Siyah Beyaz Türk Hafta Sonu, aka Turkish weekend in black and white

So, friends, I went back to Istanbul last week, after too many years. A city full of marvels! This here is a view inside my long time favorite mosque there, the Yeni Camii, or new mosque. New being relative, as it was completed in 1665... Anyway, more b&w here, as usual.
 Oh well, for once, I'll put the color version as well! My blog, my choice, LOL.

Decisions...

 

Unfortunately (or fortunately?), the shop was closed when I passed it. Which one would choose, if any?

Love

Dudes and dudettes, the Love Boat is real!!! I found it!!!

 

Gate to the Orient

The old Sirkeci railway station in Istanbul, where the Orient Express arrived from Paris, 3098 km in 80 hours. Now just a station on the Marmaray underground  line, with many cats. More about the station here. From there, you take a short ferry ride to the Haydarpasa station on the asian side of Istanbul, and from there, take a train to Tehran or Baghdad. Not anymore, unfortunately.

 

Well cared for cats!

Last night in Istanbul for me. Not taking any of them home with me!🐈😺

Spices! At the Egyptian spice bazaar in Istanbul

Open that damn door, I'm hungry!!!

Yeni Camii, the new mosque, Istanbul

Cat city. They sure love cats here in Istanbul!

Taksim square, Istanbul

Posting from the blogger app on my phone for the first time ever 

Leaving on a jet plane

Last post for a while, I'll be leaving very early on Monday morning, out of Europe. My last airplane trip for a while.

 

A weekend reflection

Spring at the Orangerie park. More weekend reflections right... here.
 

A rose in black and white

Wont be posting for a while from next Monday, I'll be leaving on an jetplane as the song says, without a computer. Last flying trip for a while. Meanwhile, feel free to browse more b&w by clicking right...here.
 

Not to his liking

 

Our local boy, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, a general, hero of Napoleon Bonaparte's little trip to Egypt, doesn't seem to like the twice weekly market on the square named after him... Maybe it's the dresses...

I want to break free!

 I want a walkie, I want to chase cats. Or pigeons. Please, set me free, I implore you!

A Tuesday mural

Good golly; he looks angry! Have a banana, gorilla dude!

Monday murals are right... here
 

CDP May theme day: museums

I lived in London (the UK one) for a few years The very first thing I visited there was the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, one of my favorite museums. Other favorites are the Louvre, the now closed MIBA, museum of ideas and inventions in Barcelona, the toilet museum in New Delhi... Anyway, more posts about the theme right... here. 

And happy Labor day!!!

Berlin

On a freezing winter day... I really ought to go back there! During summer!
 

A christmassy weekend reflection

While going through years of old photos... More weekend reflections right...here.

 

Happy!

Wishing you all a very happy weekend in b&w !
 

Glass recycling 2

 

Rainy Tuesday

 

Blossoming

 

Glass recycling

Recycle your glass (everything really), but better don't do on a full moon: You never know who you might encounter... Anyway, whatever you do, click here to see more Monday murals!

Tomi Ungerer dit it!
 

Men at work

Linking to the weekend/street reflections
 

Hot & cold snacks

 

Spring weekend in black and white

Weekend in b&w (click here!) theme day, aka Friday! It's starting to look a lot... springy!

Enjoying the sun...

... along the riverside.
 

Freiburg im Breisgau

Just down the road from here, in Germany.
 

SXB

Our very small Strasbourg International Airport, also codenamed SXB, was closed for 6 weeks. It reopened yesterday, with a brand new runway, new lighting, refurbished building. 18 airlines serve SXB, most of them seasonal.
 

Digital

Well, this a Monday mural. Wanna see more murals? Just click right.... here.
 

Made by bees

Some really nice beeswax candles at this year's Easter market.
 

A weekend reflection

Linking with the weekend street reflection.
 

Weekend in black and white

Linking to the weekend in b&w. Wishing you all a nice weekend!
 

What to wear today???

The first tourist boat of the season. The tourist season normally started last weekend. Glorious weather, but... 2 degrees C in the morning, 20 later... What to wear indeed.
 

Levitating

 

Bretzel galore

 

I went to the small but nice Easter market in town yesterday: food, jewels, rabbit-shaped candles... And a lot of bretzels!

Oh well, it's Easter...

Here's a bunny for you! Linking to Sami's Monday Murals.
 

Wet spring...

... but getting warmer. And the tourist hordes are back.
 

Through the window

Not my window, unfortunately... Mine are cleaner though, lol. It is a view from mediaeval fortress/dam.
 

Last summer, in black and white

Avoiding the crowds, in Corfu. Linking to the weekend in black and white, and to the weekend street reflections.
 

Happy Easter to those celebrating it!

Petite France

A stroll through the nicest area in town.

Spring in the park

The Orangerie, our large inner-city park, our small equivalent to Hyde Park or Center Park.
 

Stones and tiny planets

Nice shop in town
 

Un mural de dilluns

The entrance to a squat in Barcelona, many years ago. Linking to Sami's Monday Murals.
 

Old photo

Sigh. I need summer, I need the open seas.
 

April theme day: my favorite toy

OK, this needs explaining. I've found this... prehistoric looking toad somewhere in Croatia. If you pull out the stick and rub it on the back, it sounds vaguely like halfway between a frog and a toad. My anti-stress toy. This is not a joke, lol! Or is it?

More about this theme day here.