Alone in the city.

396,82 km to point zero

Point Zero, just outside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. From here, all distances in France are calculated. Strasbourg is 396.82 km away, as the crow flies. A good deal longer by car or train.

Weekend reflections

A few years ago at the Bastille.
More weekend reflections here

Chaverim אחים

Enjoying a falafel in Paris.
Chaverim: hebrew for friends.
The weekend is black and white!

Lockdown, day 3823585

Some feel good music for you? Will it be Mozart, Strauss or the pink panther?

End of lockdown...

I only drink to celebrate, birthdays, Christmas, etc. But, when the lockdown  finally ends (partially on May 11th in France), I will have a nice flammekueche or 2, and a nice drink!

Lockdown, week 6

Starting getting ever so slightly bored.

At the movie theater

On top of an old independent cinema.
More Monday Mural here

Sunny Sunday

Wishing you all a good day.

A weekend reflection

More photos to reflect on right...HERE

Weekend in black and white

Scene from bubblier times.
More b&w here.

Sorry, we are closed

Cafés, restaurants, cinemas, concert halls, theaters, operas, etc, are closed at least till mid-July. I'm wondering how many will be able to reopen, with no income for 4 months, or longer.

Ghost town

Everybody seems to respect the confinement.

Nature morte

Saint Valentine's day massacre

This footbridge is historically located near the Porte des Juifs. This gate of the old enclosure of Strasbourg led to the cemetery which was close to the current place of the Republic where more than 900 Jews, that is to say half of the Jewish population of Strasbourg, were burned alive on February 14, 1349. Many of the survivors fled abroad. Some made it to Venice, to the Ghetto area.

This sad episode is known as "Pogrom de Strasbourg" or "Saint-Valentine massacre".

At that time, there was the threat of an epidemic of black plague (bubonic) which will make nearly 25 million deaths in Europe. Before it even declares itself in Strasbourg, the Jews will be accused of poisoning the wells. A bad excuse invoked in particular by bad payers not wanting to repay their debts, or worse, robbing their property.

The bridge has existed since 1858. But it was destroyed by the bombings of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871. It was immediately replaced by a metal arch bridge in 1871

Salty!

I cook a lot, I love it! But I use very little salt, for health reasons, I prefer spices, oriental spices. But this might change my habits... What is Norwegian viking salt? Or sel fou, crazy salt??? Or sel des voyageurs, traveller's salt?

Watch the step!

A weekend reflection

Weekend in black and white

Vino for you, to cheer you up!
More b&w here

Not mine

I never used a selfie stick, although I got one in my left eye. Painful, don't recommend it.

Social distancing

The duck way.

Green

Confinement, day 22. I am used to being on my own for long times, which makes the confinement much easier for me than for most. Some of you will know what I'm talking about: I've had my fair share of vitamin oCean!  So, I'm doing fine .The Orangerie park in town  is what I miss most today. Photo taken last spring.

Lock down, week 4

Glorious and warm weather here. 22nd confinement day, spring out there.

Confinement, day 19

Going good.
Doggie in a ship's hold.

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here.

Il galeone Neptune

"Famous" galleon, anchored in the port of Genova/Genoa, Italy. Why famous? Here is why.
More b&w here, on confinement day 17.

Nobody

Emptiness.

April's fools day...I mean theme day! School

Students of a music school on their way to a concert in Valletta, Malta, last year.
More about the theme day here

Wash your paws!

And the other bits, while you're at it.

Social distancing

6 feet apart or 6 feet under: your choice.

Italia

I often think of Italy these days.

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here

Living in times of sheer...

More b&w for the weekend here

Overeating

No, no sweets today, but an Indian recipe, cabbage with rice, with a dozen spices. The problem with being blocked at home is overeating. Trying to keep it at bay. A guy here in France run a marathon on his 7 meters long balcony. 6029 lengths, in 6 hours...

Confinement, day 9

When you want to go out, but can't. It's lethally dangerous out there.

European House of Headaches

Not a hospital, but the ECB, European Central Bank in GFrankfurt. Preparing the... after. Won't be easy, headaches a-plenty.

A Monday Mural

Confinement, week 2. Well, he looks bored. I'm not! I have about a hundred cookbooks (never counted them), and with 2 small supermarkets 5 minutes away, I try to diversify my alimentation. What about you, how do you survive?

More Monday murals here.

Confinement, day 6. At home, on a nice sunny day

Wish I was on a boat, in South Pacific... Any Covid-19 on the Cook Islands???
More weekend reflections here

Weekend in black and white

Confinement day 5.
More b&w here

Springtime!!!

Aka confinement, day 4. Trying to stay busy, but not going out.

Confinement, day 3

How confinement should be...

Closed, confinement day 2

Europe is closed.

Confinement, day 1

This morning in town... Keep the distance, you effing idiots!!!

Lock down, day 2

It's all so quiet... Waiting for an update from Mr Macron tonight. Will it be confinement, like in China, Spain, Italy?

Lockdown

Well... I was supposed to fly to Istanbul for a few days this week... A much needed break. Problem: France is a Covid-19 hotspot. So, a few days ago, Turkey imposed a 14 days quarantine to all coming from France and a few other countries. And then, was night, France was put on lockdown, until further notice. Can't even visit my old mum in her retirement home.
PLEASE DON'T COME TO FRANCE!!!

A weekend reflection

Traditional Albanian attire.
More weekend reflections here

The doggie

Spotted in Mdina, Malta

Shapes and structures

More b&w for the weekend here

Café Atlantico

We have several barges in town, used for theater, cabaret, culture, and... coffee. Soon enough, it will be warm enough to enjoy a coffee in the sun. But not today.

10 more day...

...until spring.

Sloth and hoopoe

At a local shopping mall, by Florimond Mochel, a Strasbourg graphic designer. His website is here.
More Monday murals here.