A panorama view of the interior of the St john's co-cathedral in Valletta. The main cathedral, San Pawl, is in Mdina, & few km away. San Pawl, Saint Paul, as the story goes, was shipwrecked in Malta (in St Paul's Bay). He founded the first christian in Malta, around 60 AD.
I've only seen more gold in some Bavarian rococo churches. I'm equally amazed and deeply dismayed by so much ostentation wealth...10 euros to see it...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Monday 4 March 2019
Sunday 3 March 2019
Riflessjoni fi tmiem il-ġimgħa
This is the lovely Maltese town of San Giljan, or St Julian in English, with some traditional luzzu fishing boats in Spinola Bay.
More weekend reflections here.
You guessed it: the title of this post is Maltese for... :-)
More weekend reflections here.
You guessed it: the title of this post is Maltese for... :-)
Saturday 2 March 2019
Friday 1 March 2019
Tmiem il-ġimgħa bl-iswed u l-abjad/Weekend en noir et blanc
That's weekend in black and white in maltese and in french... As this is the door handle at the french embassy in Valletta, Malta. Nothing to do with them, I just passed there, looking for fish and chips...
You now the drill: click HERE, more b&w if you do. Shame if you don't.
You now the drill: click HERE, more b&w if you do. Shame if you don't.
Thursday 28 February 2019
Monthly CDP theme day: green
Greens, with some added colors . The gentleman on the side looks quite green as well...
More entries to the CDP theme day here
More entries to the CDP theme day here
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Valletta
Went to Valletta this morning, to get the lay of the land. Made a few new four legged furry friends on my way. What can I do, cats, and dogs, just love me!
Monday 25 February 2019
Mural it-Tnejn
First, you park your car. Then, you...
My first ever Maltese Monday Mural, live from Sliema, Malta, on a grey day. Never been here before.I have a good grasp of most European language, but Maltese... Beats me.
More Monday Murals at Sami's. Just click HERE
My first ever Maltese Monday Mural, live from Sliema, Malta, on a grey day. Never been here before.I have a good grasp of most European language, but Maltese... Beats me.
More Monday Murals at Sami's. Just click HERE
Sunday 24 February 2019
Saturday 23 February 2019
Friday 22 February 2019
Thursday 21 February 2019
Le bon bock
Could be in Alsace, but this photo was taken in Paris last monday. Bock is what english-speakers call a stein, a big beer container. Typically alsatian indeed!
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Meeting Mr O.
Sorry about not posting yesterday: I was in Paris, on a secret meeting. Plotting the after-tRUMP with Mister O. All about strategy, strategy, and more strategy. Can't tell you more, sorry. Me talking, Mr O listening.
What a strange idea, to meet at a wax museum! Did he think I couldn't see the difference???
What a strange idea, to meet at a wax museum! Did he think I couldn't see the difference???
Monday 18 February 2019
Sunday 17 February 2019
Saturday 16 February 2019
A weekend reflection
Oldie, from an old blog. The entrance to the Desigual HQ in Barcelona.
More weekend reflections here.
More weekend reflections here.
Friday 15 February 2019
Thursday 14 February 2019
Busy skies
A lot happening out there this morning... 6 airports in the area. I'll be joining all those travelers in a few days time, flying south to a warmer place, to some island life, to a lot of history, to some fantastic architexture. And lots of rabbits!
Wednesday 13 February 2019
Mugshot
I am french. So, genetically, a coffee drinker. It's the truth, it is in my genes!
But... I've spent long years in tea drinking fields, England, Scotland, India, etc, and I've got infected... Yes, I drink tea as well!!! A nice oolong, or masala chai... Better than bad coffee!
And so, tea selling shops are spreading in France, it's a pandemic...
DEAR COFFEE DRINKERS:I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY!!!
But... I've spent long years in tea drinking fields, England, Scotland, India, etc, and I've got infected... Yes, I drink tea as well!!! A nice oolong, or masala chai... Better than bad coffee!
And so, tea selling shops are spreading in France, it's a pandemic...
DEAR COFFEE DRINKERS:I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY!!!
