[Leica] IMG: Bratislava

[Don Dory]

I found the public art to be an amazing blend of humor and expression.  The
bridges also displayed artistic beauty in steel.

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:58 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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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