The city is getting greener almost every week, thanks to the green city council.
Thursday 16 June 2022
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Tuesday 14 June 2022
Monday 13 June 2022
A Monday Mural
Have a closer look... Trompe-l'oeil! What is real, what is painted?
More Monday Murals to be admired here.
Sunday 12 June 2022
Saturday 11 June 2022
I am the walrus
Just back from a daytrip to Karlsruhe, 75 km away in Germany. My friend wanted to see the zoo. Hot summer day, 30 degrees C. Nice day.
Friday 10 June 2022
Thursday 9 June 2022
Baeckeoffe!
(Not so) Typical alsatian stoneware. Just what you need for a good baeckeoffe! Vegans, vegetarians: don't click on the link! A baeckeoffe, well done, is just divine
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Rue du chaudron
Cauldron street, near the cathedral. Called "novus vicus apud praedicatorum juxta domum liberorum quondam Philippi apothecari" in 1330 AD, "a new street with preachers near the house of the children of the the late Philip's storeroom".... Long name, but I suppose it was a good indication to the place, a kind of medieval GPS...
Tuesday 7 June 2022
No parking!
What was a parking in front of the Temple Neuf a few days ago, is being transformed into a meeting area, with grassy hills, benches... Part of the city council's effort to bring nature in town.
Monday 6 June 2022
Sunday 5 June 2022
Saturday 4 June 2022
An Italian weekend reflection
Sigh... Wish I was having an espresso or a pizza in beloved Italia...
Anyway, click here for more weekend reflections.
Friday 3 June 2022
Weekend in black and white
Well, I am not a churchgoer. Except to admire the art and architecture. And to take photos, bien sur! This was yesterday, in the Freiburg cathedral, southern Germany. The young girls were part of a French school trip. France is just a few kilometers away, and so is Switzerland.
Wanna see more nice b&w? Click here, dudes and dudettes!
Thursday 2 June 2022
Fun at the Bächle
Daytrip to Freiburg im Breisgau, in the German Black Forest, 2 hours away. The Bächle , south-german word for a small brook or river, runs through the old town since 1220 AD, and is apparently a font for infinite fun for youngsters.
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Tuesday 31 May 2022
Monday 30 May 2022
Abbattiamo le frontiere
Let's break down borders. I totally agree with this mural in Genova, Italy, as I consider myself as a world citizen.
More Monday Murals right... here.
Sunday 29 May 2022
Saturday 28 May 2022
Friday 27 May 2022
Luzzu
A luzzu is a traditional maltese fishing boat. They always have eyes. This might refer to the eye of Horus in ancient Egypt.
Many more b&w photos here.
Thursday 26 May 2022
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Tuesday 24 May 2022
Monday 23 May 2022
Le pote aux roses
Wordplay... To discover the pot of roses (pot aux roses), means accidently finding out the truth, in French. Pot, same word in French and English. But pote means friend, chum, mate. Therefore, he his the friend with roses. Voila.
More Monday Murals here.
Sunday 22 May 2022
Saturday 21 May 2022
Friday 20 May 2022
Thursday 19 May 2022
Matryoshka
One of the very few Russian restaurants in town. Notice the Ukrainian flag...
In French, the name Putin is spelled Poutine. Poutine is the also the name of a yummy French-Canadian dish . Guess what? Some restaurants serving it got hate mails... And many Russian restaurants as well.
Wednesday 18 May 2022
Tuesday 17 May 2022
Monday 16 May 2022
A loooong Monday mural
Panorama photo, it is not actually curvy. Author unknown, spotted in an area of Strasbourg where only rarely go. I love it!
More Monday Murals right...here.
Sunday 15 May 2022
Saturday 14 May 2022
A weekend reflection
The Mediterranean sea. Wish I was there, on this hit summer day. Anyway, more weekend reflections to be seen here.
Friday 13 May 2022
Black and white weekend in Sicily
Horsing around in Palermo. Una pizza, per favore!
More b&w here, for your perusal.
Thursday 12 May 2022
Let's (not) sing!
A Japanese import, getting more and more popular here. This box is in a shopping mall, next to a C&A. You won't see me there, as the guards would kick me out. I rather sing in my shower, all doors and windows closed: safer for me and my neighbors...
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Tuesday 10 May 2022
Monday 9 May 2022
Sunday 8 May 2022
There be dragons
There are a lot of mythical creatures in town, mainly gargoyles. But only a few dragons. Here is one at the international school, aka Hogwarts (Poudlard in French).
Saturday 7 May 2022
OPO
Welcome to OPO, aka Porto Airport, officially Aeroporto Francisco Sa Carneiro. Old photo, wish I was there, enjoying a nice francesinha and a glass of ...
More weekend reflection to be seen here.
Friday 6 May 2022
Thursday 5 May 2022
The artist
Well, I don't think the celebs depicted ever posed for him. But you never know, the policeman might be their bodyguard... Or not.
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Monday 2 May 2022
Under the sea
We are far from any sea. At least, that's what I thought... I decided not to swim with these guys.
More Monday Mural right...HERE.
Sunday 1 May 2022
Saturday 30 April 2022
Friday 29 April 2022
Sea of straws
My old home 20 years ago, on the shores of the Mar de Palha. In other words, Liboa/Lisbon/Lissabon/Lisbonne, depending on where you are from. If you've never been there, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???? OK, I might be biased, as love the place, the people, the food, the coffee... A nice bica with my pastel de Belem: heaven.
Anyway, more b&w here.
Thursday 28 April 2022
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