I miss Venice

I normally go there 2-4 times a year, but I haven't in months... Hopefully soon.

Knock knock knock

A summer weekend reflection

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Summer

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Fête de la COVID

The yearly Fête de la musique was.... Special. Oh ok, it was joyous and entertaining, misicians on boats, bicycles, jazz, rock...
What was extremely disturbing  was the big groups, hundreds of people, no social distancing, no masks in sight. Fête de la musique, or fête de la COVID?

RIP, Wolf musique

The oldest music shop in town, killed by COVID and by the lack of help of the french goverment.

1827- June 13th, 2020

La boulangerie

Nice bakery, don't remember where.

Yellow cats trying to scare a guy

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The high Council

They have an interesting website.

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol

A very old photo, taken in Figueres, Catalunya, near the house-museum of the master.
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Weekend in black and white

I have absolutely no idea what this bird is: black beak, black legs, yellow feet.
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UPDATE: it's an egret, aigrette in French, Reiher in German.

It's raining, angels

Fun at the cathedral!

Catch the bubbles!

Green

Some greens from one of the many waterways here

Not a spaceship!

The main tramway station in town, in the place de l'homme de Fer, iron man square. 2 origins for the name, depending who you ask: either the first train in the 19th century, or the statue of a soldier in armor, above a pharmacy. Absolutely nothing to do with Robert Downey Jr, or Stan Lee!

Colors

Thanks, dude, for making a grey day more colorful.

A weekend reflection

I'm dreaming about taking one of the boats in Budapest, and going all the way to the Black Sea...
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Weekend in black and white

The Vosges mountain range is about 25 km from here, all along the Rhine river, from Germany to the Swiss border.
Well, this the place des Vosges, Vosges square, in Paris, nowhere near the actual Vosges. More about the most beautiful square I know of here.
And more b&w here

Lunchtime at the clinic

Inside the Orangerie park, there is clinic for injured storks. Storks are the "national" emblem of Alsace

Hello, friend!

Un parco

A few days, the City Daily Photo family had it's monthly theme day, about parks. Here is another one, near the Biennale area in Venice

Gloomy

On a very gloomy spring day a while back, somewhere in Switzerland.

Lunchtime!

I believe I can fly

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Merci, Robert N

A thank you note to Robert Nicolaescu. Multumesc prietene.
More b&w for your weekend right....HERE.

Underneath the old tree

In more normal times there would people enjoying a drink. Restaurants and cafés have reopen, after summer-like confinement months, but it is raining today, with thunderstorms... Karma.
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Look me in the eyes!

Bottle recycling bin art.

A little south

There is a good side on global warming: an olive tree in Strasbourg, some oleander nearby. Gosh, I miss Greece!!!

June theme day on CDP: park

Feeding time in the Orangerie park. The stork is tame, he is often seen begging for food.:-)
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Sunday morning

I love going for a walk on Sunday mornings, nobody around!
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Stairway to...

... to a ...swim with the ducks?
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Grand Rue

A short break in the sun, with baby.
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Hey, you forgot...

... the brush.

The Holy Sepulchre

Yep, it's the other one, the one in Strasbourg! Restaurant, with a laaaarge choice of wines. I don't remember having wine at the other place, the one in Jerusalem.
Anyway, it's closed until further notice. We'll know more tomorrow.

Early morning

Woke up early today, coffee needed..Took it on my balcony.

A Monday Mural

Seen in Berlin 18 months ago.
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Sunday afternoon

Still very few people around, as the masks are compulsory in the city center.

A weekend reflection

The Ponts Couverts in Strasbourg, old fortifications.
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A Venice wedding

An Asian couple came from far away... Wishing them a very happy life!
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Summertime

Close to 30 degrees C today! I wish I could show you a crowded beach, but... Many good reasons to avoid crowds, and the closest sea beach is many hundreds of km away, far over the 100 km we're allowed to travel.
So, here is a green gate.

Is it a...?

I suppose it is... a bench. Facing the European Parliament. Does not look comfy at all.

The zoo

I wonder how our small zoo in the Orangerie park is coping, relying mostly of volunteers and donations... The park is still closed until further government notice.

A Rhine harbor

Seen in Frankfurt, one the closest airport towns to fly from. Now, this the harbor of course! LOL
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Soon

Hopefully.

A weekend reflection

Quiet evening at the pool bar
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Summer in the city

Last summer in Tirana, Albania. Simple pleasures are so often the best.
More b&w this weekend here

Asleep?

Or checking me out?

Morning

Calorie bomb

Hungry, anyone?

The day after

After 55 days locked down, with mostly warm sunny days, almost summer days...  Yesterday, 27 degrees C. Today, first day of "freedom": 6 degrees C, cold monsoon rain, strong wind. Karma? Does Mother Nature signify us to stay at home?