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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bratislava
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:29:38 -0500
References: <21555B64-5F17-4E49-991E-0ED07D83307E@frozenlight.eu>

You covered a lot of territory in a brief time!? I was amazed at the art 
work you found.? And at the combination of art and function in the 
bridges, etc.? Thanks for the tour.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/19/2019 12:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Last week I was invited to speak at a conference organised by the Slovak 
> Intellectual Property Office in the country?s capital, Bratislava. I 
> always enjoy such assingments, both because I like speaking at events, but 
> mostly because it gives me the chance to visit places, often, as in this 
> case, for the first time. I arrived in Bratislava around 9 p.m. on 
> Wednesday evening, then spent Thursday morning at the conference, but 
> since my flight home was on Friday morning, I was free to explore the city 
> from about 2 p.m. on Thursday and the rest of the day. I tried to make the 
> most of the free time, and the resulting gallery can be seen here:
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> http://www.frozenlight.eu/bratislava_sept2019/index.html
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> As usual when I go to the capitals of the countries behind the former Iron 
> Curtain (as in Sofia and Warsaw last year), I am attracted to the blend of 
> the old parts of the city, some of the striking buildings put up during 
> Communist times (architecture was one of the few creative endeavours which 
> could be exercised relatively freely), and the post-1989 modernity. 
> Bratislava did not disappoint. I found it a very interesting place to 
> which I plan to return soon, perhaps as part of a combined trip to Vienna, 
> Bratislava and Budapest, all of which are within 200 km of each other (in 
> fact, I travelled to Bratislava by flying to Vienna and taking a train 
> from there).
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> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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