We don't send postcards usually, we post them here.

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Shame


To my great shame I didn't get back to find the name of either building. There's always next year.

Strasbourg

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Monday 30 August 2010

Smoked Salmon 5€


It's almost enough to make one stop and eat.

Strasbourg

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Sunday 29 August 2010

Cinema Six

Facade: Cinema Six
Strasbourg


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Saturday 28 August 2010

Strasbourg


The problem with trying to capture images of Strasbourg and many other places in the Alsace region, is that the buildings just sit there and pose, like supermodels on their days off. There's no art required, just snap and there you have it, another multicoloured image of ancient timber framed buildings with shutters and flower boxes.

Oh well, someone has to do it.


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Friday 27 August 2010

Ecluse 43


Right there at the ecluse, Snow White, if you look carefully enough, is entertaining a bunch of little people under the tree.

This is how fairy stories are inspired methinks.

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Thursday 26 August 2010

Fiddling


The cap suggests he's a tradesman, contracted to repair the fire damage.

So does the fact that he's leaning on the window, watching the passing traffic on the waterway.

Strasbourg

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Wednesday 25 August 2010

Just another old sign


It could be anywhere in the world I suppose, but it's not, it is in Strasbourg.

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Tuesday 24 August 2010

Little France


In Strasbourg there is a district with a name that translates literally to "Little France".  The history of the name has thus far eluded me, but it no doubt evolved during one of the times when the city was part of another country.  In any case it's a very pretty district, lined with what once were tanneries and wash houses.   

Petite France
Strasbourg
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Saturday 21 August 2010

Communication

It was nice of them to leave room for the satellite dish when they built the place in the eleventh century.


Strasbourg

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Wednesday 18 August 2010

Wagon Wheels

No matter where in the world one may find oneself, an old wagon wheel makes a zany window from a barbecue area.  I have carefully chosen the word "from" rather than "to" as it doesn't do a thing to hide any untidiness from passers-by.

A salutary note for those contemplating a similar installation, and just part of the service!

Lutzelbourg
France


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Friday 13 August 2010

Reflecting some more

I don't know, I just thought it was a postcard sort of photograph.  These sorts of days are particularly magical on a boat, as we glide across the sky at 6 kph, accompanied only by the sound of a....a.... well OK,  a Perkins diesel, but the view is nice!

Somewhere near Pont-a-Mousson

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Thursday 12 August 2010

On a clear day

On a clear day, you can see not only forever, you can see power stations and barge loading cranes and industrial reserves, but none of that seems to have a negative impact on the view.

Moselle River, towards Nancy.

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Wednesday 11 August 2010

Reflecting on the Moselle





It was late morning when we came to a bend in the river where the morning's mist hadn't quite lifted beyond the hills. We were both struck with the similar tones to a photo I'd taken in Mallacoota earlier this year, and turned on the radio to make sure we were still in France!

Somewhere between Metz and Nancy.

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Tuesday 10 August 2010


Metz has been in more countries than I have, but it's also been around a lot longer.   It's made me more comfortable with the thought that today's population shifts are just another form of invasion, there will be winners and there will be tourists.....

Spanish food, French ideals, Mexican beer.

Metz
France

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Monday 9 August 2010

Pas de Publicite


We usually ask for junk mail to be delivered elsewhere when we are away.

Oops.  Perhaps this is elsewhere?

Toul
France
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Sunday 8 August 2010

Vogue Living




If Toul had been designed by Vogue Living, it would look like this.

Toul,

France

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Saturday 7 August 2010

Disneyland


If Walt Disney had designed Toul as a stage set, it would look like this.

Toul, France

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Friday 6 August 2010

Postcard from Toul


Toul as cities go is a bit old.  Old enough to be completely fortified and for one of the cathedrals to have been commenced in it's fourth iteration in the 12th century and time enough for every last skerrick of living plant like thing to have vanished from within the bounds of its walls.   This wasn't noticeable at first as everything was in its ancient context, but the main square, which is actually a circle, has a monster fountain and garden as its focal point, and buried deep within the flowers are clusters of vegetables and fruit growing, cleverly trellised upon mock fruit boxes.

Is this an exhibition of the plenty that surrounds the city, or a mocking comment on the tragic results of the siege of 1870?   

I don't know, but it's beautifully done, and worth a postcard.

Toul



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Thursday 5 August 2010

After midnight

I'm sure I could have improved this photograph if I'd taken the time to ... well adjust the exposure setting for starters, but although it's barely visible, as we wandered down the back streets of Toul, I couldn't help but wonder how they set the louvres in the shutter in parallel with the footpath and the road pavement.

Toul  
France


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Wednesday 4 August 2010

Why I need a tripod


When I see something I want to take a photograph of at ten o'clock at night, it's just too hard to keep the camera still by hand.

I just loved the warmth from below and the icy blue from the apartment above.  It made me wonder if the bloke running the shop would be game to go upstairs when he finished work!


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Tuesday 3 August 2010

There's one in every crowd

As we wandered through the streets of Nancy, we talked about how the street scapes had a consistency of proportion and texture and colour without the need for any heavy handed planning legislation, it just happened.

And then someone comes along who wants to be different.  Where we come from, you'd need a planning permit to plant red flowers in a window box.

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Monday 2 August 2010

Patisserie

Because I love the textures, and I can't get a handle on the weird perspective, and the lettering is really cool.

I'd have bought my baguette from there the day I took this photo if they hadn't been closed for lunch.

Nancy

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Sunday 1 August 2010

New Lace

If you are far too cool to have lace curtains, and you happen to have a whole swag of little white dots lying around, well....

Nancy


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