Monthly Archives: October 2010

An European Vacation / 11 – The Black Forest Open Air Museum

The 4th day of our European vacation started with grey skies and a light rain which was only to get strength for the first half of the day. We had ambitious plans for that day, which was planned to end … Continue reading

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The 2nd Season of “The Tudors”

I finished viewing the second season of The Tudors which ARTE is broadcasting with a delay of about two years. It’s a daring challenge for the makers of this series to enter a historical territory that was already explored in … Continue reading

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An European Vacation / 10 – Clocks, Cuckoos and Cakes

Any visitor approaching the Black Forest area hardly escapes the stereotype image of the cuckoo clocks. They are present in tourist shops, one or maybe more dedicated chains of shops sell them, and they even have their own museum. Brochures … Continue reading

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Dans: Miguel Angel Berna’s ‘Goya’ at Tel Aviv Dance 2010

I chose to see two performances from the Tel Aviv Dance 2010 Festival. The second one will be another encounter with Alvin Alley and his American Dance Theater, the third one after he made me discover modern dance in Bucharest … Continue reading

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Exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Liliana and me spent the Saturday morning at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which at this time of the year is very much worth a visit gathering several very interesting exhibitions. David LaChapelle is quite well known to the … Continue reading

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Film: Marti, dupa Craciun (Radu Muntean – 2010)

I have previously seen only the first film of director Radu Muntean – Furia (The Anger) made in 2002 – and I remember it as a very different kind of film. The style was dynamic and dramatic, and the theme … Continue reading

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An European Vacation / 9 – St Peter in the Black Forest

The village and abbey at St Peter (Sankt Peter in German) was one of the revelations of our trip. Hidden under just one star in the Michelin green guide it represents a real gem, a beautiful and well conserved testimony … Continue reading

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where we come from? where are we going? de unde venim? unde ne ducem?

I found this story this morning told by one of my colleagues on a Romanian language Internet group. He heard it at a conference at the Bible Land Museum in Jerusalem , so the origin may be in the Jewish … Continue reading

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An European Vacation / 8 – In the Mountains of the Black Forest

Weather seemed to get angry on us in the morning of the third day of our European trip. It was cloudy for most of the morning and early afternoon, but the worse was yet to come. Weather would play as … Continue reading

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An European Vacation / 7 – Entering the Black Forest

We had a good part of the afternoon ahead of us when we finished our visit at the Danube springs. We decided to head to Freiburg, which was out night stop and where we had booked the hotel, but the … Continue reading

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