Dense fog

Dense fog in Bucharest surrounds the House of People blurring its outside …. No wonder what happens inside is already unclear :-)
(Shooting by a close friend)

Flying over the Italian Alps

Flying over the Italian Alps on a bright sunny day.


Will there be any snow this winter?


I do hope so....

Den Haag

A short business trip to Den Haag..meant a lot of work, but I still found a couple of hours to stroll around, despite the doggy weather.

Corporate Calendar 2008

My employer's calendar for 2008 is supposed to include photos taken by employees during their travels.....Normally, an application should include 4 photos, i.e. one for each season.

I've shortlisted some photos i've taken during the last year, maybe you can help with pick the best ones...

proposals for the 2008 Corporate Calendar

January - another beginning

(Jungle Sunrise in Nepal)

February - a long way to go

(Newari temple in Tansen, Nepal)

March - urbanly active spring

(La Defence, Paris)

April - Easter by the sea...or in the mountains
Aprilie - Pastele....la munte sau la mare

(Lake Sevan, Armenia)

(Tsminda Sameba church, Georgia)

(Ananuri, Georgia)

(Ananuri, Georgia)

May - blossom at its best

(mustard fields in Southern Nepal)

June - time to go into details, before it's not too late

(detail of a Jain temple in Jaisalmer, India)

(detail of a Jain temple, Jaisalmer, India)

July - trying to cool down

(deserted building in Old Delhi, India)

(shadowed street in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

(wind tower in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

August - Everybody needs a break

(Mount Kazbeg, Georgia)

(Monkey Temple, Kathmandu)

(after a morning bath in the lake, Udaipur, India)


(lazy afternoon, Jaipur, India)

(railroad to Chisinau)

September - Shadows of a shortening day....

(Bhaktapur, Nepal)

October - leafless tress yet warm afternoons

(Black Curch, Brasov, Romania)

November gets colder and colder

(Place de la Bastille, Paris)

(Jardins des Tuileries, Paris)

December - Celebration of a new year

(Buddhist stupa in Nepal)

Quite pissed off because the colleagues who made my travel arrangements thought it a brilliant idea for me to leave Lisbon Saturday morning at 7 a.m., which meant waking up at 5, rush into a cab and then wait for 1 hour in an airport in which everything was closed except for a lousy cafeteria full of old Brits returning from holidays. Bleah....! Ultimately, anti-tobacco laws didn’t hinder me having 2 cigarettes.

A window seat and the bird’s eye views on a crystal clear morning flying over the Pyrenees have miraculously improved my state of mind.....

....and the taste of the coffee on board.


could this foothpath be....the famous Camino de Santiago, aka Path of Saint James ?

It surely looks divine from up here.....

Crossing into the Bay of Biscay, right near Santander.

Acknowledgements: Sony, my Employer, Portuguese people, Lufthansa.

31 august

Although I’ve seen it a number of times already, Lisbon remains one of my favourite capitals. This is largely due to a mix of ocean fresh air, an everything-goes ambience, with relaxed people from the former colonies mingling with the locals


Despite the overconfident historical squares, medieval quarters behind them continue to be inhabited by ordinary people, rather than by corporate cosmopolitan toffee-nosed in search for temporary glamour.



The living statue, an already common form of “street art”....


I always wondered whether they are some sort of fetishist…..


…..and what do they use as paint…..




The triumphant arch in this former colonial metropolis stays besides the sea, where loaded ships used to land ashore.








“Praca do Comercio”, what remains of the former grandeur of an empire.


Equestrian statue of a titivated king… Jose I... :-)





Rua Augusta…..this is where I found some appealing shops…. and have spent the remaining daylight inside….


But on night fall, I’m back in the old town. Street dinner in Chiado, with a huge bacalhau and a bottle of Sandeman, with Fado music and castle views….too bad I was alone…..but that’s how the romance is….


These photos are remarkably clear, given that I didn’t get up from until I finished the Sandeman….


…but it was not me who was motionless, as the camera stood on fences and parking pillars.













White cobblestone pavements, reflecting heat at day and looking great under the street lights...










I wish I was to leave Lisbon tomorrow...by sea……