France

I took this snap somewhere in Alsace, not too far from the Vosges mountains

I took this snap somewhere just near the Vosges mountains in France,

Continuing the series, ice crystals, on a bush, in front of a tree, in Cernay

Continuing the series, if you ask me, no easy job to keep these shrubs pruned so identically

Continuing the series, I’m definitely coming back here because this snap was taken just outside of a HUGE industrial park that was deserted – sort of a ghost factory. It was all open to the public, so it’s on my bucket list to head back and just poke around.  According to a small plaque here, this chimney was part of a textile factory – and I assume that the streams running down from the Vosges Mountains in the background were the reason for its location (water power):

Continuing the series, I could not resist capturing this snap of some tall grass (or a bush?) with the leaves all covered in ice,

Continuing the series, this street art seems to be an homage to hungry people, but to be honest I never stopped to see if there was a sign that described it.

Cernay in the eastern French part of Alsace known as Haut-Rhine is an interesting village for two reasons. First, apparently the German SS used this village as an “indoctrination” center during the second world war; and second, because the Thur river flows through it, and there was a river of the exact same name flowing through Winterthur when I lived there. (Note: it flowed through Winterthur before I moved there, and it probably still flows there today.)

Anyway, here’s the church:

Just like just about everything else in Europe, the Chateaux de Joux dates back to the 1200’s.

Sadly it is a bit difficult to find information about these things on the Internet. I took this snap from the parking lot of IKEA in Mulhouse, in Alsace.

I took this snap after getting off the tram that transports you up to the mountain to Crans-Montana – but then I stopped to think, this must be a very difficult garden to maintain in good condition: