weekend #29 photos

previous posts from our trip in Spain 1., 2., 3., 4.

This is it. Last part of postings from our vacation in Spain in June 2012.

Malaga city – it was great to explore your historical streets!

Only walls left…I wonder how this building will look when ready…

Hand of Peace by Jose Seguiri

“Points of View” by the British artist Tony Cragg

Thank you for your excellent work!!!

Fans celebrating when Spain won Euro 2012 football championship

Malaga – city of Pablo Picasso

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This is 4th part of our Spanish trip.

Previous posts >>> 1., 2., 3.

We spent one night in Granada, near Alhambra.

It was breathtaking beautiful…huge bridges, high mountains…

but hot and we missed the sea breath.

Back to the coast.

Roquetas de Mar was not a place for us.

On the road again…

Balcón de Europa in Nerja, Spain

We found ourselves looking for a place to stay over night.

We had bad luck. We chose the hotel by the beach.

It should have 4 stars but in our opinion it didn’t.

We had a better room and service  in a hostal with one star!!!

Plus a guy, guest, came to our room when I was naked going to have a shower. argh!

Prices in Nerja are a little bit higher than in Malaga.

It was impossible to find a parking place for our car.

I noticed from TripAdvisor that we’re not alone.

Some other quests say that this is not a four star hotel!

BUT Nerja is a beautiful place.

Next morning back to Malaga…

Actually this was shot before Nerja – you see how many kilometers it’s to Malaga

We found a four star hotel with a small pool in the center of Malaga,

10e cheaper than Perla Marina.

Time to have a drink!

Pacharan with coffee beans and ice by BLOGitse

Pacharan is perfect end for a dinner or to have with solo or cortado. Cheers!

“Patxaran in Basque, or Pacharán in Spanish is a liqueur that originally made from the

blackthorn or sloe berries that grow wild in Navarra, a region in the north of Spain.”

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Do you know this guy?

He’s waiting for you… next weekend I post about Malaga!

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It’s strawberry time in Finland!

I posted about my ‘pick your own berries’ here

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weekend #17 photos

Previous posts are here 1 & here 2.

Gerhard Richter’s art is…AMAZING!

His photo paintings are amazing, his abstract works are amazing, wow!

Landwehrkanal

 Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
February 12, 2012 – May 13, 2012

 A looong queue at 10:30 am

 Not so long queue at 3 pm.

Photo-paintings and the Blur

Many of these paintings are made in a multi-step process of representations. He starts with a photograph, which he has found or taken himself, and projects it onto his canvas, where he traces it for exact form.

Taking his color palette from the photograph, he paints to replicate the look of the original picture.

His hallmark “blur”—sometimes a softening by the light touch of a soft brush, sometimes a hard smear by an aggressive pull with his squeegee—has two effects:

1. It offers the image a photographic appearance; and

2. Paradoxically, it testifies the painter’s actions, both skilled and coarse,

and the plastic nature of the paint itself.

In some paintings blurs and smudges are severe enough to disrupt the image; it becomes hard to understand or believe. The subject is nullified. In these paintings, images and symbols (such as landscapes, portraits, and news photos) are rendered fragile illusions, fleeting conceptions in our constant reshaping of the world.

 Wikipedia tells you more > here.

 Betty

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 More Richter’s candles > here

 Richter’s Ema, Nude on a Staircase

 Toilet Paper Roll

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before celebrating May the 1st!

weekend #16 photos

BEARlin part 1 here

This time we visit Garage.

 Garage, Ahornstrasse 2, 10787 Berlin-Schöneberg

Garage sells second-hand clothes.

Well organized and tidy place to explore treasures.

BLOGitse recommends!

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My first spring flower

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We’re going to have a party – it’s my husband’s birthday on Friday,

Happy birthday Mr BLOGitse!

weekend #8 photos

Previous posts > 1. &  2.

Home again! I have still a couple of pictures I want to show you

from my vacation in Fuerteventura.

Lava, lava, lava….

I saw Lorenzo Quinn’s sculptures in one shop – I like his works!

