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Today I show you pieces from the Asian collections. Be it China, Koreea, Japan or India, they are priceless. All beautiful but different, as they belong to different cultures. I am not an art expert. I only choose what I … Continue reading
Traveling Hawk
During my last two trips to London, on September 2008 and May 2009, I visited parts of British Museum. This is the oldest public museum in the world. The first construction, owed to Sir Robert Smirke, goes back to 1823. … Continue reading
In iulie am facut o excursie la Novi Sad si vi-am povestit despre ea. Ramasesem datoare cu niste poze si o poveste despre fortareata.Inaltata deasupra Dunarii, fortareata Petrovaradin, asa cum o vedem astazi, a fost construita intre 1692-1780 de catre … Continue reading
Last year, when in Venice I stayed at Hotel Falier. It is a 2 stars only hotel but it is very clean, offers a fairly good buffet breakfast and it is very well positioned. As for the price, it doesn’t … Continue reading
Rotterdam is an energetic, full of life town, reborn like Phoenix from its own ashes. May be you know that it was bombed on May 1940 and almost completely destroyed. Very few buildings resisted. I worked a week in this … Continue reading
When I first arrived at Turku, 12 years ago, it was midnight and the snow was so big as in my childhood, in my own town. Turku is situated in the South-West of Finnland and it is the best winter … Continue reading
On February 1998, I spent one week in Turku, former capital of Finland. I will write about it in another post. Now I want to show you a little bit of Helsinki, as much as I managed to see during … Continue reading
Incepand cu aceasta postare vreau sa va arat locurile in care m-am cazat in calatoriile mele. Nu am poze de peste tot fiindca nu intotdeauna m-am gandit ca ar fi util sa am asa ceva la indemana. Ma gandesc ca, … Continue reading
In 2004 I have visited the Japanese garden in the Schonbrunn Park, in Vienna. You may find it near the Zoological Garden. Japanese gardens are designed to mirror nature. The two principal elements are simplicity and asymmetry. Water is an … Continue reading
Schonbrunn Palace together with Schonbrunn park entered UNESCO heritage in 1996. While in Vienna, I visit often the Palm House, a marvellous Art Nouveau metal construction, the biggest in Europe of this kind. Sometimes there is a special exhibition there. … Continue reading