2011-05-29

kiosk

Petit Gourmet

One of many kiosks on the streets of Saarbrücken.

2011-05-27

tiles,

Tiles

By the artist Wolfram Huschens. In 1954, this must have looked very modern.

2011-05-23

plants, rain

Close call

After days of sunshine, the skies turned ominously dark and the clouds let fall a torrent of rain; it was not, however, the end of the world.

2011-05-22

yellow, boat mooring,

RAB

I splashed out €1.99 for an HDR app on my phone — it takes two shots with different exposures and merges them. Here you see an example of some light and shade. A good investment?

2011-05-18

radio

Big

The pop-music radio station BigFM has an open studio in the centre of town,

2011-05-16

street café,

Baguette “Avignon”

Mushrooms, ham and melted cheese. Taken in the main street-café area around the market square.

2011-05-15

musicians,

Street musicians

These guys were great. The world needs more brass and banjo combos.

2011-05-10

monument, stone,

Lulustein / Lulu's stone

Lulu was the nickname of Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph, the son of the French King Napoleon III. When Lulu was 14, his father sent him off to Saarbrücken to fight the Prussians. On the spot of this stone, he fired his first canon shot. The life of Lulu was not particularly fortunate. The French lost to the Prussians and Lulu died at the age of 23 at the hands of Zulus, whilst helping the British in South Africa.

2011-05-09

table tennis,

Metal

The corner of an outdoor ping-pong table, which are relatively popular here in schools and parks.

2011-05-07

square

Summer in the city

The main square for street cafés in Saarbrücken set up for the Franco-German Perspectives Festival.

2011-05-01

church, ruins

Wintringer Kapelle / Wintringer Chapel

These are the remains of a far larger church built in the 15th century in late Gothic style, which was partially destroyed in the Thirty Years War. It has its own web site (in German).