Here’s his website.

Anthony Quinn with his son Lorenzo at the 40th Annual Emmy Awards, August 28, 1988
picture from wikipedia

BLOGitse was here! Look at the shadows, artistic!

Why you’re staring at me?

A shark on the roof!

Rock Cafe Corralejo where I danced to my birthday…the band was very good!

Vicky, Vicky, Vicky…

you sweet, beautiful young lady, thank you for your patient, laughs, teaching

AZULFIT

I’ll always remember you with warmth!

Two bottles of 43 came home with me, yummy!

Isn’t this cute…

My view from the bus heading to the airport…

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weekend #7 photos

Fuerteventura, Canaries, Spain part 2.

First part here.

Sun’s shining!
Yesterday it was like summer,

and it looks the same right now.

It’s my birthday today – last night I danced myself one year older!

Didn’t hurt at all!

do you like fishing…

or surfing or taking your dog for a walk…

or perhaps you like more SSS flower power…

or would you like to watch peaceful harbor life in the morning…

What would you like to do?

I know what I want to do – go out and enjoy the sun!

Next week I’ll be back at home in Helsinki…

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weekend #6 photos from Fuerteventura, Canaries, Spain

 This was my balcony view for two mornings…

 now it’s like this.

 This is my SSS picture. More shadows than light?

 Coffee maker in 4 star hotel in year 2012!

 I got this today…from the travel agency!

 First time in my life on vacation I had to this too…

 to melt and dry the freezer!

 Kids rehearsing for the carnival held in early March…

 Fuerteventura 8.2.2012 at 7 51 am

Fuerteventura 9.2.2012 at 9 09 am

 Fuerteventura 9.2.2012 at 9 44 am

Heading to the pier, morning walk…

Atlantic ocean today 10.2.2012 at noon.

It was too windy and cold to really enjoy the sun.

Scarecrows against pigeons, what a clever idea.

Would be a good idea for Cairo and Casablanca balconies too!!!

 He’s not the owner of this car.

This guy was trying to rob it but couldn’t get the door open.

How do I know?

The car has stickers of the Irish pub. I popped in and asked if they knew this guy.

Nope.

Now they have three pics of this guy, if needed in a future…hopefully not!

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photos of the weekend #50

Last crazy days before it’s over again…

The Senate Square

is

now

like a small village of – Santa’s!

St Thomas Christmas Market until 22.12.2012

Tuomaan markkinat in Finnish and
a picture shot in the evening lighting here > hel.fi

Aleksanterinkatu east

Aleksanterinkatu west

 ♥

Not enough feeling of the Northern country?

How about unbelievable Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Lapland?

Wish a gift for a friend and win a trip to Finland and meet Santa in person!

Start  here > Visit Finland

Good luck!

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Madrid, Madrid, Madrid…

It’s 12 years ago I was in Madrid – we lived there, for two years…

I’m so excited to see and feel that busy, huge city again!

And enjoy TAPAS!!!

I’ll be back at home in Helsinki late Sunday night. Let’s see if I have time to do my weekend posting…

If not, I’ll be back next week.  Hasta la vista!

Tammitie, Helsinki shot 23.10.2011

Lucignano is a beautiful, small city on top of the hill.

La Collegiata di san Michele Arcangelo

the door of La Collegiata di san Michele Arcangelo

more doors…(I shot dozens of door pics)

My previous posts from Tuscany, Italy:

part 1, 2, 3, 4

More about Lucignano > abcTuscany.com

What a mess my life is now!
Our stuff from Casa arrived and we have too much of everything.
We’ve recycled this and that but not enough. sigh!

The weather is beautiful, at the end of the week it’s going to be hot, +30 C / 86 F!

Why my life is a mess?

No shower for two days…you see why!

An old mosquito bite encapsulated and it’s going to be analysed. It should be “clean’, just an old bite…
Stitches will be removed after two weeks…argh!

Don’t ask me why I didn’t change the operation time…

autumn would’ve been much better time for this!