Thu 02.Aug.2012
Bratislava, Slovakia
Hviezdoslav Square
In the old city, one of the best free entertainment spots in town
We've seen it before, the free-standing art works, the walk-in chess set,
the cafes and fountains, the free concerts, strolling people, the old National theater.
And yes, the people taking pictures of people taking pictures.
A Spot of Shopping
At a supermarket: slightly discognitive spelling of familiar words. Last year's
adjacent Puddingy sign has gone missing, but the puddingy themselves are still
there.
A poster at my regular cafe / bookstore hang-out.
The Home Neighborhood
I've mentioned before that my neighborhood is loaded with older, plain buildings,
sometimes downright homely. But the trees are old and large enough to give it a human
touch.
Zahradnicka ("Garden") Street here is arterial enough to have a couple
of trolleybus lines. My apartment is right around the corner at the end of this block.
Looking rightward, Sasinkova Street has somehow got itself a bright pastel paint
job to smile back at the graceful old trees.
The Medical Garden
Behind my back in the above two street scenes is a long set of buildings belonging to
the Faculty of Medicine at I-don't-know-what university, perhaps nearby Slovak Tech.
If you hike an absurdly long way around the buildings and fences, you reach the
entrance to a really nice park, which extends right back to just a few meters
from the corner we were just standing on.
I'd come here more often if it were easier to reach from "my" side.
Fountain.
Kid.
today's Ripples ...
... raised by this kid on a bicycle.
No pebble tossed, no wind required.
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