London at Night

Image ~ February 27, 2015 ~ travelsandtomes ~ 1 Comment

Blurry photo or impressionist painting?

Sunday Morning Stroll in Strasbourg

Image ~ February 22, 2015February 22, 2015 ~ travelsandtomes ~ 5 Comments

Strasbourg, France is a fabulous city, which manages to be compact and complex all at once.

It has plenty of medieval charm, a jumble of French and German flavor,

and a certain modern hum

(found in modern art museums and the parliamentary seat of the EU).

Beautiful and a bit dizzying, n’est-ce pas?

Chestnuts Roasting at the Cathedral Door

Image ~ February 16, 2015 ~ travelsandtomes ~ 3 Comments

Strasbourg, France

I’ll forgive you for thinking that chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Jack Frost nipping at your nose are only Christmas time delights. Here on the French-German border, they are the stuff of wintertime, even after St. Nick has packed up and headed home.

We spent a very cold weekend in Strasbourg, France, and found this chestnut roaster and his “heisse maroni” stand waiting for us outside the door of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.

Chestnut roasters are a sight I’ll always welcome. Jack Frost, however, is growing tiresome.