Kedi

Kedi: Turkish for cat. One of the thousands of stray cats in Istanbul.

More b&w here

 

Last summer days

 

September

 

3.43 PM

Heading home, trying to outrun the storm.
 

Péniche mécanique

The "mechanical barge", a cultural place, which hosts concerts, stand up comedians, clubbing, DJs... And a bar, of course. In front of the biggest public library in town.
 

CDP September theme day: bridges

Old photo of the Dom Luis I bridge in Porto, Portugal, built by a disciple of Gustave Eiffel.

More bridges right... HERE
 

Merry Christmas!!!

You want Christmas, now? No problem, we have the appropriate shop in Strasbourg, open all year long!
 

Digitalis purpurea

 

Aka lady's glove, aka foxglove. I confess,  I've never seen a fox wearing gloves. This side of the mirror anyway.

As usual, more b&w here.

Local Hogwarts chapter

Kidding. It might not be Hogwarts, but it really is a school...
 

Le rafiot

Rafiot, French for old boat.
 

Leafy Strasbourg

The Krutenau area.
 

A Monday mural

More Monday murals here.
 

About time for...

... for a wood oven (what else?) baked pizza, food of the gods.
 

Weekend reflections

Leaving on a holiday... I wish, maybe next month.

More weekend reflections here.

Venezia

One of my favourite places on earth. I have been there countless times since 1981. I learned fluent Italian there, and quite good Veneto as well, the local dialect over the years.

More b&w here.
 

Lush

One of several glasshouses in the lush botanical garden, Strasbourg.
 

Nénuphars

French for water lilies.
 

Staircase to the beach

 Going up is harder...

The way

 

A bench by the sea

Wish I was there
 

Have a good weekend

 

Dancing in the street

More b&w right...here.
 

A UNESCO World Heritage Site

The castle of the imperial house of Este, in Ferrara, Italy
 

On a very hot day...

...dreaming of snow

 

Choose your colour

PC still alive...
 

Some dude...

...with a stony face.
 

A weekend reflection

Boating in the Petite France area. More weekend reflections right...here.

My old desktop PC is just short off hard drive failure, blue screen of death coming up probably soon. So, this might be my last post for a while, unless I can fix it (I'm usually quite good at it) or until I buy a new device, if everything fails.
 

The wisteria house

 

A good place to be

More b&w right... HERE
 

1427 AD

A partial view of the Kammerzell House, next to the cathedral, built 597 years ago. Click here for more info, in English.

 

I want this!

 

Who's that girl

I have no idea. Seen through a hotel's breakfast room window.
 

Amazing

More Monday murals here
 

A weekend reflection with selfie

 

Cantaloupe!

 And a little watermelon...

All that jazz

Very old photo, with a 2 megapixel camera, my first digital one, when 2 MP was considered fine... A young musician from the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Barcelona area.

More b&w here.
 

Enough for a nice fruit salad!

Old photo, taken at the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Fruit, is the August CDP theme day. More fruity posts right... here.
 

Not Strasbourg!

I wish! Preveli beach, southern Crete
 

Summer

 

Treehouse

Seen in Rethymo, Crete, Greece. More Monday murals to be seen...here
 

Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε φοβάμαι τίποτα. Είμαι λέφτερος

"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free". Inscription on Nikos Kazantzakis' grave, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
 

Sky over south Albania

 

Big pussycat!

Skopje, North Macedonia. More b&w right...here
 

Welcome!

Strange creature welcoming you at the entrance of the cathedral
 

L'épicerie

French for grocery store. Actually a small restaurant.
 

Going around town

A touristy way to see Strasbourg.
 

Let there be light, 2

 

Want coffee???

Of course! It was a cold winter day. And yes, it was delicious.
 

A rare sight

A Trabi! Aka Trabant, German for satellite. They stopped building them in 1991, in Zwickau, former GDR, East Germany. Seen 5 minutes from where I live, just next to my bakery. More info here.
 

Let there be light

Lust through the window of a furniture shop. More b&w right...here