Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As usual, thanks for a fascinating tour of a place I would like to visit but am unlikely to go. I really appreciate it. --Bob 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: > > 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