Last day of summer

 

Not only for Christmas!

Traditional Alsatian kugelopf (many ways to write it), originally eaten for Christmas. You can get them (or make them) anytime and everywhere now. Either sweet, with raisins and almonds, or salty, with bacon bits and nuts. I love them both!
 

Autumn

 

A Paris reflection

The Grande Dame, which horrified most Parisians in 1889. Linked to Weekend Reflections.
 

Weekend in black and white

Autumnal spider art.

More b&w here.
 

Doors with heart

Some old (toilet?) doors with heart.

 

And now for the weather

Gloom, rain.
 

Multicolored

 

Many flowers and plants decorating the town. This is some sort of cabbage, I suppose.

Antique Monday Mural

Alsatian woman wearing the traditional costume. More Monday Murals right here.
 

Yew!

DO NOT EAT THIS!!!
 

A weekend reflection

During one of my many many trips to Venice in the last 40 years... More reflections to be found right here.
 

Weekend in black and white

A small falcon seen last weekend. As usual, more b&w photos from my blogger friends here.
 

A winery

The Alsace region produces 7 types of wine, 6 whites and a rosé in the village of Ottrott. This is a winery in Kintzheim, 50 km south of Strasbourg, in a traditional and well kept building. White wine therefore.
 

Do you need...

... a shave or a haircut?
 

Pyguargue

So, last Saturday, we went to this bird place in Kintzheim (try to pronounce it, lol). We saw amongst many others, this amazing pyguargue (in French), sea eagle in English.
 

A Monday Mural

A nice mural on place Gutenberg, near the cathedral.

More Monday Murals here, on Sami's blog in Perth, Western Australia..
 

45-47

This has to be the quirkiest mailbox I've ever seen in France.
 

Snowy on a hot day

Nice day out, to a bird conservation place in the mountains. Harry Potter fans, you will surely recognise Hedwig, the  snowy owl!
 

Weekend in black and white

I am the oldest plane tree in town. I have been providing shade since 1667! I am still healthy!

More b&w here this weekend

A symbol of peace

"Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae" Ovid

"In war the olive branch of peace is of use" 
 

Almost lunch time

Sauerkraut leftovers today for me, with potatoes, bacon and sausages. And you?
 

Petit train

Being quite aware of the city's history, architecture, art, and being a walker, I confess I've never taken this little tourist train.
 

MAMC

The musée d'art moderne et contemporain, on the Ill river. Ever changing displays. Wear a mask to get in!
 

A corfiote weekend reflection

For more weekend reflections, click HERE
 

NO!!!

No, I don't want to be on the photo! I'm ignoring you, can't you see???

More weekend b&w here.
 

Plasma globe

An old photo of a plasma globe, or ball, taken in a science museum somewhere...
 

They're back!

The regular international long-distance coaches are back. Let's go on a trip! Venice, Berlin, Amsterdam, Budapest or Bucharest???
 

4204

 

No, it's not post 4204 (1748)... That's a street number in Venice. But no venitian street is that long... So, what the f..k??? Want to know more? Click here. And good luck with finding your hotel in Venice! LOL

A four-eyed Monday Mural

You can surely guess where I took this photo and what it represents... Come on, it's easy! Although I don't know about her 4 eyes.

More Monday Murals right...here
 

Rainy "summer" day

What a strange summer we're having.
 

Een weekend reflectie

At the Stedelijk (aka municipal) Museum in Amsterdam. More weekend reflections here
 

Weekend in black and white

Yet another photo from what is for me paradise. And more b&w here. I usually don't this, but here is the original photo in color:

 

Natural art

Beautiful weathered old door
 

Somewhere...

Looking foe a secret garden
 

The Florence offices

Italian: gli Uffizi. What was built as an office building for florentine magistrates, is now one of the world's most famous museums. Wish I was there, as I did not see everything (too big, not enough time).  And to have a caffé!
 

Let the music play

Inside mural, in an Amsterdam hostel. More Monday Murals right...here
 

What size are you?

Alternatively, you can probably use one as a tent... No fat-shaming meant!
 

Are you looking at me???

 

Once upon a time...

Pre-covid, waiting for an early flight in Dubrovnik airport...

More b&w right HERE, and more reflections right THERE. CLICK!
 

Chicks

The first time I ever saw baby peacocks.

 

Ready

 

Podgorica

The international coach station in Podgorica, Crna Gora. Crna Gora, country better known as Montenegro, one of the very few European countries where you get stamps on your passport. Missing my old passports full of colorful stamps, sigh. 

A Monday Mural

Scary. The thing is wearing an old Venitian medical mask, used during the black death.

More, hopefully less scary, murals here.
 

?

No idea what this is about... Tirana, Albania. 
 

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here.
 

Weekend kisses in black and white

A lipstick shop...Glossy lips. More b&w here, as usual.
 

Something for (almost) everybody

 

Water, bubbles and a few tourists

An old photo... No bubbles today, very few tourists, but a lot of water, as we have the wettest summer in 60 years. Non-stop rain.
 

20, and a laugh