Tu tires ou tu pointes???

Pétanque, aka boules. More commonly played in the south of France. Two main ways to play it: rolling the ball, or shooting it. The goal is to get your ball closest to the cochonnet, the smaller ball.
It is a men's game for some reason, you rarely ever see women playing it. Maybe they have better things to do. A shame.

Love

The little dog saw me!

Beauty and the photographer

Came across these ladies last Sunday. Maybe models on a photoshoot

The 1776 BREXIT

Yes, they did it 240 years, exiting Great Britain (not the EU, lol!).
And 150 years ago, the first US general consulate opened in Strasbourg, adorned with a flag, with 36 stars and 13 stripes.
2 interesting documents about it, here, and also here, the latter from President Obama. Have a look!

How do you like your mushrooms? Bottled?

 Well, an artistic take on... anything, really, is always welcome!!!

A weekend reflection

No nice weather at all at the moment, cloudy, drizzle. But now and then, it is good enough for a drink outside.

More Weekend Reflections here.

CDP monthly theme day: look down

Looking all the way down, on a flight home from Barcelonavto Strasbourg one Christmas, via the French and Swiss Alps. These are the Aiguilles d'Arve, in Savoie, Savoy.

Moore theme day photos from my City Daily Photo friends here

Not Strasbourg, not the theme day

Tomorrow, first day of the month, it is the monthly theme day; look down. Well... I'm always looking UP!!! Always staring at the sky, birds, trees, architectural details...
So, I have a problem.
Well, this is not my "official theme day" post. Let me see what I can find tomorrow.
So, anyway, being a very well traveled dude, I'm posting this today, from the time I was living in Amsterdam. Guess where I took this? Yessss, the red light district, on the pavement in front of the Oude Kerk, the old church!!!

Buddha was here

An old photo, an exotic shop somewhere in the Petite France area.

Post 200, yeah man!

One of several rose windows (french: rosace) in the cathedral.
Just plaing around, dudes and dudettes! LOL

Sunday

Some flowers for you!

Last night...

...after the (almost) daily storm. It's official: we have the wettest June on record. Ever. I am slowly turning into a duck, you should see my palmed feet...

St Paul

St Paul is a protestant church, built by the Germans 150 or so years ago, as their garrison church. The church has 14 entrances, one for each army corps... It is 70 meters tall, the 2nd tallest after the cathedral.
Some more skywatch photos here

Voila l'été!!!

33.9 degrees C in the shade!!! Summer has arrived, for a short time anyway!

Europa

So, Brexit or not Brexit? As capital of Europe, with the Council of Europe and the European Parliament (and some more institutions), whatever happens, we will be directly impacted.
Well, more news in 24 hours or so

Not your average hotel...

This, ladies and gents, is a hotel. You cannot book it on your favorite website, as they only accept insects. A insect hotel indeed, open to anyone with more than 4 legs, I guess.
You wouldn't want to stay there anyway. Although I stayed in places with same crowd... Sigh, memories...

Side streets

One of many side street in the Grand Rue area, with ah so lovely restaurants. The Grand Rue, or long street in alsacian, is the former roman highway leading to the Saverne garrison, 45 km away,  over 2000 years ago . How old are your streets???

Weekend reflection in black and white

Feel free to browse more weekend reflections or monochromes!

An entrance

... to a restaurant...

Sax

A little color for this grey and rainy week. Or month.
And music.