Free hugs

A kind offer at Saturday's Gay Pride.

 

Our cathedral

 

Resist!!!

Neither LePen nor her gang. The far right grievously harms LGBTQIA+.

 A political post. Photo taken at last Saturday's Gay Pride in Strasbourg. As you might now, we might soon have a far right government, a party founded by former members of the SS. I hope I don't need to tell you what I think about...
 

Candles

 

Notre Dame

I ventured into the cathedral for the first time in ages. Unusually, there were no long queues, for once.
 

Are you looking at me???

Don't you touch my bike!

More b&w here.
 

Hello, mate!

A temporary construct at the cathedral. Ideal for a nap, or for a good book.
 

Look up

Guided tour. Many Asian groups in town.
 

Last Saturday

Perfect weather, finally.
 

Music

Hot musical cat on a hot glass recycling bin.

More Monday murals right... here.
 

Posing

Young musicians posing for a photo.
 

Silver Karl

 Karl Malden in Belgrade.

Another photo of him, from my friend Pat:

 https://yankee-in-belgrade.blogspot.com/2020/11/karl-malden.html https://yankee-in-belgrade.blogspot.com/2020/11/karl-malden.html

... and a bottle of rum!

Very old photo, 14-16 years ago, in  Sitges, near Barcelona. This is a symbol for a company founded in Cuba in 1862, by Señor Facundo Bacardi Masso, born in Sitges in 1814. Try guessing the brand...lol

More b&w right...here. 

Cheers!
 

One Europe

European elections next Sunday. Europeans, please: VOTE! This is important!!!Don't let the far right win even one more seat!
 

SUN!!!

Yesterday morning, on a very rare sunny day. Will it last??? We're having the wettest spring on record, flooding everywhere. Some villages and town have been flooded for the 6th time... this year.

 

Maki

Welcome to Madagascar! LOL!

More Monday murals here
 

Readers

 Strasbourg is the UNESCO world capital of books this year, after Tbilisi, Georgia in 2021, Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2022, end Accra, Ghana, last year. Many events in town. On the cupola of the the central train station, portraits of readers.

Coffee, please!

Any weather is right for having a coffee!
 

June CDP theme day: outdoor cafes

Nice lively Parisian brasserie. More posts about this theme right... here.

 

Seen on a beach...

... in southern Portugal. Mother Nature is a great artist. More b&w right... here
 

Post 2744

Typical street in the center.
 

Angels

A few years ago, at the Rila monastery in Bulgaria.
 

Just a reflection

 

Raindrops

 

My guess is...

... has to be a hairdresser.
 

Bird of paradise

AKA strelitzia nicolai
 

Glasshouse

One of several glasshouses at the the botanical garden in Strasbourg. More b&w here.
 

Botanical garden

 

Coccinelle in the rain

No need of a car wash for this ladybug today. Or this week.

 

Having a break

 

Bird's eye

Still at our local culture center. More Monday mural right...here

Bamboo

 

A weekend reflection

With selfie. More weekend reflections right... here
 

A walk on the wild side

We have an excellent and big botanical garden in Strasbourg. More photos to come, stay tuned!

More b&w right... HERE.
 

Frog weather

After a glorious summer weekend, a rainy week. Perfect weather for frogs.
 

Always look up

 

A Monday mural...on Tuesday

Seen on the walls on the local culture center
More Monday murals right... here. 

Summer in the city

28 degrees C, 83 F as I write this on Saturday afternoon. Ice cream weather!

My trusty main camera died, RIP. So back to my 12 years old Canon DSLR, by far not a sharp as my poor Leica. New camera coming soon.
 

Not my car!

I went to a pop culture exhibition this weekend. Saw this car in a dark corner... No bats around.

A replica of the batmobile, btw.

Sundown

 

ο καστρος

O kastros = the castle. How is your own castle?

More b&w photos right... HERE
 

Ταβέρνα

A lovely taverna in Kerkyra, aka Corfu Town, with some gorgeous Greek food
 

Wanderlust

My dream house, on a small Portuguese island, Armona. The urge to travel is upon me! Preferably to some place I haven't been before. Well, we'll see where it will take me. Maybe Vietnam.
 

s'Kaafhüs

The former mooring places on the 1358 AD custom house. Boats on the Rhine had to declare their goods, tobacco, wine, salt. A custom house with an inn, since 1401 AD for centuries, a market later, a trendy restaurant nowadays.
 

A weekend reflection on Monday

More weekend reflections here.
 

Early morning

 

Hendrika Johanna

The Hendrika Johanna barge is a beautiful so-called pleasure boat. 10 meters in length, 2 meters wide. A Dutch barge, based in Alkmaar, Netherlands. I've seen her in Paris, a while ago
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Albert

More b&w here.

Musée Grévin, Paris wax museum
 

Oh boy

Don't loose your head!

 

CDP theme day: cyclists

Old photo, Barcelona seafront, many years ago. More cyclist photos right...here