Việt Nam

I recently went to a fair, which had, among many others things, Vietnamese handicraft, music, dance and food. As a lover of things Asian , I couldn't miss this! Lots of things I love about the country, the people, the culture, the food... The music? Guess you have to be used to it.
And I love the fact that they threw both French and American invaders out! Well done, Viet Nam!

The bunny is asking:

Is it Easter yet?

A Monday Mural, by Dan23

There is a small zoo in town, but without zebras... So far!
3 days... Dan23, the most prolific street artist in town, started this mural last Friday. It was supposed to be finished by Sunday, but we had a massive wind storm yesterday (Florence was here). So... I didn't have the time to check on it today, but I'll show you the entire mural... next week.

And this is Dan himself, nice guy. He has the city's permission to paint wherever he likes, which I think is pretty unique, in this rather conservative town!
His website is here, and there is a lengthy and very interesting interview here. Both are in french, you might need (or not) a translation tool.
More exciting Monday Murals here, in Sami's very colourful world.

Summer is over

Boohoo.

Oh look, Mum, I'm in the telly!

Finally famous!
Just kidding, at this year's big vintage fair. It's like going back to 1985...

... and eatlier

The end of the week... I mean: tunnel

More Weekend in B&W here

First signs of autumn...

...on a hot summer day

Protection

Assault rifle on front. Well, this is Strasbourg as well, as France is subjected to terrorist attacks. Groups of at least 3 soldiers, always patrolling.

Home is where the heart is...

... but today, the mobile phone is where the heart is.

Um mural para segunda-feira

Aka a monday mural, seen in Faro, Portugal. Maybe inspired by China Mieville's books. Perdido Station could look like this, in my mind anyway.
More here

Play with me!

And not with your bloody phone!

Post 783, in the sunshine

With a rainbow, on a clear blue sky

Weekend in black and white

Thousands of people...
More b&w here

Route 66

Well, we have a Route 67 here, aka the Route des vins, vineyard road. French departements have a name, and also a number. Strasbourg is the capital city of the Bas Rhin (lower Rhine) departement, or 67.
This is something else. During the 86th European Trade Fair, right here, right now, they organised a route 66 exhibition.Et voila. Enjoy your tomato soup.

The purple hour

While waiting for a tramway at 7.30 PM

Centraal

It's always good to go back to Amsterdam! Well, I'm biased, as I lived there...
From left to right: St Nicolas church, the central tourist office, and the wonderful Centraal train station.

Een maandagmuur

Another Monday, another mural... Just came back from a lovely weekend in the also lovely cities of Delft ans Haarlem. And good old Amsterdam, where I found this, at the entrance of the Centraal Station metro station.
MMM (more Monday murals) right.....HERE!

Ready to take over!

You never really know what's under your feet... Cables, water (there in a underground lake under the cathedral!), rats, tunnels... Or animals, ready to take over your balcony!

Post 777, which is also my favorite wide-body plane. Just saying. Carry on.

O Brazil

One of my top favorite restaurants in town! Their feijoada is to die for. Just... Sleep with your windows wide open, should you have it at night...

A belated and shortsighted Monday mural...

Yep, that's me alright! Robert le miro has been my nickname during my young years... Miro is french slang for shortsighted, or someone wearing glasses. And yep, I'm Robert, I've been wearing glasses since the age of 3, well over 50 years.
And no, I'm not related to the other guy... Or to Joan Miro (wonder if he was wearing glasses???)
More colourful Monday Murals at Sami's.