Nature morte

 

Fire!

Getting ready for a cook up.
 

Passing by

 

Wishing you all a very...

 And my sister yet another happy birthday!Bon anniversaire, vieille!  😂 

Saint Pierre le Jeune

The most beautiful in town!
 

Morning

Days are getting longer now.
 

Weekend in black and white

 

A Segway tour in town, apparently very popular. More b&w here. Just click!

The last autumn day

Guess winter is coming... Tomorrow.
 

La tienda de Jordi

Or Jordi's store, in the Istanbul Spice Bazaar. Jordi being a Catalan name (for George), you would that Jordi was Catalan, or at least Spanish. You would be wrong! According to Turkish television, he is actually Mehmet Kaynar, a Turk, speaking Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and English. He fell in love with the Spanish language years ago, and change his name so to attract customers in his spices and herbs shop. The shop attracts mostly thousands  of Spanish speaking tourists, but also Sting, Jackie Chan, Jodie Foster...  Bona sort, Jordi! 

I am not getting paid for this, just found it funny. 😂 
 

For cat lovers!

From my trip to Istanbul a few months ago. Istanbulites love cats! Many cat food shops around, with cat toys, lasers...
 

Out of ideas...

And very busy...So here are some flowers for you.
 

And some more Christmas decoration

 

The cube

The cube, just next to Berlin's central train station. An international food hall inside. More weekend reflections right...here 

Christmas market in black and white

We have in Strasbourg the oldest European Christmas market, every year since 1570. 3 million tourists expected this month... A decoration on one of countless stalls.

More b&w here.
 

More Christmas decoration. Oh well, t'is the season...

At the old city hall, built in 1731, former residence of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. These figures are not the counts mentioned above...:-)
 

A piggy Christmas

Decoration above a butcher shop... Why not.
 

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

A place I always visit when in Berlin. Click here to know more of the place. I'm writing this on Monday December 11th, the fifth anniversary of the Strasbourg Islamic terrorist attack.

 

Oh my, what did I do!!!

I ventured into town yesterday, Sunday, to take a few photos... Big mistake! I've never seen my town that crowded! Pedestrian traffic jams, long queues at the few public toilets... The Christmas markets weren't even open yet. Yesterday was also a shopping Sunday, all shops were open. Despite of all this, I managed to get a last (maybe) Christmas present, yeah!
 

Snow, ice, cold

I spent a few days in snowy and icy, and so cold Berlin this week. Managed not to fall or break a leg.
 

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here.