CAC Valencia

A really amazing place, the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciéncies, aka city of arts and sciences (in Catalan), Valencia, Spain. More info here.
 

A Monday mural

Nils Holgersson in Tirana, Albania. Based on a famous book by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.

More Monday Mural right... here.
 

Waiting

A lonely traveller waiting for... someone, something?

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Shopping done

The woman on the left was waiting behind me at the veggie stall. Now, we're both waiting for the tramway, in opposite directions. Craving for a nice shakshuka from my favourite cook's recipe !

More weekend street reflection here
 

Cheers!

Many more b&w photos here

             Have a good weekend you all!
 

No bath today

 

Flea market

One of the few flea markets in town.
 

Istanbul

A view of the old Galata tower in Istanbul.
 

CDP theme day: flea markets

More flea markets to be seen... here
 

Better than a were rabbit...

...a hay rabbit!
 

A weekend reflection

Big cranes, what's left of the old river port. Now a lively area, with a cinema complex with over 30 screens, shopping mall, big public library, restaurants, a music academy, even a sandy beach during summer (no swimming though).

More weekend reflections right...here.

 

Driftwood

I so need a holiday!!! Sigh.

More b&w right...HERE
 

Petite France

 

Saint Paul Reformed church

 

Peace and love!

Not the famous hippy market in Ibiza, but... Strasbourg!
 

Early morning in town 2

 

Early morning in town

Nice photo!

No comment. lol.
 

Moses

Seen in Salvador Dali's house, in Figueres, Catalunya, Spain.

More b&w right...here
 

Stern looking dude

At the angle of a souvenir shop next to the cathedral. A 1616 building, a classified historical monument. 
 

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