Saturday, 25 July 2020

A Buddha plethora

A few step from the (catholic) cathedral. True ecumenism!
More weekend reflections here.

Friday, 24 July 2020

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Benvenuti a Roma!

Welcome to Rome! Well, no. It's actually in the inner courtyard of the Rohan's family palace, in Strasbourg (princes, cardinals, etc). I guess the bust represents one of the Rohans, no name I could see. They sure loved roman style architecture!

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Empty

A new working day ahead, for captain and crew. Still very few tourists.

Monday, 20 July 2020

A Monday Mural

Another exotic creature by Dan23 on the place de la Vignette in Strasbourg.
More Monday Murals here.

Saturday, 18 July 2020

A weekend reflection

A very classic view of the heart of the Petite France area, a perfect reflection: no wind or waves, no ducks, no boats... There must be millions of similar photos or postcards... Well, this is mine.
More reflections here.

Friday, 17 July 2020

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

The set up

Setting up the restaurant for lunch, photo taken this morning. Wonderful weather today! The (European) tourist are back, but no Americans, Chinese, Japanese...

Monday, 13 July 2020

La tête dans les nuages

Head in the clouds: someone who is easily distracted.
Well, Monday is usually when I post murals. This isn't really a mural, as the street artist Dan23 painted a small square, place de la Vignette, in Strasbourg. Hard to take a photo of the whole square/painting, always delivery trucks parking on it. Or you can click here , french only.
Real murals here.

Sunday, 12 July 2020

Balls

Someone lost his/her balls...
Hoping evil Facebook won't block me! LOL

Friday, 10 July 2020

Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Where I belong...


Strasbourg is totally land-locked. Can't wait to be back on the sea!

Sunday, 5 July 2020

The flâneur

Fernando Pessoa, waiting for a coffee in front of the Brasileira coffee house, in the Chiado quarter, Lisbon. Pessoa was the greatest lusophone ( = portuguese speaking) poet. More about this very interesting person right here.
There must be millions of photos of this statue. Well, this is one of mine.

Wednesday, 1 July 2020

CDP monthly theme day: neighbourhood

Well, this is my immediate neighbourhood, as taken from my balcony this morning, in Ostwald, just outside Strasbourg. Ostwald, German for east forest, or east wood. No, Clint does not live here.
3 more schooldays for the kids at the back.
More about the theme all around the world here.

Monday, 29 June 2020

I miss Venice

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

Thursday, 25 June 2020

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?

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

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

Saturday, 20 June 2020

Friday, 19 June 2020

Weekend in black and white

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

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Monday, 15 June 2020

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!

Sunday, 14 June 2020

Saturday, 13 June 2020

A weekend reflection

I'm dreaming about taking one of the boats in Budapest, and going all the way to the Black Sea...
More weekend reflections here.

Friday, 12 June 2020

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

Thursday, 11 June 2020

Lunchtime at the clinic

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

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

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

Monday, 8 June 2020

Gloomy

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