Who's that girl?

A paper portrait glued to a wall, slowly degrading...
More b&w for the weekend here.

Almost spring

Well, some kind of spring, the polar kind once again, as temperatures are dropping and dropping. And dropping to minus 10 degrees C  next week. Seychelles, here I come! I wish!

Fire in the sky

This morning's big lightshow, at around 6.30 AM. It didn't last for very long. What can be seen in the back is the Black Forest mountain range, in Germany, around 20 miles, 30 km away.

Proud

Gandhiji

I was happily surprised to find this postcard, in midst of all the "greetings from Strasbourg" and recipe cards! Colorful.
And yes, you can buy postcards with good alsatian recipes, pretty much everywhere!

Inner storms

The greatest shipwrecks are born from inner storms.
More Monday Murals here.

The bird place

My neighbors seem to love birds. Or bird's houses anyway.

Hidden

Tough! It's winter, the leaves have gone, everybody can see you!

Food delivery!

A rest, before a long day. When Foodora meets Deliveroo, 2 companies delivering restaurant food. Long hours, little money.

It's birdie time!

Nice watches!!! Shows you when it's time to sleep.

There be dragons... Post 601

I used to see many dragons during my years in Barcelona (they love theNot many of them here. A chinese restaurant. Or is it vietnamese???

Contrejour

The Eastern Forest

I'm back! I moved to the outskirts of Strasbourg, to a bigger, nicer and much cheaper brand new flat in the small town of Ostwald (the eastern forest, in german), Oschwald in Alsatian. And I have a balcony now, yeah babies!!! BBQs soon!
Anyway, this is the view from my east facing balcony (yeah!), with the german Black Forest in the background.The Black Forest is very white and snowy right now, btw.
Good to be back, after 9 days of very limited phone internet, no TV, no landline, but with downright polar weather. I somehow survived.

We Alsatians

We Alsatians are officially french. But... We have our own culture, language (taught even in university), music, food, which has almost nothing to do with things french. Therefore, we have our very own alsatian museum, interesting place which shows how different we are from the frenchies.
But... We are french!

Ok, folks, I'll be moving to a new place this weekend. As switching from cable to fibre seems to be arduous, no internet for 2 weeks or so. So, I wont be posting, actually a welcome break, as I need to spend more time at other things. C ya asap!

Petite France

A 15th century house in the Petite France area. Yep, that's over 700 years old.We have a pharmacy, open since ...1268AD! Still standing, but it is now the culture bureau, since 2000.
Will your house still stand in, let's say, 6 or 700 years?

Delivery!

Better than pizza delivery, or kebab, burger, and so on; port wine delivery!
OK, this is in Porto, ot Strasbourg. Although I'm a 99% teetotaller (christmas and birthdays...), I like a glas of the stuff whenever I'm in Portugal. Anyway, that's how to bring the wine from the wineyards to town, along the Douro river

A Monday Mural

Watch out, guys!!!
More Monday Murals here, in Sami's colorful world.

Winter

We had snow again, yesterday. Well, half snow, half rain, wind, cold, real flu weather. But many cafés and restaurants still have chairs and tables outside, for the smokers. Not this one.

Let there be light

A new type of street lights appeared a few weeks ago, and I rather like it!
The weekend is as usual black and white! Click here!

Bastille (by) day

From a recent trip to Paris

Goooooooood morning, Strasbourg!

Very early (summer) morning in town, enjoying the blue hour

Colors

Seen in an art gallery. Love it!!!

I hate winter!

I am more of a summer kind of guy! It it so cold, perfect weather for polar bears and penguins. Which makes me wonder when we'll see one of them roaming the streets of icy Strasbourg...
Oh look, there is a snow leopard! Nice coat!

A Monday Mural

Taking a selfie???
Enjoy more Monday Murals here, now on Sami's blog in Oz

Morning light

It always gives me a lift in the morning, when I watch the sun rising. I won't enjoy this view much longer, as I'm moving in 2 weeks from today. Oh well, there will be another view!

Oxfam

A donation at the local Oxfam shop, where I am an occasional volunteer, time permitting.
More about Oxfam here.

The original photo, to answer Gunn's question:

Weekend in black and white. And some grey.

Earlier this week... A lot of snow this winter, much more to come! Oh well, it even snowed in my old hometown Barcelona yesterday, imagine that!
More b&w here

Summertime...

One of these morning you'll  rise up singing
And you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky

Painting the town...

A quiet street, just off the tourist trails

Artefact

Seen in one of the numerous art galleries in town

Urban grafitti

More Monday Murals here

A weekend reflection

Beautiful and calm morning, but very cold! Perfect for a photoshoot.
More Weekend Reflections here. Enjoy!

Winter, again

We've had a few "warm" weeks, up to 14 degrees C, but winter is coming back with a vengeance, it seems. No snow yet, this photo was taken one month ago, but it shouldn't be long. NICE!

Sunbirds

I love shooting in the sun now and then! The results are often interesting.
Feel free to visit my other blog as well! It's here.

Monthly theme day: tired

Don't you dare waking me up!
Click here to see more. Unless you're too tired, of course.

Basking

Where do seals go to see movies? The dive-in! 
Don't miss tomorrow's CDP theme day: tired!

Time for a...

When I'm in town in the morning, I often have a bretzel for (first or second) breakfast. The kugelhopf is more of an afternoon thing. For me anyway

Abyssinia

A brand new restaurant in town, they opened less than 3 weeks ago. Also the very first ethiopian restaurant in Strasbourg! It was closed when I passed it, but I will eat there ASAP, as I LOVE ethiopian food! Here is a link to give you an idea.
More Monday Murals here. On my photo, you might recognize the Negus, Haile Selassie, Lion of Juda, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia, and Bob Marley, the lord of reggae.

Hurry up, human!

Can't you see my hungry eyes??? And don't forget to buy me food in that shop!

Weekend in black and white

Click here to see more b&w photos.

The tube

Not the London tube, just a trendy, and expensive, shoe shop

And back to Strasbourg!

After a week about Porto... We have very high water in the river, big parts of the region are flooded. You can't walk on the 'quais" at the moment, and believe me: swimming is not an option!!!

One of six...

One of the 6 bridges crossing the Douro river in Porto. Moody weather.

Proud peacocks! Or is it just one, with 2 heads???

A Monday Mural. Click here to see more murals.
Might be a Gandaberunda.

Ebb and flow

Natural patterns on a sandy beach

Aeroporto do Porto

Fancy and big international airport, the 3rd I'm flying to or from on mainland Portugal.
Check out the other B&W pics on Dragonstar's very excellent blog!

Take it easy...

...take the tram! Porto is extremely hilly, lots of up and downs, leg breaking. So, take it easy!

Matosinhos praia

A day at the beach! Praia=beach, in portuguese.
Click here to see more Weekend Reflections!