And I was away, again

And I've been even further away. 

 

An interesting place.

A different place.

A beautiful place.

 

Uzbekistan.

Away :-)

And I was away again.

To my favourite corner of the world.

 

Waking up to the smell of oranges

Taking it slow and relaxing my mind

 

And saying hello to an old friend of mine 

More Italy

We visited another interesting town in Italy, Treviso.

No pictures from the exhibition that we visited, but some from the town itself.

 Just layered mesh. What a great idea!

 

Satyr piper from the 13th century, once in Casa Gobbato.

The depiction of the writer Giovanni Comisso by Mario Martinelli (2000). 

Tolkien in Trieste

Holidays are also a great time to visit exhibitions. So we drove to Trieste and visited the exhibition about J.R.R. Tolkien. 

Masters!

Escaping the Christmas-approaching craziness, I visited a wonderful exhibition, From Gauguin to Hopper, in Villa Manin, close to Udine.

 

My favourites were the self-portrait of Van Gogh, pine trees of Cezanne, Bonnard's sunset at Saint Tropez, Gaugin's Martinique, Monet's Antibes,  Courbet's wave ... and many more. Such masterpieces!

Of course no photographs from the actual exhibition. But some from Udine and Gradišče. 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Mathematicians!

What do mathematicians do when they are bored?

Well, at least one of them does this:

 

 These mathematical sculptures are truly impressive.

Dwarfs!

I was away, again. 

Admiring some local art and curiosities.

 

 

Enjoying the vastness of the Silesian Forest.

 

And had fun looking for dwarfs.

 

I was happy when I found about a hundred - only to learn that there are over 800 in the town! Oh well... 

Holidays

More family holidays. 

Enjoying the summer, 

 

kayaking,

visiting some great adventure parks,

 

renting a cosy cottage,

 

hiking the bogs,

 

admiring the architecture,

and the history.

Latvia.

And a day trip to Lithuania. 

 I've still got over 3000 photos to sort!

Away ... again

A short break at Lago di Garda. 

A bit of climbing, a bit of rain, a bit of swimming, a bit of history...  

I always like to go/return there.

Away, again

Oh dear, I haven't posted anything in the last month because I've been extremely busy.

And I've been away. 

To Prague, obviously.

 

And I've visited the wonderful Strahov Library. This book from the early 17th century describes - and depicts - the itinerary of Friedrich von Dohna.

 

Away ...

I've been away.

I spent a few days in ...

 

Austria, of course ;-)

Seeing a book title like this, I just had to order it. 

A shame they had a wine-tasting and not Marillenknödel :-)

And the chocolates are super-delicious!