La Bruxelles, pe langa statuia celebra Manneken piss, exista si mai putin stiuta Jeanneke piss, precum si un catel Zinneke piss. Bine, amorasii care fac pipi (putti pisciatori) sunt o tema clasica in Renastere si baroc, ii vezi prin colturi in mari tablouri de Tizian. De asemenea, bruxellezii invoca si traditia medievala de rezistenta fata […]
Daca nu ne-ar tine ocupati micul Hitler prin Crimeea (pregateste oare ceva si in Moldova? sau in platoul continental al Marii Negre pe care tocmai il castigasem de la ucraina, dar care tine geografic de Crimeea?) ne-am fi putut ocupa linistiti de evenimentul anului: 100 ani de la atentatul din Sarajevo. Care a schimbat soarta […]
Ce inseamna „soft power”. Dupa cucerirea Atenei, romanii, care nu erau sentimentali din fire, s-au hotarat totusi sa lase colina Acropole neatinsa cu alte constructii, in afara unui modest altar pentru Roma si Augustus in spatele Parthenonului. Atat de mare era prestigiul cultural al Atenei clasice incat a prevalat viziunea foarte moderna, neobisnuita in vremea […]
German woman beating fallen Greek man (Portuguese, Italian ?) about the head with oversized euro. Agitprop statue in front of the EU Parliament in rue Wiertz, full of naked, gender-imbalanced symbolism. Or maybe somebody had known something long ago?
Turks are cat people, at least in Istanbul, no doubt about that. At least one in every shop. Apparently because there are so many fish restaurants around. While we in Bucharest have dogs, at least one for every block. Does it mean we are all dog people? Mice people? Of mice and men? Anyway, cats […]
All right, I come clean: I like to tavel. Who doesn’t? In fact, I know a few… But if you got the bug, I start here a series of travel gems from a splendid book I have just discovered. „The great unstated reason for travel is to find places that exemplify where one has been […]
