tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74543059218213219382024-02-07T21:22:05.920+01:00Jana around the worldlet me take you on a visual trip to some interesting places, amazing nature wonders or just magnificent moments of my life in Europe and around the rest of the world:-)Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-25869115120970446562017-04-22T19:38:00.000+02:002017-04-24T13:28:26.470+02:00Tulips fields and details in the Netherlands, Spring 2017 in Bollenstreek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Every April the flower fields between Leiden and amsterdam turn into rainbow of bulb flowers in bloom.This year I went there with a 100mm macro lens and concentrated on the details, lines and shapes! </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I hope you enjoy them, I did even if the wind was very freezing ;-) <br />Let me know which o the pictures you like the most :-)</span></h3>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com172574 Bad Urach, Germany48.496895599999988 9.3948748999999948.32850109999999 9.07215139999999 48.665290099999986 9.7175983999999911tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-72193490263007983142016-04-04T12:03:00.001+02:002016-04-04T22:50:22.035+02:00Kukeri in Karlovo, Bulgaria: dances for health, happiness and to scare the bad spirits (Старчовден)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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before the Bulgarian Orthodox Easter for this year) I was lucky to
attend and watch the dances on the so called Starchovden (Старчовден), the day of the
dancing men. The event consists of different local groups of "kukeri" (кукери)
performing their dance for scaring evil spirits away and the cold weather and ensuring a good harvest and good health, while also welcoming the coming spring.<br />
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Why has this event been on my to-see-list for almost 10 years? Kukeri are
costumed Bulgarian men, always with masks, furry clothing and big bells attached to their belt.
Some are representing animals, while others are specific figures (the mayor or simply the village people). When they move the bells make sounds, which defers depending on the size
of the bell. In the town of Karlovo and the surrounding villages the
word kukeri is not used, but the performers are called "starzi" (старци), old men
in Bulgarian. In the last years women have also been allowed to join these groups
and to perform, given the fact they have shown enough endurance to
dance with the big bells.The masks were often done from wood, nowadays a lot of them are from tissue. They are decorated and covered with lots of different things, such as tiny pieces of tissues, glittery pearls and buttons, anything shiny and catching attention. Some masks have two sides (one side with sweet-nature face, while the other has vicious look), representing the bad and the good in one. The colour red is dominating in the masks and clothing, being symbol of the fruitfulness in nature and fertility of the ground for the next seasons.</div>
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As per Wikipedia the custom is generally thought to be related to the Thracian Dionysos cult in the wider area of Thracia. The idea behind was starting the new harvest year fresh and with good energy/ free of bad spirits. Similar rituals can be also found in Greece, Romania, Macedonia and parts of Turkey. Similar tradition and dances are performed even in Sardinia, Italy.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukeri#cite_note-Kernbach-1"></a>Soak into the colourful atmosphere and these old Bulgarian/ Balkan traditions and let the spring and summer arrive soon! <br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-43610895128605997252015-05-17T19:34:00.001+02:002015-05-20T17:37:09.245+02:00From (Zuid-)Holland with love: part 2 of the fabulous flight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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During the colourful <a href="http://janaaroundtheworld.blogspot.nl/2015/05/fabulous-tulip-flight-above.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flower fields flight</a> end of April with LionAir we
started at Rotterdam airport in a cozy tiny Cessna plane. We flew over
Zoetermeer, Leiden, de Kaag before heading to the flower bulb area
(Lisse, Voorhout and Noordwijkerhout). Afterwards we did a turn and kept
following the coastline (Noordwijk aan Zee and Katwijk followed by
Scheveningen, Kijkduin and the Zandmotor plus of course Monster and its
greenhouses). At the end a fabulous view above Rotterdam harbour and
then city, before landing...However, as I started with the heart of de Kaagse Plassen I edn my blog with the Zandmotor heart too:-)</div>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-65869967577218620572015-05-09T19:49:00.000+02:002018-04-16T16:09:39.776+02:00Fabulous tulip flight above Bollenstreek, lost in Dutch spring colours 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Its difficult to (even try to) describe the magnificent flower-glory one
could see this year end of April while flying over the Bollenstreek.
Luckily for us, tulips and hyacinths were decorating the fields at the
same time in all possible colours. Add a clear blue sky, nice sunshine
and a friendly pilot and you have a great spring experience for years to
remember. Enjoy the colour flower-power!!!</div>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-62165720035263347642015-04-30T23:19:00.001+02:002015-05-09T20:06:15.735+02:00Dutch tulips (and flowers) fields 2015...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This year, as of mid April the Dutch flower fields around
Haarlem,Noordwijkerhout and Sassenheim became an amazingly colourful
mosaic again! Happily for us, photographers, most of the bulb flowers
(daffodils, hyacinths and all sorts of tulips) decided to come out and
bloom at the same time. From white to dark purple, from light lavender
through yellow and orange till flashy red and romantic blue, the
Bollenstreek-area and parts of Flevoland are currently magical places to
visit! Have a look for yourself...A lot of my visitors have
difficulties to believe that most of the flowers are simply cut as the
reason why they are planted is to get the bulb, not to sell the flower
themselves.Once you are in the flower field the question comes: how to
take the best pictures. Some love to take the lines, otherwise go for
close-up/ carpets of colours. This year I tried more exotic positions,
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inhabitants, ex-capital of Myanmar (from 2006) and the place with most
colonial buildings in the Asian region, as per Wikipedia! Yangon (known also previously as Rangon) is often referred to as an extremely busy, overly loud, full with (too) many run-down
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my short stay there I enjoyed the small streets, away from the tourists
shopping centers. I saw colours and smiles, beautiful architecture under
the facades falling down, local markets held directly on the street, I
saw the dust and the beauty, as they live next to another! Here is my
digital tour in the pictures... As Emo, a friend and a journalist, said in his Yangon-article (in Bulgarian only, available <a href="http://pomekong.com/index.php/site/read/Yangon_zlatna_nishteta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>): "the city is fueled by the people, which in a way resemble hard-working and non-stop-moving ants. And their DNA is a big mix from different Burmese tribes, Indians,
British and of course monks..."<br />
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Now please meet Lily (on the first picture), my guide in the Swedagon pagoda, which is the biggest temple in Yangon and at the same time the most sacred Buddist pagoda in Myanmar. However no women and/or foreigners are allowed in the pagoda inside, but in the beautiful and huge complex around all locals and tourist are welcome, of course if you follow the basic rules: no shoes and covered knees and shoulders. Lily asked me about my birthday and then she got a tiny booklet out of her bag to figure out I was born on a Monday. Then we stopped at the Monday corner (with a tiger as sacred animal) where I could offer a necklace from fresh jasmine blossom around the statues and had the honour to poor three cup of waters over the head. This ritual is not only bringing good luck but also releases the person performing it from his/her sins. The same is valid for the people lining up every evening and morning to sweep the ground around the pagoda. Lily told me there are lists where the names are entered and its a big waiting ;-)</div>
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<u><i>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwedagon_Pagoda:</i></u><br />
<i>It is important for Burmese Buddhists to know on which day of the week they were born, as this determines their planetary post. There are eight planetary posts, as Wednesday is split in two (a.m. and p.m.). They are marked by animals that represent the day — garuda
for Sunday, tiger for Monday, lion for Tuesday, tusked elephant for
Wednesday morning, tuskless elephant for Wednesday afternoon, mouse for
Thursday, guinea pig for Friday and nāga
for Saturday. Each planetary post has a Buddha image and devotees offer
flowers and prayer flags and pour water on the image with a prayer and a
wish. At the base of the post behind the image is a guardian angel, and
underneath the image is the animal representing that particular day.
The base of the stupa is octagonal and also surrounded by eight small
shrines (one for each planetary post). It is customary to circumnavigate
Buddhist stupas in a clockwise direction.</i><br />
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</i><i>The pilgrim, on his way up the steps of the pagoda, buys flowers,
candles, coloured flags and streamers. These are to be placed at the
stupa in a symbolic act of giving,
which is an important aspect of Buddhist teaching. </i></div>
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The third Dutch island of the five Frisian islands was a charming,
sunny and pretty windy encounter end of this September... The island
surprised us with fantastic seafood-restaurants, creative&cozy
bars, big forest of pine trees (planted over 100 years ago), high sand
dunes. By bike one can do best sightseeing as on all of the other 4
islands. <br />
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Nothing unusual for Holland were the long and huge white sand
beaches. In the harbour of the West-Terschelling beautiful
shimps-fishing-boats are on display, crabs are running around and tons
of colourful buoys shine their strong colourd...My favorites however
stay Vlieland and Schiermonnikoog, the two car-free islands (nr 2 and
5) :-)<br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-6302393428605458912014-04-30T22:26:00.001+02:002015-02-25T12:19:26.723+01:00Bloemenvlucht/ flower fields flight in april 2014 with LionAir<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After seeing the flower fields from close and inside we were curious to
see them again from up in the air. As last year we contacted the
friendly and professional LionAir and book one hour "bloemenvlucht".
With Michel as pilot we flew over Leiden, Keukenhof, Lisse,
Noordwijkerhout and then along the coast: Wassenar, Scheveningen,
Monster and Rotterdam...Again an amazing experience and perfect weather
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Second half of April tons of tourists come over to the Netherlands to
see the spring park Keukenhof and also the flower fields. Most of them
however only travel around in Bollenstreek, the flower-bulb-area between
Leiden and Haarlem. HOWEVER there are some amazing tulip fields a bit
more north in Flevoland. The wide and long fields in this flat and new
Dutch province are perfect for growing of potatoes and .... flowers!
There is space, abundance of colours and guess what: no other tourists.
So if you are curious to spot and photograph some amazing tulips fields
just drive to Noordoostpolder and enjoy the view. There are also sign
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-7146403254538720302014-04-21T19:02:00.001+02:002014-04-21T19:11:57.402+02:00Lauwersmeer hike-tour after tea-time at the Theefabriek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While most people were busy searching chocolate eggs or eating real ones
this weekend, we went for a short nature tour in the north of the
Netherlands. The provinces north of Amsterdam: Friesland and Groningen
are lovely places to get in touch with nature, bike, hike, meet some
happy sheep and other wildlife. Lauwersmeer, a national park, builds a
partial border between the two provinces.</div>
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The Easter Sunday started with brunch at the beautiful Theefabriek, the
only teamuseum (and tearoom) located in the old church-building of the
cozy village Houwerzijl. I have reported about this great place 3 years
ago <a href="http://janaaroundtheworld.blogspot.nl/2011/05/theefabriek-in-houwerzijl-great-tea.html" target="_blank">here</a>. After being spoiled there with delicious teas and food, the
adventurous visitors (as us) went to Kollumerwaard and met the nature
guide Klaas. He took us for a 7-km-walk in the National Park area and
explained us patienly and lovingly about the birds, plants, trees, toads
and other living beings we encountered on our way. Herewith a big
Bedankt (thanks) to the singing birds, colourful butterflies and Klaas
for the knowledge!</div>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-72096706707137777742014-04-06T22:12:00.001+02:002014-04-06T22:24:45.512+02:00Spring 2014 in the Netherlands: flower fields with daffodils, hyacinths and tulips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the online "buienradar" (literally "storm radar") telling us in how many
minutes next rain or storm is coming, very practical when you are by
bike...When you have a drink with friends you may spot the funny
"zonnenradar" (sunshine radar) on some beer bottles (most probably to
remind the Dutch that they get sunburnt quiet easily)... and in the
spring we have the "bloemenradar"-page (flower radar), showing people in
pictures how many flowers are already out! So after learning and
checking the flower radar on Friday I made my weekends plan:-)</span></div>
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has been very nice, gentle and warm with us this year, here in the low
lands! The great and sunny March invited all spring bulb flowers to come
outside the ground earlier than usual (and aslo much earlier than last
year)! Already for two weeks colourful flower carpets decorate the
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The island with three rum distilleries, the island of the 100 windmills, the
island of sugar cane...there are a few different names for Marie-Galante,
the round island south-east of Guadeloupe! I will also call it the place
for zen-diving:-) It is absolutely wild underwater, there are no crowds of divers,
but schools of fishes, huge sponges and curious sea inhabitants looking
at you with a question mark in their eyes! Enjoy the encounters I have
captured for you and if you ever make it there, do go diving with the
best diving school of the island <a href="http://www.plongee-marie-galante.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"ManBalaou"</a>!<br />
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<br />One of the things that really makes your day when you are in Guadeloupe
are all the colours around! In the nature, in the houses, on the market:
everything is cheerful and with tons of different colours! So you can
not not smile:-) The typical creole houses are a real treat to look at,
so are the flowers in the gardens and along the road...Enjoy and soak all the SUNSHINE hiding in theses pictures!</div>
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Dominica is the big island south of Guadeloupe, on
clear days one may even see it from both les Saintes and
Marie-Galante...and this year finally I took a boot for a day and went
to discover it. After 3-hour-catamaran crossing (the sea was pretty
tough) we saw the rain clouds hugging tighly Dominica. And this is the
moment when you understand why the island is sooooo GREEN, it rains
really every 30 minutes (sometime you get a break of 1 hour)... So we
arrived in Portsmouth, which is in the northwest. The city has some
6.000 inhabitants, the whole island has 71.000 in total. The people were
very friendly, we passed by the local market, I did some fruit&
cacao shopping and then we went for a small hike and then a river tour.
The local langauge is English. Dominica is now independent, in the past
English and French have changed several times ownership over the island.<br />
Dominica
is the youngest of all Caribbean islands and has been nicknamed "Nature
island" for its unspoiled nature beauty: plenty of lucious rain forest,
waterfalls and rare plants&birds. Definitely worth a longer stop
one day:-)) The Sisserou parrot (featured on the flag) is found only
here and its islands national bird!<br />
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Diving in les Saintes is a real pleasure... Most sites are around 12-15
metres deep, with plenty of natural light and abundance of colours.
Sponges, corals, fishes, turtles, small and big, all possible shapes,
there is so much to enjoy and contemplate! I am taking you underwater
with me to discover this breathtaking world... The funniest thing is
that if you know where each animal usually lives you start to discover
the inhabitants much quicker....and sometimes they come to you:-)<br />
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Most of the tourists in Guadeloupe usually make it to Terre-de-Haut, the
main island of the archipel les Saintes. In total there are nine islands (seven of which there are no people living), which belong to les Saintes. The second inhabited island,
Terre-de-Bas, is much calmer, less toursitic and extremely green. Great for
hiking and getting close to the nature! We went for a day trip with the
local bus-ferry (20 min crossing) and did the big hiking circle of 3
hours. Within the forest we found some local crabs, the famous allspice
(or Jamaica pepper) tree (see picture of green leaves below), which is know
also as "quatre epices" as its aroma reminds of a combination of
cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. Some creative post boxes caught my eye in
the village as well as the friendly Tourism Office selling local
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Underwater on the 25th of December one big and friendly hawksbill turtle
decided to spend some 20 minutes with us. What a pleasure!!!!! After the
turtle took some air from the surface she followed us and we could
observe her closely while Claire, our amazing dive instructor and close
turtle-friend, was giving her instructions on how to avoid the fishermen
nets and to take care of her. A lot of turtles in the Caribbean sea find
their death because of increased fishing activities. More than 60% of
the turtles in les Saintes disappeared/ died in the last 3-4 years. </div>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-14442016925408536282013-12-14T18:21:00.000+01:002013-12-14T18:24:55.671+01:00Christmas reflections in Amsterdam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week, after an amazing concert in Amsterdam, I was surprised by
these beautiful lights of the Holland Casino. As there was almost no
wind, some beautiful reflections appeared in the canal too...Enjoy and
happy pre-Xmas time to all of you:-))</div>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-60911953416333809732013-12-02T10:46:00.000+01:002013-12-03T17:39:51.063+01:00Sunny Amsterdam and the beautiful Haarlemmer(dijk)straat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is something magic in Amsterdam. This city has soooo much charme: once you start strolling though its narrow streets, while watching out not to be hit by a bike and making sure you dont fall in a "gracht" (canal) while you take a picture! Adding some November sun and amazingly blue sky and you have a perfect combination for beautiful view and fun pictures! So last Saturday we headed
to Amsterdam and enjoyed the breathtaking buildings& their colourful details
in the Haarlemmerstraat (which is said to be one of the non-tourist shopping street with tons of cosy cafes, designer shops and restaurants). Close to the street there is also the organic
market of Amsterdam, which takes place every Saturday, on the square
around Noorderkerk... Fresh produce, majestic architecture und
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I was not sure if I would like to blog about this very special place in
Bulgaria. Before I went to Buzludzha I felt it is a very sad part of the
recent Bulgarian political history. The UFO-like looking communist
monument Buzludzha(or Buzludja, "Бузлуджа" in Bulgarian) was opened
officially in 1981, costed around 7 million euro (biggest part was donations from all Bulgarian citizens) and was a shining start
of the communist memorials in Bulgaria, its is still the biggest ideological monument in Bulgaria. It took 7 years to finish the project and a lot of artists were involved in the interior decoration. The huge "spaceship" (called
also "flying saucer" because of its unusual shape) is located at peak
Buzludha in the Balkan mountains at 1444m height. It was used for less
than 10 years for different meetings and gatherings, one big one every summer with over 40.000 people. Unfortunately I have never seen
it myself in its glory and original state. Below you will also only see it in its
current state: abandoned, vandalised, and devastated...<br />
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public, which however did not stop vandals to steal the expensive
marble, colourful glass and other building materials from it....After no maintenance for
over 20 years (the building is 35 years old) the state is tragic. The
ceiling is falling apart, the inside of the big meeting hall is
shattered into pieces, few mosaics have survived and ONLY the very
spooky+huge red circle ceiling (with hammer&sicle and the communistic motto "Proletariat from all countries: get united!") still supervises everything and everyone
from above. The only possitive thing about the current state is that
this monument made it in the TOP 10 list of abandoned places in
Europe... End of 2011 the goverment gave the monument back to the Bulgarian
Socialistic Party, so lets hope that this monument will be restored and
receive the respect it deserves.<br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13140172049422342259noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454305921821321938.post-65160130411353905752013-11-16T10:23:00.001+01:002013-11-16T10:34:23.548+01:00And more street art from Sofia...painted outdoor electric boxes, part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Its November again...it starts to get grey, foggy and cold, so I am
presenting today some colourful shots from the Sofia street-art scene. I
have written 2 times before about the painted outdoor electric boxes <a href="http://janaaroundtheworld.blogspot.nl/2011/09/colours-and-street-art-in-city-center.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://janaaroundtheworld.blogspot.nl/2013/05/some-more-colourful-street-art-from.html" target="_blank">there</a>.
Every time I am home depending on which streets I walk, I do discover
new ones! So below you may enjoy my latest discoveries from the streets
Rakovski, Graf Ignatiev, Patriarch Evtimii and the Sofia University! </div>
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The charme of Rouen is
hidden in the little and beautiful details: the artistic sign of the
next boulanger (shop for artisanal bread), the wall decoarted with
shells, the old&magic art-deco decorations.... One feels and sees
that Rouen was an important and rich city in the past! In the 16th
century the city was important harbour town for products exchange with
Brazil. Victor Hugo was calling the city: city of tausend church
towers. A lot of architecture was destroyed during the Second World War
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I am soooo falling for the French province
Normandy...and this love is more than something new, I am in love with
this part of France since I first passed there:-) Its the unique
cocktail of cozy towns, cute villages with lovely restored colombage
houses, breathaking coast line rocks and view, yummy seafood and tons of
apples, preferably in bottle of cider!<br />
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So this year I
was very happy to visit the capital of Upper Normandy, the city of Rouen. And
was I pleasantly suprised that the big city has still managed to keep a
cozy center with fantastic selection of restaurants, bars and local
boutiques. The architecture is breathtaking (churches, the cathedrale)
and there is an amazing chocolatier at almost every second corner....And
last but not least: here you are in cheese&wine paradise:-)</div>
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