Last summer

 More b&w here.

              Wishing you all a very happy 2025!

Photo of the year

More photos of the year right here..

                  Happy new year!

 

Yet another misty day.

 

Don't eat it!

Fabric bretzels!
 

The florist in winter

 

Ponts Couverts

Parts of the 17th century fortifications
 

Sao Bento

The Sao Bento railway station in Porto. Probably Europe's most beautiful train station.

More b&w right... here.

And, belatedly: merry Christmas!
 

Some years ago...

 

Noel

 

Place de l'homme de fer

Ironman square, a central tramway hub. Nothing to do with an actor or some movies...
 

Harley

 Harley Davidson close up

Decisions, decisions...

 

Winter

First day of winter. Heidelberg, Germany, a few years ago, by minus 17 degrees C, 1 degree F.
 

UP!

Barcelona air show, 12 or 14 years ago...

As usual, more b&w right... here.
 

Traffic jam

Pedestrian traffic jams in town, at all the Christmas markets...
 

My goal for 2024

A personal post.

I'm 63. I started smoking at age 14, peer pressure. I stopped on August 11, after 49 years. I achieved the goal  I'd set for 2024. 4 months and a week, counting. I used to buy my smokes in Germany, half the price of the French ones. The savings went into my Christmas presents budget. Happy times. 

I DID NOT STOP DRINKING COFFEE!!! LOL
 

Street music

Eastern European band at the cathedral
 

El Marqués

The excellentissime Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenéch, Marques of Dali of Pùbol.

More Monday murals right... here.
 

A weekend reflection/selfie

Can you see me?

More weekend reflections here.
 

My place!

But you might come in.
 

Legs

More b&w right...here.
 

Colours

An old house in the centre.
 

Summer cruise

 

Parking lot art

 

Crossing the bridge

 

Hey, how ya doin'

Seen in a Dutch hostel
 

Een weekendreflectie

A weekend reflection, in the Amsterdam grachten (canals).

More weekend reflections here.
 

Are you looking at me???

More b&w here.
 

Post 2932

I woke up craving for a pizza, preferably in Italy...As I'm not there, sigh, here is a  street in Ferrara's old town, Italy.
 

Just another post

 

Misty

No gorillas sighted.

 

Segway

One way of going around. 
 

December CDP theme day: slow. Also, 9 years Strasbourg Daily Photo! Yeah

Slow. I love eating! But not processed food, if possible. I'm a fan of the Slow Food movement, all about local food and traditional cooking, as a much healthier alternative to fast food. 

More 'slow' posts right... here.
 

Hark the angel

 Christmas. Strasbourg, population 291000. Tourists this coming month, over 3 millions.

L'home i els seus gossos

Catalan for "a man and his dogs", at a  side entrance to the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Old cheap phone photo.

More b&w right...here.
 

Stars

Above the Star/Saint Exupéry cinema. Saint Ex, as well call him, the author of the famous Little Prince and other books, lived just to it, when he was learning to fly.
 

What tree is this?

Not being much of a land lubber, I don't know my trees. So, if anyone knows this tree, let me know.
 

Maidenhair tree

AKA the gingko biloba next door.
 

Cheers!

A restaurant, last Saturday. This is a small part of the bar...As a 99% teetotaller, I had water and a coffee.
 

Crowd

Last summer.
 

Petite France

Last summer.
 

Window shopping

Well, it is the season, innit... The Christmas market opens next Wednesday, with hordes of tourists... 3.3 millions last year.... Chaos. It's been snowing since yesterday.

More b&w right...here.
 

This tree

Seen last Tuesday near my cardiologist's office. Straight out of Tolkien... No, the tree did not walk away!
 

Have some olives!

 

When in Rome...

Do some sightseeing! And have an espresso!
 

The reader

 

Electric drink

At the Tiburtina railway station in Rome.
 

Maria Novella

The world's oldest pharmacy in Florence/Firenze, Italy. Open since 1221.

 

Great egret

A rarely seen bird around here.

More b&w here.
 

Miscellaneous