Saturday, 12 November 2022

Friday, 11 November 2022

Thursday, 10 November 2022

The Galleria

Laying on the floor, taking a photo.... Guard not happy, telling me to stop my "buggie", aka nonsense...LOL. Btw, this is the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II in Milan, Italy.
 

Monday, 7 November 2022

A Monday Mural

A beautiful mural, seen last week in Nuremberg. Many more Monday Murals here.
 

Sunday, 6 November 2022

Malva Sylvestris

A beautiful Malva sylvestris, aka striped grape mallow, aka Creeping Charlie (don't ask), mauve des bois in French.
 

Saturday, 5 November 2022

A weekend reflection

Reflecting the medieval battlements of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. More weekend reflections right....here
 

Thursday, 3 November 2022

St Lawrence

The magnificent medieval  Lorenzkirche, St Lawrence church, in the center of Nuremberg, in Sondergotic style. More about the church here.

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

Marriage merry-go-round, 4 photos

 




This is the Ehebrunnen, aka marriage fountain, in Nuremberg, 300 or so km from Strasbourg. This fountain, built in 1984, is based on a poem by Hans Sachs in 1541: Bitter-sweet married life. A portrayal of married life, from courtship to death. Interesting...

 

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

A soft November CDP theme day

I hate earworms! For this theme day, I was thinking about posting a cat photo. But... I watched a few episodes of the Big Bang Theory yesterday, one of my fav series. One the episodes included the song "Soft kitty, warm kitty". Song which stayed in my brain like forever. No kitty today, it might start again! So, here we go, a soft wool provider, aka baaaaaa.

You're a softy as well? Then click here!
 

Monday, 31 October 2022

Sunday, 30 October 2022

Saturday, 29 October 2022

A weekend reflection: Prelle

 

Photo from this week's short trip to Bavaria, Germany. Can you see the kind of metal cage hanging over the river? It is called a Prelle, a bounce, aka baker's cage. It was used for water penalties. The penalty was mainly applied to bakers. The weight of bread was prescribed by the authorities. If a baker was caught cheating, he was put into the cage, and dipped several times in the river.

More weekend reflections here.

Friday, 28 October 2022

Wochenende in schwarz und weiss

Meaning: weekend in black and white, in German. Why? Because I took this photo in the small town of Eichstätt in Bavaria, half way between Munich and Nuremberg, 2 days ago. I used to live and work there, 30 years ago. One of the 2 Frenchies in town... This is the huge Residenzplatz, siege of the local prince-bishops. Yep, it is an extremely catholic place! And very lively, over 5000 of the 13.000 or so inhabitants are students at the catholic university.

Anyway, wanna see more b&w? Easy-peasy, just click here.
 

Monday, 24 October 2022

Sunday, 23 October 2022

Queuing

 

At the end of October, we still have... June weather, above 20 degrees C every single day. Tourists enjoying their stay.

Saturday, 22 October 2022