Kedi

Kedi, Turkish for cat. Trying to stay off the dirt.
 

Orient

Shopping for caviar and spices at the Egyptian Bazaar in Istanbul, 3 weeks ago. No, I didn't buy caviar...

More b&w right... here.
 And more weekend street reflections here.

Dogs allowed

... on public ferries in Istanbul.
 

Inviting

A local shopping mall along a canal had the brilliant idea to put a few dozens deckchairs on the waterside.
 

Orange and green

Windows on a traditional alsatian house. Probably 17th of 18th century building, nicely restored.
 

Green Garden Yusuf

A Turkish çay, please! More Monday murals here.
 

Too much sun? Need sunglasses?

Do dogs need glasses??? 2 very different mural styles on the same wall, curious.

More Monday murals right... here.
 

Knock knock

 

A weekend reflection

On a cold but sunny day last spring. For more weekend reflections, just click right... here.
 

Meow

Of course, there had to be a cat museum/print studio/art gallery/gift shop in Istanbul......LOL

More b&w for your weekend right... here. Have a meowtiful weekend, ya all!
 

June CDP theme day: smile

Should I laugh or should smile??? I'll sleep over it. 

Many more smiles here.
 

Feeling amused

I came upon this poster, advertising a big music festival, 150 km south. Feeling amused... The names of some of these bands sound pretty silly (to me, anyway): Dinos, Coach party, Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, Baby Volcano, Joe Unknown, Kids Return, Pertubator, Big Bertha, Unknown T... I know only a few of them (but none of the quoted ones), guess I'm stuck with oldies, lol. Wondering if the Shygirl is really shy... LOL

Feeling hungry?

Yummy tooth breaking calorie bombs. I just took the photo... .
 

A Monday mural

Seen in Istanbul, a few days ago. A bar or a nightclub, closed when I passed it in the Beyoglu area.

More Monday murals right... here
 

The Genoese Galata Tower

Up a steep hill, but worth the climb... There was a Genoese (from the Italian city of Genova/Genoa) colony in Constantinople (old name of Istanbul) from 1267 till 1453. Marco Polo's merchant father, Niccolo, lived here with his brother Maffeo in 1260. More about the tower here.
 

Speeding, almost unnoticed...

 More weekend reflections right... here.

Weekend in black and white

Some very nice and sometimes weird buildings along the Bosphorus straight, both in Europe and Asia. More b&w right... here.
 

Neighborhood watch

Hey you, got some treats?
 

Yeah, I know...

I'll shave tonight, after the shower. Maybe.
 

Old photo

From my archives.
 

A Monday Mural

 Last week, I went far away, 2000 km, to look for some Monday murals (and for cats, superb architecture, good food...). Well, I went to....

More Monday murals right... here.

Pasaj

 

One of the many galleries or passages, pasaj, in Istanbul's "modern town". I don't remember this one's name, but another pasaj is named Aznavour.

PS: found it: çiçek Pasaj, flower passage

Big Island reflection

Well, that's me on the Big Island, or Buyukada in Turkish, on the Sea of Marmara, last week.

More weekend street reflections right... here.
 

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