Monatsarchive: Juni 2018

This statue is quite visible at a traffic roundabout downtown. I feel I am walking the streets of Byzantium.

One of the doors was open when I walked into the courtyard, but closed while I was reading the history of the mosque, and I didn’t open it. I really did want to see inside, but I felt very much … Weiterlesen →

Renovation of the square is courtesy of the Turkish government I walked into the Natural History Museum to find offices on the first floor, and no reception, so I headed upstairs past impressively peeling paint, to find more offices. Back … Weiterlesen →

This museum had permanent exhibitions of art, national costumes, jewelry, firearms, and a current exhibition of photography. I found this woman’s work really interesting. She had a number of portraits of Montenegrans which really held my eye. The medieval bridge … Weiterlesen →

The orthodox cathedral, which my hotel’s receptionist described as „the temple“ is beautiful, majestic, and right where it should be, in the midst of average income residences. I was lucky enough to visit while a mass was in session, and … Weiterlesen →

Lots of switchbacks up and over the mountain from the ocean

Spent a long time talking with a New Zealand war photographer here. He’d spent years covering the Balkan wars. We talked about Kosovo, Chomsky, Christiane Amanpour, Donald Trump, the American public. He is without hope, but I have to say … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: “In the past, Germany was fortunate to have had great US ambassadors who built bridges and did not do party politics,” said Metin Hakverdi‪, a Social Democrat delegate and member of the German-US parliamentary friendship group. “As a member … Weiterlesen →