Thursday, 16 June 2022

Green, green, greener!

The city is getting greener almost every week, thanks to the green city council.
 

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

A quiet place

The garden of the Oeuvre Notre Dame, the institution taking care of the cathedral.
 

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

Faster!

Riding naked on a big snail... Selfie? Could have been, but no... Could not find a big enough snail.

More b&w here, as usual.
 

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

A "Marvel"-lous Monday Mural

By Jaek El Diablo, very inspired by hip-hop culture. More Monday Murals to be seen here.
 

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

Place du Marché Gayot

A good place for lunch or brunch in the sun, just behind the cathedral.
 

Saturday, 28 May 2022

A weekend reflection

Have a nice weekend! And do not forget to click HERE to see more weekend reflections!
 

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.
 

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Fun with bubbles

Where they celebrating something, or someone? Or just having fun? We shall never know.
 

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.
 

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.
 

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Saint Guillaume

The yard of the protestant Saint Guillaume church, in the city center.
 

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.
 

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

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...
 

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

Oldtimer

Old cars, like this one, were far more classy than today's boxes on wheels.

More b&w here this weekend.
 

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

Post 2000

2000 posts since December 2014. Champagne? No: coffee!
 

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

Shadows

May day CDP theme day: shadows, down by the river. Many more shadowy photos to be seen and admired right here.


 

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