More b&w right... here.
Friday 5 January 2024
Thursday 4 January 2024
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Tuesday 2 January 2024
Monday 1 January 2024
Photo of the year
On a ferry, between Corfu, Greece, and Saranda, Albania.
More about the photo of the year CDP theme day right...here. Prepare to be amazed!!!
Sunday 31 December 2023
A weekend reflection
We're having almost spring weather, up to 13 degrees C. I want my winter back! lol
More weekend reflections here.
Friday 29 December 2023
Thursday 28 December 2023
Wednesday 27 December 2023
Tuesday 26 December 2023
Monday 25 December 2023
Sunday 24 December 2023
Saturday 23 December 2023
Friday 22 December 2023
Thursday 21 December 2023
Wednesday 20 December 2023
La tienda de Jordi
Or Jordi's store, in the Istanbul Spice Bazaar. Jordi being a Catalan name (for George), you would that Jordi was Catalan, or at least Spanish. You would be wrong! According to Turkish television, he is actually Mehmet Kaynar, a Turk, speaking Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and English. He fell in love with the Spanish language years ago, and change his name so to attract customers in his spices and herbs shop. The shop attracts mostly thousands of Spanish speaking tourists, but also Sting, Jackie Chan, Jodie Foster... Bona sort, Jordi!
I am not getting paid for this, just found it funny. 😂
Tuesday 19 December 2023
For cat lovers!
From my trip to Istanbul a few months ago. Istanbulites love cats! Many cat food shops around, with cat toys, lasers...
Monday 18 December 2023
Sunday 17 December 2023
Saturday 16 December 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
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.
Thursday 14 December 2023
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...:-)
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Tuesday 12 December 2023
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.
Monday 11 December 2023
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!
Sunday 10 December 2023
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.
Saturday 9 December 2023
Friday 8 December 2023
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.
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Monday 4 December 2023
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.
Sunday 3 December 2023
Saturday 2 December 2023
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.
Friday 1 December 2023
Thursday 30 November 2023
Wednesday 29 November 2023
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.
Tuesday 28 November 2023
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.
Monday 27 November 2023
Sunday 26 November 2023
Saturday 25 November 2023
Friday 24 November 2023
Thursday 23 November 2023
Wednesday 22 November 2023
Tuesday 21 November 2023
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.
Monday 20 November 2023
7 dwarves
The town is getting ready for Christmas. Not sure what the dwarves have to do with Christmas though...
Sunday 19 November 2023
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.
Saturday 18 November 2023
Friday 17 November 2023
Thursday 16 November 2023
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Tuesday 14 November 2023
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