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Paradiso
My favorite bar/restaurant/exhibition place in Europe... In the Giardini area of Venice, and part of the Biennale
Monday 11 February 2019
Sunday 10 February 2019
Saturday 9 February 2019
Pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Do you ever have a craving for an authentic Italian wood-oven pizza, with a little musica, a few canzone to go with? Well, I do, now. The nearest Italian pizzeria being some 400 km away, here is some musica, from Genova, city infamous from it's crumbling bridge.
Friday 8 February 2019
Thursday 7 February 2019
Wednesday 6 February 2019
Tuesday 5 February 2019
The world and the Currywurst
Berlin without Currywurst is not really Berlin...Pork sausage, with ketchup, vinegar and curry powder I like my Wurst as any German does, or half-German in my case. The Germans eat 800 millions of them every year, according to the Currywurst museum (I'm not kidding, there is such a museum) in Berlin. I'm travelling a lot, but I've never seen it elsewhere.
The hot air balloon, Welt is German for world, is probably taking the Wurst around the world....Could be worse...;-).
The hot air balloon, Welt is German for world, is probably taking the Wurst around the world....Could be worse...;-).
Monday 4 February 2019
Walking through a sea of roses
Where is she going? Is she on her way to friends, to a trendy coffee place, to see her lover?
Seen in Faro, Portugal, last June.
More Monday Murals right....here.
Seen in Faro, Portugal, last June.
More Monday Murals right....here.
Sunday 3 February 2019
Saturday 2 February 2019
Friday 1 February 2019
Thursday 31 January 2019
Wednesday 30 January 2019
Deudeuche!
A shiny oldtimer! The 2cv, (deux chvaus, 2 horses, aka deudeuche) the quintessential french car, rarely to be seen nowadays. They were built from 1948 till 1990. Want one? They can cost over 12000 euros.
More here.
More here.
Tuesday 29 January 2019
The door to...
... well-being. Technical door to one of the thermal springs in the neighbor town of Baden-Baden, 40 km away in Germany. One of the springs of my favorite spa, the Friedrichsbad
Monday 28 January 2019
Sunday 27 January 2019
Budapest, with Jethro Tull
Let's go away for a day... I discovered Budapest last summer, and I love the place (and the local prices).
The parliament, office of the troublesome Mr Orban.
My photo, but obviously not my video!
The parliament, office of the troublesome Mr Orban.
Saturday 26 January 2019
A weekend reflection painting of sorts
A little digital painting today, trying to render the impression of snowfall. Well, kind off.
The Petite France area, of course, such a good photo spot!
More weekend reflections here.https://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/
The Petite France area, of course, such a good photo spot!
More weekend reflections here.https://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/
Friday 25 January 2019
Thursday 24 January 2019
Aubette on ice
This is the Aubette on place Kleber, the city's main square. An old garrison building from the mid 18th century. Nowadays, a shopping mall where you can have an Californian apple and Seattle coffee, among other things, with a concert hall. Oh: and the international bookshop, important!!!
This winter, there is also an ice rink in front. And a very convenient meeting point!
This winter, there is also an ice rink in front. And a very convenient meeting point!
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Bye bye
No worries, it's not me, but the tree saying bye bye. It's been taken down as I write this. So, Christmas is definitely over.
It is snowing... Too late for a white Christmas.
It is snowing... Too late for a white Christmas.
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Petite France
After the catastrophic holiday season we've had, terrorist attack, yellow jackets, the city council apparently decided to leave the Christmas lights on a while longer.
Monday 21 January 2019
Sunday 20 January 2019
Saturday 19 January 2019
Friday 18 January 2019
Weekend in black and white
I spent the day for the first time ever in Baden-Baden, a small and lovely spa town in the Black Forest, 40 km from here. In Germany. By browsing the net, I discovered that the town an important russian population in the 19th century. People like Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Goncharov, many Romanovs stayed there... They all wanted to the local casino. There is even a russian orthodox church.
Anyway, more b&w here, as usual
Anyway, more b&w here, as usual
Thursday 17 January 2019
Wednesday 16 January 2019
The white Black Forest
The Schwarzwald range, seen from my balcony. Complete with the huge television antenna on top of the Feldberg, some 85 km, 50 miles away. I can only see only see that far by very clear weather.
It's getting colder, but no immense snowfalls like the ones causing chaos further east in Germany and Austria.
It's getting colder, but no immense snowfalls like the ones causing chaos further east in Germany and Austria.
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