Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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: > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/bratislava_sept2019/index.html > > 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). > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >