a shuttle man

When I go to Rzeszów to visit my parents I always feel nostalgic. This time, a walk with my mother reminded me of the time I spent in the public garden on banks of the river Wisłok. I used to go there with my grandmother. We used to pass the river on a shelter driven by an old man. He was well known within the city. He died many years ago, but people still remember him very well. The shelter was replaced by a footbridge, and on the closest lawn appeared monument of the old man.

The Vikings boat

It was unbelievably cold. We went firstly to the cathedral then to see the sculpture of the boats of Vikings. Nothing more the essence of Reykjavik.

old people

We went to Aarhus via Copenhagen. We had a lot of time between flights, so we went to the city. In some cafeteria I had the last good coffee in that week. After that we were walking around. I found graffiti I don’t like. In the pictures: I don’t accept destroying beautiful things. Those sculptures should be save from such “improving”.

a torso and a horseman

I’m going to have a new computer very soon, so I continue an effort of organizing document in order to not to waist time for copying useless files. It is very nice work. I find many forget files. For example those two pictures I publish above. I found them in a garden of some museum. I didn’t visit it, just took pictures from behind a fence. I like them both very much. The first one I call just A torso, the second one Don Quixote. It was my first impression. Why? It is just a horseman…

a sculpture

On the Wszystkich Świętych Square (All Saints Square), in front of the Pavilion of Stanisław Wyspiański appeared a sculpture (first in Kraków !!!) showing a plan of nearest streets prepared especially for blind people (with description in Braille). It is very similar to the sculpture I saw in Cambridge. It is even more interesting because beside buildings and streets existing till today it shows The All Saints church which was demolished in the end of 19th century. To be honest I didn’t know about the church. Of course I could have been more smart. There are two big monastic churches in this square and non of them is named All Saints: neither The Dominicans nor The Franciscans…
I don’t know what it is: a sculpture, a plan? What?

mime in San Sebastian

I had a cold in San Sebastian. It made my willpower less strong. I escaped from some presentations at The Conference. I went for a walk on a beach but for it I was also to weak. Finally I got in a café. I chose a table with a beautiful view for the sea and mime on the street. For more then half an hour nobody had given her any money. She was dressed in white clothes. Her face was also white. On her hand she had white gloves. Going back to Conference Hall I gave her some change. I had expected some movement, maybe a bow, waving hand… She looked at my eyes and shake my hand. It was so nice.

Saint Anna

I got to know about the Monastery on Mount Saint Anna, when ecologists were protested against building a new motorway. Ecologists have lost their battle, so I could went back from Germany by this motorway. I turned into the road going to the Monastery for small pause in my trip. I visited the church with a sculpture of Saint Anna (known of its miracles) and Calvary of the Cross.

Ilmenau

I have never been to such a small German city like Ilmenau. We arrived there at night. Of course I couldn’t find my hotel. I stopped my car on some street in the center and got out the car. In the picture you can see the people who I met firstly. Of course somebody else (woman with a dog) showed me the way. I don’t know who made the sculpture, what it symbolize. It helped me to feel better in that night. In the empty city they surprisingly welcomed me.