Monthly Archives: June 2011

Four Restaurants in Paris

Posted on June 30, 2011 by admin

Motto: One does not live for eating (A Friend) Really? Even in Paris? or in France in general? Maybe so. However, culinary experiences makes part of the Paris or France experience. The story of my trip to Paris would not … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Pogromul de la Iasi

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

Se implinesc in aceste zile 70 de ani de la unele dintre cele mai tragice evenimente din istoria Romaniei – pogromul de la Iasi urmat de cumplitul ‘tren al mortii’, evenimente in care si-au pierdut viata mii de evrei. Gica … Continue reading →

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June 27, 1970

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

(video source whatiship73) It was my birth today and I am 58 now. I cannot however forget another June 27, 41 years ago. In 1970 in Bucharest, Romania, Blood, Sweat & Tears were on a ‘good will’ tour during the … Continue reading →

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A Book about The Basque Country

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin

One thing is for sure – I have painfully little time left for reading nowadays. I can too easily count the latest books I have read, and here I am more than one month after my trip to Bilbao painfully … Continue reading →

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Three Churches in Paris

Posted on June 25, 2011 by admin

To a large extent the history of Europe is built and carved in the stone and marbles of its churches. Visiting churches, old and new, conserved and renovated takes the visitors in the past times of the men who lived … Continue reading →

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Exhibitions and Museums in Paris

Posted on June 24, 2011 by admin

Paris is one of these cities that makes an art lover feel like he is in Paradise. Tens of world-class museums, hundreds of exhibitions to chose from at any moment. We tried to select during the nine days that we … Continue reading →

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‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Cameri Theater

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

‘What’s in a name?’ asks Romeo in one of the best known monologues in Romeo and Juliet and in the whole history of theater. What’s in the title of a play that any viewer knows about since school, whose every … Continue reading →

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Felicia Antip – ‘Das Kind’ si alte 44 de filme

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

La Bucuresti are loc in aceasta saptamana prima editie a Festivalul Filmului Evreiesc – BJFF (http://www.bjff.ro/). Prietena mea Felicia Antip mi-a facut placerea de a-mi permite sa preiau pentru cititorii blogului notele ei de la vizionarea unuia din filmele prezentate … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – ‘Periplu USA – Canada’

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

Un nou articol semnat de Gica Manescu ne poarta in locuri vizitate de el in vacantele sale din America de Nord. ————– Cotrobaind prin mape cu diverse insemnari, amintiri din locuri deosebite si cu unele particularitati mai  rar vazute si … Continue reading →

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Yelena Bonner (1923 – 2011)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by admin

Yelena Bonner died today in Boston. Many people call themselves today human rights activists and freedom fighters. So many and so different are the people and their aims and causes that the very notions seem to have lost value. Yelena … Continue reading →

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