Venice is romantic. Venice is charming. Venice is strange. Venice is colorful. Venice is wet. Venice is expensive. Venice is crowded. Venice is much too hectic sometimes. Venice is small. Venice is musical. Venice is Venice and no city can replace it.
Arriving in the city center, I look for the first sidewalk and make a mini-plan for today. Somewhere in front of me, a local over 40 years old, dressed in a beige sweater and with a blunt denim jacket, plays the violin. Most tourists ignore him. From time to time they stop, listens to him for about 30-40 seconds and leaves. But that doesn’t stop our old musician from playing until late in the evening. In 2-3 minutes, someone looks at me in am ...
Okay, I arrived at the hostel in Turin. When I want to check in, I find out that no one is at the reception until 3:00 PM. Okay… I say. Fine. Until then, I can waste my time on the internet. I’m asking someone over there for Wi-Fi. He tells me that I have to pay 1 EUR/h. What? I’ve stayed at dozens of hostels so far and never had to pay for wi-fi. Anyway …I pay for the internet. Later, when I enter the room, somewhere in the corner, I see someth ...
Hm … let’s start with Bilbao: it is the most modern, civilized and futuristic city of all the cities in Spain that I have seen so far. I came here for the Guggenheim. I caught super-exhibitions: “Richard Serra: The Matter of Time”, “Didaktika” or “Cai Guo-Qiang: I want to believe”. Initially, I had planned to stay only 5-6 hours in Bilbao, but my train was canceled and I stayed one night. This after I wandered around the city for about 2 hour ...
The pedestrianized area of Madrid is very large. About the center of Bucharest. Just pedestrianized. The tube network is close to London Tube in size and complexity. If you arrive here, you must taste the typical Spanish ham. They also have a dedicated museum. “Museo de Jamon” is called and here you can try various types of ham, sauces and other goodies. Puerta del Sol is km 0 from Spain. From here begins the numbering of highways and roads. ...
Yes I know. You can tell that you can see dolphins at the dolphinarium. You don’t have to go 3900 km. away from Romania. But you can’t compare a dolphinarium to an ocean. There are two totally different things. You get on a speedboat and start looking for dolphins. The farther you go from the shore and the minutes go by, the stronger the emotions. Will they appear? Will we find them? Or do we all come back disappointed? When you see the fi ...
I was thinking, in the last 2 years, the most important moments I lived behind the camera. From my travels around Europe and the country, last year’s New Year’s Eve in Paris, Bucharest’s White Night, Bucharest days, photo tours in Brasov, birthdays, Easter or Christmas celebrations, concerts, parties, my summer wedding, various events and conferences I attended and the simple meetings with friends. I looked at them all through the lens. B ...
I’m in Santa Lucia train station in Seville. All around, a bustle of travelers, police and officials. From time to time there is a group of tourists, who find it difficult to make their way through the crowd. To get to Lisbon, I have to change trains twice. I will have to wait no less than 4 hours at the train station in Caceres. It will certainly be a long and difficult journey, but I think it is worth it. Tomorrow I will enjoy&nbs ...
Today I visited a large part of the city. In the East side is the business area, where you can find everything from banks, telephone companies to malls and many bridges. On the other hand, in Balem is the relaxation area. Here you can sit quietly in a garden or park watching the children play or various groups of young people relaxing on the clean grass. The city is quite large and it is difficult to walk. I recommend a subscri ...
If you ever get to Seville, I recommend visiting the “Plaza de Toros” and the Cathedral. Plaza de Toros is the second largest bullfight in the world, after the one in Mexico. Here you can visit the arena, the museum with its bull’s heads, spears, costumes and various works specific to bullfighters. The career of a bullfighter starts somewhere at 14-15 years old and ends at 25-30. A ticket costs between 23 and 100 euros. The cathedral is huge. ...
