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The Maltese Week / 11 – Food

Posted on June 7, 2010 by admin

Let me start with the top. The best dinner we had during our Maltese week was in the Venus restaurant in Bugibba, the sea resort next to Qawra where we stayed, located by the St. Paul’s Bay, in the area … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 10 – Marsaxlokk

Posted on June 6, 2010 by admin

Let us start with a short lesson in Maltese pronunciation. ‘x’ is read as ‘sh’ – so the name of the fishermen village I will tell about in this episode reads approximately as ‘Marsashlock’. Marsaxlokk is the biggest and most … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 9 – Lighthouses in Malta

Posted on June 5, 2010 by admin

Whoever knows me well also knows about my passion for visiting and photographing lighthouses whenever and wherever I have the occasion. I could not miss the opportunity during my vacation in Malta, a place which I suspected may have some … Continue reading →

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‘Onegin’ with the Eifman Ballet in Tel Aviv

Posted on June 4, 2010 by admin

The Boris Eifman Ballet troupe from St. Petersburg is a constant guest of the dance series at the Golda center in Tel Aviv (same hall that hosts the New Israeli Opera). He brought here during the last decade all his … Continue reading →

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2 movies on 25 and 40

Posted on June 3, 2010 by admin

Romantic comedies are not really my cup of tea, neither are the Manhattan Jewish types and stereotypes to which the masculine heroes of the two movies I have seen during the last weekend belong. Yet I found myself watching the … Continue reading →

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’24’ – The Final

Posted on June 2, 2010 by admin

The curtain has fallen upon the 8th season of ’24’ and the producers claim that this was the final one. I keep a certain dose of skepticism about this, as the main character – Jack Bauer – was still as … Continue reading →

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‘Lost’ – The Final

Posted on June 1, 2010 by admin

My two preferred series on the US TV during the last few years ended last week. First the curtain fell on ‘Lost’. It started six years ago as what looked like a dramatized version of ‘Survivor’ with a group of … Continue reading →

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Radu-Ilarion Munteanu – Comentariu la notele de lectura de la ‘Adio, Europa!’

Posted on May 31, 2010 by admin

Prietenul meu Radu-Ilarion Munteanu cunoscut in lumea internetica si sub pseudonimul de rim a avut interesul de a raspunde notelor mele de lectura la ‘Adio, Europa!’ si bunavointa de a accepta ca raspunsul sau sa fie publicat pe blog. Raspunsul … Continue reading →

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Easy Ride, Dennis Hopper!

Posted on May 30, 2010 by admin

Denis Hopper died yesterday. He acted in more than 200 films, and directed eight. Some of these films were milestones in the development of the American cinema, some of them were trash. He was a fabulous actor and a man … Continue reading →

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Carte: Ion D. Sirbu – Adio, Europa!

Posted on May 29, 2010 by admin

Ion D. Sirbu stia ca ‘Adio, Europa!’ nu are sansa sa vada lumina tiparului in timpul vietii sale, cel putin atata vreme cat viata sa se trecea in timpul dictaturii comuniste. O culegere de fotografii si documente adnotate de scriitor … Continue reading →

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