You used to be able to click on images on WP to enlargen then so readers could enjoy their greater beauty. Does anybody know what happened?
7 JunAthos
7 JunUnfortunately it’s getting so swawped with pilgrims/tourists that I think you are now allowed to only stay one night at each monastery. Something they should do something about. Travelling to a different monastery a day is exhausting plus you don’t get to know any of the massive, beautiful monastery palaces intimately or the feel of a place or meet any of the clergy who are often fascinating and incredibly intelligent.
Estrella Morente – I can’t get enough of this woman right now
5 JunAy bautizaron, bautizaron a una mora y a España se la trajeron , y a España se la trajeron. Ay en la pila, ay en la pila del bautismo Candelaria le pusieron, Candelaria le pusieron.
Ay, they baptized a Moor and brought her to Spain. And in the font, ay, in the baptismal font, they named her Candelaria, they named her Candelaria.
Cool…
I adore this very hot shot of Joseph Fiennes in “Shakespeare in Love”
4 Jun
And with his coloring you can easily imagine him a Spanish Golden Age poet tormenting himself over a phrase.-
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Food for Thought
4 JunGlendalough @Ciaran61215770 – May 1
“The Irish easily recognize the Slavs because they provoke their innate affection, as if they had been friends with them for a long time, and parted with regret.”
— Dragoš Kalajić
Greek conversations
1 JunNeo-Greeks have this, I guess you can call it a neurotic tick: every time you open your mouth to make a fucking point, they interrupt and finish the thought for you. Or worse, they interrupt you and completely change the topic.
It makes being in a parea extremely frustrating and, ultimately, boring. People who know my talkative, English-speaking self are surprised to see how socially quiet I am in Greek. Ultimately it’s beneath me to have to fight to make a point or to try and change the manners of a rude, blah blah blah culture. ‘Cause they’re not listening to you anyway; they’re thinking of their own next sentence.
“…an almost lacerating intensity…” — New York bars.
24 May
What Is New York Without New York Bars?
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