Rush hour

A metro station in Budapest, 2 weeks ago.
It's the Weekend in Black and White! CLICK!

Coffee break!

Several dozens food trucks appear now and then in Strasbourg. This is one of my (many) favorites: the coffee truck!

August, 8th

August, 8th is the International day of the cat.Being a catman, well, here is a cat for you.
I respected his nap.

Lazy day

Having a coffee, watching tourists go by, trying to guess their nationalities. A few Americans (Russians?) this morning, a group, all wearing silly MAGA hats. Not taking a photo of them, me!

A Monday Mural

Bon appétit, Mr Beef! Seen in Budapest, 2 weeks ago, in the Jewish district.
MMM (More Monday Murals) here. At least one more Budapest mural today... Just click!

Line 4

The striking and very modern Rakocsy ter metro station, in Budapest, a few days ago. Cleanest metro I've ever seen!

Sunrise

Early this morning, after a hot and stuffy night...

Tropics

It is terribly hot, so here is some snow.
More black and white here.

Sea, moon, happiness

Nothing makes me happier to watch scenes like this one, over the Adriatic Sea

August theme day: music

"Without music, life would be a mistake". Friedrich Nietzsche
Click here to see more... music.

Early morning at the Duomo

I've been Milan far over 100 times, changing trains, bus or planes for about 37 years, but I've never stopped there. Until yesterday. The sheer beauty of the Duomo, Milan's cathedral...

It's another Hétfő fal, folks!

Mr Rubik, who will always be in our memories, is a Hungarian citizen, and still lives in Buda. Not in Pest: in Buda I said! Anyway, he left at least this other mark, not in Buda, but in Pest!
Confused? This too will pass, no worries!
Check out more Monday Murals, right here!

When in Rome...

Oops, sorry: not Rome, my apologies. This was in Split, Croatia, yesterday, while having a hearty breakfast at the"Caffé de Floré".
The guys posed for selfies, from mostly Asian tourists. And didn't even ask for money!
Explanation. Former roman emperor Diocletian, after quitting his day job, has himself a "retirement villa" built. A huge palace in the place which would become Spalato in italian, Split in croatian.

Weekend!

It's the week's end, and it's black and white all the way from Split, Croatia!

Books on wheels

Bringing culture to the needy!

600.000

This the magnificent great synagogue of Budapest. Very impressive building, the second largest synagogue in the world, but rather strange: built by Christians, looking like a church dressed in Moorish garb, with an organ (Liszt and Saint-Saens played on it), an altar at the end, instead of a more traditional bimah, at the center... Budapest Jews have their own form of Judaism, called neologia, the new word in Greek.
As for this blog's title: 600.000 Hungarian Jews were murdered in Budapest, Auschwitz and Birkenau, in 2 months, according to my guide...
More about the synagogue here, and more about local Jewish history here

Having a break

I'm in Budapest for a few days. Ever heard of pop up parks? Me neither. Here is parts of one.
Feel free to use this ping pong table! But: BYOB, bring your own balls.

Hétfő fal

Oh deer, what does this title mean???Well, it means means monday mural in Hungarian, according to Big Brother Google. Seen in Budapest this morning. Lovely city, but too much rain...
More Monday Murals here.
I confess: I went to a McDonalds this morning, sheltering from a thunderstorm. I had a hungarian "eszpresszo".

ROADTRIP!!!

I'm off, for a week or 2, to south-eastern Europe, to Hungary, Serbia, Kosovo, Crna Gorn (aka Montenegro, the black mountain, hoping I wont start WW3 there), Macedonia, maybe Greece, eventually Turkey. Plan subject to my whim. Not sure about internet strength down there, I might not be able to post every day.
Anyway, c ya, leaving in a few hours, at 3 AM, yawn.
Oh yeah: no plane involved. Coach, trains, ferries.

Light from above

Tis the weekend, and it's black and white! Join me here!