Romania - first impressions

Saturday, 31 July 2010

I arrived in Bucharest on Friday, grabbed a rental car, turned right out of the parking lot and were on the E60 direction Brasov, where we would stop in Sinaia, a small town about 120 kilometers from Bucharest.Sinaia got its name from a Romanian nobleman

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Alfons Mucha

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Born in 1860, Alfons Mucha wanted to be an artist and began painting interiors in his native Bohemian Empire, now Czech Republic. He painted the interior of a castle for a Czech noble, then another and was sent to Paris to study art by Count Ka

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Praha

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Praha, or Prague as we know it, is a gorgeous place on earth. The people are super mega friendly and really laid back and cool. They are always smiling, eager to help, eager to please and the client service is golden (unlike Lyon!) Oh, don't get me

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Praha Jewish Ghetto

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Praha is how the Czechskys say and spell Prague.Praha has an incredibly well-preserved Jewish quarter called Josefov. Jewish people settled into Praha in the 10th century. The first pogrom was in 1096. Shortly after, the Pope declared that Jewish people

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Czech Modern Art

Monday, 26 July 2010

While meandering in an I've-been-working-too-darn-hard-and-don't-know-how-to-be-on-vacation daze, I discovered an amazing modern art gallery. The space was white washed walls with polished cement floors.This is a plaster torso surrounded by thousand

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Un dimanche inhabituel ...

Sunday, 25 July 2010

***Ma maison est devenue le refuge des chats de hasard ... Je vous présente un des bébés de Blanca qui préfère habiter chez nous ! Allez savoir pourquoi !...Comment ne pas craquer ...... Jeux de pattes, duo tendresse entre Blanca et son chaton, adopté à

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