The wasp

Wasp: vespa in Italian. Spotted this nice and seemingly quite new one this week on our main square, far from Italy. More info about Italian "wasps" here.
 

Happy

Happy  doggie with a stick. More b&w to be admired here.
 

Browsing

 

The hub

The main tramway hub in the city center.
 

Summer is back!

Complete with very high temperatures und thunderstorms.
 

A Monday mural

Seen in restaurant in Istanbul, last May. I LVE Turkish food! Anyway, wanna see more murals? Easy, click right... here.
 

Allium Giganteum

According to Wikipedia, this is an Asian kind of onion. A beautiful one! 
 

Losing your head

Well, I sometimes lost my head. But not my legs.
 

People passing by

Everyday life in Strasbourg. More b&w here.

And more weekend street reflections right... here.
 

Centaurea montana

Aka mountain bluet, centaurée des montagnes in French.
 

Flammekueche

 

This is fmammekueche, aka tarte flambée. Traditional and much beloved Alsatian dish. Some nincompoops call it the Alsatian pizza... Bread dough, sour cream, fromage blanc (cottage cheese), onions, bacon bits. To which you can add mushrooms (tarte flambée forestière), cheese (gratinée), salmon, and so on and so forth... The one above is with cheese. Can be sweet as well. And here it's how to bake it in a wood oven:

Wanna try it yourself? Just google: Alsatian tarte flambee recipe. It is absolutely DELICIOUS!!!

Just some bricks

15th century wall.
 

This is Colombian power

Istanbul, last May. Qhite an unusual mix of styles...More Monday murals to be seen right... here
 

Hot air

Early morning flight.
 

Go for more

More weekend reflections right... here.
 

Weekend in black and white

A Budapest metro station, a few years ago. More b&w right... here
 

A window, part 2

Aksatian window, complete with the traditional stork and the Alsatian flag.
 

HOT!!!

 

August CDP theme day: garden

My favorite type of gardens... No maintenance or TLC needed... Everything I plant dies, except cacti. This is the huge cactus garden on Montjuic hill in Barcelona.

More garden photos here
 

A window, part 2

Same house as Sunday, other window, with a stork and the Alsatian flag.