Continue Reading Urban Aesthetics (Ljublijana) You can find a lot of art, both curated and spontaneous, in the streets of the old city center of Ljublijana. (And…
Continue Reading Urban Aesthetics (Vienna) Vienna was recently ranked, for the umpteenth time, the most livable city in the world. One of the ranking factors concerns the…
Continue Reading And we resume Your Daily Picture is back, reasonably recovered from jet lag and filled to the brim with materials gleaned throughout my trip to…
Continue Reading Trieste (4) The Risiera de San Sabba was one of 4 Italian concentrations camps, the only one with its own crematorium. According to the Italian…
Continue Reading Trieste (3) Trieste has a long and checkered history, a unique blend of ethnicities, cultures, religions and political systems. For centuries it was part…
Continue Reading Trieste (2) I can never remember if it’s today or tomorrow that a young friend of mine celebrates his birthday. To err on the…
Continue Reading Trieste (1) Scores of people come to this ancient seaport town each year to pay homage to James Joyce, who wrote his Ulysses here….
Continue Reading Vienna (4) Ever heard of the Austrian Friedrich Stowasser? Yes, you have. You just know him under the name Hundertwasser, the short form of…
Continue Reading Vienna (3) “We rarely see tourists here,” said the friendly woman at the neighboring table at a cafe. “Are you looking for something specific?…
Continue Reading Vienna (2) As if their litte-red-riding-hood outfits aren’t torture enough, the flight attendants at Austrian Airlines have to listen constantly to Johann Strauss waltzes…
