The dark side

As usual every Friday, click here to enjoy more black and white!

Rouge

The town is turning red, for a few weeks.

A national treasure

Roger Siffer, singer (in French, Alsatian and German)., radio guy, humorist, activist, owner of an old sauerkraut factory, now a theater/cabaret/restaurant. Former neighbor. One of the most famous Alsatians worldwide, after Tomi Ungerer. Here, his first LP, Follig (folks) Song, 1972.

Down by the river...

A Monday Mural

The completed (?) mural I watched Dan23 creating 2 weeks ago. It says: free your heart, free yourself from your fears.
More here.

Quai des Bateliers

Very unusual decoration... I couldn't any information about it. Anyone knows?

Before sunrise

6 AM on my balcony, sipping the first coffee of the day

Wedding photo shoot in black and white

Ciao! Last Tuesday, during my customary visit to the Duomo in Milan, I came upon this couple, surrounded by a small army of people armed with professional looking photo gear. Some celebs? I don't know But I'm wishing them a happy life! And no, this is not Captain Picard of the USS Enterprise!
More b&w here, as usual.

Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore

While strolling aimlessly through the streets of Milan, I came upon this absolute gem. I'll show you more...later

Lago di Garda

Probably one of my favorite places to just sit down and look.

A Monday Mural, on Tuesday, for a change

Ciao from Milano, Italia. A delayed Monday mural, as I was travelling the whole day yesterday.
An antifascist mural near Milano Lambrate train station, as Italy is turning very unfortunately into a fascist regime, in my opinion. Until there is a change in government, as usual in Italy... 61 governments since 1945...
More Monday Murals here.

Monthly theme day: change

Change... Well, the weather is definitely changing, no more sweltering heat, I even started wearing socks again, believe or not! No more sandals this year.
Anyway, you may notice the part about me being an eternal nomad on my header pic. Therefore, as I have a little CHANGE, and as I need a CHANGE, I'm going to Italy tomorrow, for a few days. Gonna start my Christmas shopping early for a CHANGE, instead of the usual last minute run...
More CDP theme day pics and posts here

Sunny Palais U

The Palais Universitaire, old imperial university, neo-Renaissance building, built by the Germans between 1879 and 1884. The architect, Otto Warth, was very inspired by Italy.
Nowadays, it still is the main university building, largely administrative for the 64000 students. This weeks, it is hosting a musical event, based on 80es music.

Structure

It's all about structure, here a door in the Krutenau area, this black and white weekend

Wild wild west

A few meters from the Vietnamese I posted yesterday, a free bluegrass/country concert. More my type of music.

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.

Resistance is futile.

It's back to school today in France, for millions of kids! Thousands of teachers started last week, to prepare classes, do paperwork, to prepare themselves... Shocking news: smartphones are forbidden in all schools from today! Oh well, guess kids will have to use their heads instead.

Summer in the city

September 1st CDP theme day: teach

I am fairly proficient in Adobe's Lightroom, filters, HDR, ACR, and so on, but nothing more complicated. So, I bought the books, watching the videos and trying to TEACH myself what must be the most complex photography editing program: Photoshop. Again. Wish me luck! :-)
More on the TEACH theme here.

A place in the shade

Good oirish weather today, rainy and cold, no need for shade. But hey, it's the weekend! Click here for more b&w to lighten your friday!

This is not Hogwarts!

Although magic happens there, the magic of education, in this international high school.
I know you've always wanted to know this: Hogwarts is called Poudlard in France.

19th century balcony

Enjoy your balcony while you can: violent thunderstorms expected later today.

A teaching place

Interesting balcony, at the international school.

One world, one chance

A Monday Mural, seen in Budapest on a former bus station, now a trendy place with restaurants, bars, souvenir shops...More Monday Murals here.

Cour des Corbeaux

The entrance to the most beautiful hotel in town, a former 16th century inn. The well dates back to 1560 AD

You can keep your hat on

Selling hats at the cathedral since 1884

Weekend in black and white

Younger man playing and singing tunes from older man's youth in front of the 1003 years old cathedral. Age is relative...
More b&w here.

Red

A fireman's bicycle?

Hot day

34 degrees C today, big sunshine. Perfect weather for being on the water! 13 euros for adults, 7.50 for kids, for an hour around time.