Sunday Bridges....... New bridge under construction

Photo taken from the terrace of the new city hall, Montpellier, on July 31st, 2013.

Sunday Bridges on San Francisco Bay Daily Photo. 

De loin, ce pont en construction ressemble plus à une passerelle. La distance donne une impression de taille réduite. Est-ce le nouveau pont près de la mairie? Si c'est bien de ce pont qu'il s'agit, j'espère que le Lez restera aussi vert qu'il l'est sur ma photo et que les berges ne seront pas bétonnées.

Skywatch Friday .... Yellow and Blue

Blue sky which gives the new city hall its "official" color.

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Setting sun which turns the concrete buildings next to the Hôtel de Région into huge gold bars.

View from the 8th floor ...

Avenue des Etats du Languedoc, photographed from the 8th floor of the "Bureaux du Polygone," last Tuesday. The dark cube in the distance is the new city hall. The high-rises are part of the "Nouveau-Monde" residence and the round fountain close to the traffic circle is one of the places where Isis liked playing when we lived in Antigone.

Photo prise du 8e étage des Bureaux du Polygone mardi dernier. Le petit cube noir, c'est la mairie de Jean Nouvel. OK il parait qu'il n'est pas noir le cube mais bleu. Pas aussi bleu que la Belle Bleue que l'on devine à l'horizon.

Sunday Bridges....... Pont Zuccarelli

The "Pont Zuccarelli" near the new city hall, at rush hour.

More Sunday Bridges on San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Le Pont Zuccarelli au moment de la construction de la nouvelle mairie, en fin de journée, à l'heure de la sortie des bureaux.

Sky Watch Friday.... Montpellier seen from my balcony

The sky has been blue for months now on Languedoc. I took these photos from my balcony yesterday. The top photo shows the Massif de la Gardiole (along the sea, near Sète) in the background, three buildings of the Nouveau Monde (a private residence) with the "old" city hall that looks tiny in front of the Nouveau Monde. The building on the right-hand side is a part of Le Polygone. What surprised me most were the cell phone relay antennas (station?) placed just above an apartment in a building, in my neighborhood. Nobody seems to worry about that.


The building with the flags on its roof is the Hôtel de Région. On the left-hand side, the square black building is the new city hall. Before it, one can see the library of the School of Economics and on the right, a little bit of the Mediterranean Sea.


The view I have without zooming.

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Trois vues prises hier de mon balcon. En fait, j'ai esssayé mon nouveau petit appareil numérique. Pas mal.