Friday, 14 February 2020

Weekend in black and white

No. Despite of it may look like, this is not the cast of Cats. No: just some umbrellas.
More b&w here

Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Are you looking at me???

One of the birds at the small zoo in the Orangerie park. Looking quite disgruntled... Something I did???

Saturday, 8 February 2020

A weekend reflection

La Géode, the first ever french IMAX cinema. It opened around in Paris 1983 or 84 if I remember well (I was there at the inauguration).
More weekend reflections here.

Thursday, 6 February 2020

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Silbermann organ, again

The same organ I posted yesterday, from further afar, with added visitors.

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Johann Andreas Silbermann

The Silbermann organ, St Peter the Young church. Built in 1780, it is one of the best french organs, often used for recording JS Bach's organ works.

Monday, 3 February 2020

Pneumohumanoiden

East Side Gallery, Berlin wall, small part of a mural by Jens-Helge Dahmen in 1990.
More Monday Murals here

Saturday, 1 February 2020

CDP theme day: streetscape

A view of one of the other places where I feel at home...
More streetscapes here

Friday, 31 January 2020

Weekend in black and white. AKA post 1200

New Market Square, near the cathedral. Most houses here go back 5 or 600 years.
More b&w here.

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

The lock keeper's tower

Aka tour de l'éclusier, aka Heinrichsturm, aka tour Henri. One of five 13th century (AD 1230 to 1250) towers protecting Strasbourg. 4 towers remaining, the 5th burned down in 1869. A little more about them here.

Monday, 27 January 2020

Sunday, 26 January 2020

Cold feet?

As I'm getting older, cold feet becomes a common occurrence. Specially when seeing the birdies... Wonder if they too have cold feet?
Anyway, we have a big swan colony on the canals and rivers in Strasbourg.