Christmas market in black and white

We have in Strasbourg the oldest European Christmas market, every year since 1570. 3 million tourists expected this month... A decoration on one of countless stalls.

More b&w here.
 

More Christmas decoration. Oh well, t'is the season...

At the old city hall, built in 1731, former residence of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. These figures are not the counts mentioned above...:-)
 

A piggy Christmas

Decoration above a butcher shop... Why not.
 

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

A place I always visit when in Berlin. Click here to know more of the place. I'm writing this on Monday December 11th, the fifth anniversary of the Strasbourg Islamic terrorist attack.

 

Oh my, what did I do!!!

I ventured into town yesterday, Sunday, to take a few photos... Big mistake! I've never seen my town that crowded! Pedestrian traffic jams, long queues at the few public toilets... The Christmas markets weren't even open yet. Yesterday was also a shopping Sunday, all shops were open. Despite of all this, I managed to get a last (maybe) Christmas present, yeah!
 

Snow, ice, cold

I spent a few days in snowy and icy, and so cold Berlin this week. Managed not to fall or break a leg.
 

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here.
 

Holy? Unholy?

The Russian orthodox Holy Trinity cathedral in Paris... Hard to find anything holy about Russia nowadays. In my opinion anyway.

More b&w here.
 

Bearlin

 

On the road

I'll be away for a few days, to the world capital of Currywurst. I'll try to post from my phone, whenever possible.
 

A weekend reflection

Swan river. More weekend reflections right...here.
 

December theme day: local history

Well ok, this is in Venice, not Strasbourg. But the theme is local history, and I'm not living in Venice anymore... Then why? The Valentine's day 1349 massacre, or pogrom, that's why. The Black Death killed about 25 million people in Europe. The church authorities were sure the Jews poisoned wells, therefore causing the plague. So, February 14th, 1349, they decided to burn the entire Jewish population of Strasbourg, 2000 men, women, children. It didn't stop the plague.

A few families, fearing what would be happening, managed to escape before. They settled down at the only place allowing Jews, in the old foundry in Venice. Foundry = ghetto in the Venetian dialect. Many Venetian Jews are descendants of there Strasbourg Jews.

More theme day posts right... here.

Laundry day

In Venice. Not the touristic part of town. More b&w here right... here.
 

5 minutes...

 

... of pale sunshine.

Maybe tomorrow...

Winter. Day temperatures are around zero C. This is an old photo, no sunshine today. But, if the weather report is correct, I might have a hot cup of coffee on a terrace somewhere. Fingers crossed.

Update: coffee inside, far too cold for a terrace, and no sunshine. Sigh.
 

The white house

Levantine building on one the Prince's Island in the Marmara Sea, near Istanbul. It's for sale, should you interested... I'm not, too big.
 

A Monday mural

"If I die, you die". More Monday murals right...here.
 

Waiting

 

Cadbury cocoa

Seen in Valetta, Malta, a few years ago. Malta is a photographer's dream!
 

Hibernating

The small river fleet is closed for the winter. Wish I could hibernate too...

More b&w right... here

 

Red

 

Fall

 

Lights in the city

Many nice street lights in town, some dating back at least a century.

I am currently a Facebook jail inmate, so unable to post on the City Daily Photo page for 3 days. The effing bot misunderstood something, again.

7 dwarves

The town is getting ready for Christmas. Not sure what the dwarves have to do with Christmas though...
 

A little color

Everything here is grey, brown or yellow. But, only 6 days left till the opening of the very colorful Christmas market, the biggest and oldest in France.
 

Ho ho ho, and a bottle of rum

 

Ahoy! More weekend reflections right... here.

Autumn in black and white

More b&w here.

Several more b&w post on my blog this week... Have a look:

https://strasbourgdailyphoto.blogspot.com/
 

Man on wheels

Reworking some old photos.
 

Light and dark

 

You're never too old...

... for fun.
 

A Monday mural

Europe, down my street. Regularly dirtied, regularly cleaned. Some hate the idea of Europe... Anyway, more Monday murals right... here.
 

Travelers

Travelers. Aka homeless, often by choice. I help them when I can.
 

A bubbly weekend reflection

More weekend reflections right...here
 

Art in b&w

More b&w for the weekend... here
 

"Books are a uniquely portable magic."

So says Stephen King.
 

“My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”

Malcolm X 

The last autumn colors

 

Mix and match

I like the hats, I don't wear ties! Not anymore, anyway.
 

Crossing the bridge

 

Hang on there!

Seen in a trendy hostel. Urban mobility recycling, I guess.
 

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflection photos.....here.
 

Police station Number 14, Amsterdam

Now a trendy coffee shop. With a bulldog.

More b&w right... HERE
 

I'm watching you!

A 3 meters tall bear, made of resin, on one of the main streets. Made by a painter and a sculptor during a renovation project in 2015.
 

November CDP theme day: my favorite part of town

A good for a drink, weather permitting. This part of town, the Petite France, has always been my favorite.

More about this theme here.
 

What to do with a werewolf's head?

Easy: expose it in a local restaurant!

Aaah... Question: what meat did I just eat???
 

Peace, justice, freedom, equity

Words for today...Seen in Skopje, North Macedonia, last year. More Monday murals right...here.
 

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here.
 

Smoking hot!

Sweet smoked salmon burger, come to my belly!
 

Shady alley

More b&w right..here.
 

Petite France

One of the nicer places in town, a tourist hot spot.
 

Autumn colors