It´s a Nutcracker, part of the x-mas market in Strassbourgh.

A very thorough buffer area of police check points, followed by people carefree eating and sitting around. Then… the bombastic Strassbourgh is reflected on the many decorated store fronts. As the rest of Strassbourgh – a tad ott to my taste.

Note to self: capture the contrasts next time, leverage the gut feel as it comes, and snapshot it, rather than ignore it at the moment, then later on coming to the conclusion that it was there all along and I missed shooting it.

PS Strammer Max is a lunch of eggs sunny side up on ham and cheese sandwich. In the Netherlands we call it “uitsmijter”, which is our word for bouncer at a night club.