Krakow, Poland, is quite simply a gorgeous city. Although we'd kept our plans flexible, we ended up staying in Krakow for more than a week! Not only because there are so many things to do in Krakow, but because it
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Find Your Way to Fyn | The Garden Island of Denmark Faaborg is the perfect little Danish Village in Southern Funen First things first. I'm a realist. It's true. But you may want to scratch Iggy Azalea from your mental playlist because I'm really not that fancy. Actually. I'm a lover. Of down to earth.
[Best Large on black. Click on photo! Reposting this one for those who never saw it.] I was out early on a Sunday morning in March and the streets were deserted, except for the little bicycle in the corner. I caught sight of this charming scene and took a few minutes to frame it carefully. Collioure is a coastal town just north of the border with Spain, an ancient port settled by the Greeks and later the Romans, but with an interesting recent cultural history: Matisse and Derain lived here and painted colorful scenes of houses, boats, and the bright blue Mediterranean. Their brilliant use of saturated colors gave them the dramatic name of the Fauve ("wild beast") painters. (Henri Matisse et Andre Derain ont habite ici plusieurs annees, et leur toiles pleines de couleurs vives leur ont donne' le nom: " Les Fauves ". Il y a un petit musee a Collioure dedie' a leur vie et a leur oeuvre. L'encyclopedie internet www.wikipedia.com a une section en francais ou l'on peut lire au sujet de ce mouvement d'art des annees 1920.) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauvist, here's this explanation: "Les Fauves (French for The Wild Beasts) were a short-lived and loose grouping of early Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities, and the use of deep color over the representational values retained by Impressionism. Fauvists simplified lines, made the subject of the painting easy to read, exaggerated perspectives and used brilliant but arbitrary colors. They also emphasized freshness and spontaneity over finish. One of the fundamentals of the Fauves was expressed in 1888 by Paul Gauguin to Paul Sérusier, "How do you see these trees? They are yellow. So, put in yellow; this shadow, rather blue, paint it with pure ultramarine; these red leaves? Put in vermilion." The name was given (humorously) to the group by art critic Louis Vauxcelles. In French, "Fauves" means "wild beasts." The painter Gustave Moreau was the movement's inspirational teacher, and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris who pushed his students to think outside of the lines of formality and to follow their visions. The leaders of the movement, Moreau's top students, were Henri Matisse and André Derain — friendly rivals of a sort, each with his own followers. The paintings, for example Matisse's 1908 The Dessert or Derain's The Two Barges, use powerful reds or other forceful colors to draw the eye. Fauvism, as a movement, had no concrete theories, and was short lived (they only had three exhibitions). Matisse was seen as a leader of the movement. He said he wanted to create art to delight; art as a decoration was his purpose; therefore his use of bright colors tries to maintain serenity of composition. Among the influences of the movement were Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, both of whom had begun using colors in a brighter, more imaginative manner."
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Large view! The city of Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg City, is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg and contains the historic Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, about which the area grew up. As of 2005, the commune of Luxembourg City has a population of 76,420, which is almost three times the population of the second most populous commune. The city's metropolitan population, including that of surrounding communes of Hesperange, Sandweiler, Strassen, and Walferdange, is 103,973. Luxembourg City lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 188 km from Brussels, 289 km from Paris, 190 km from Cologne. Luxembourg City is one of the wealthiest cities in the world, having developed into a banking and administrative centre. Luxembourg is a seat of several institutions of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, and the European Investment Bank. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Find Your Way to Fyn | The Garden Island of Denmark Faaborg is the perfect little Danish Village in Southern Funen First things first. I'm a realist. It's true. But you may want to scratch Iggy Azalea from your mental playlist because I'm really not that fancy. Actually. I'm a lover. Of down to earth.
Mysterious cobblestone alley with many twists and hidden alcoves just waiting to be explored.
Riquewihr is a wonderful and romantic little medieval city hidden between the Vosges mountains and some of the most famous vineyards in the Haut-Rhin départment in Alsace in northeastern France. Riquewihr (German: Reichenweier or Reichenweyer), a popular tourist attraction for its historical architecture, is the jewel in the crown - famous for the Riesling and other great Alsace wines produced here - and looks today exactly as it did in the 16th Century, is only 11,3 km from Colmar and minutes from other famous alsatian villages like Ribeauvillé, Hunawihr, Eguisheim or Kaysersberg. Riquewihr is een prachtig klein middeleeuws stadje oostelijk van het laaggebergte, de Vogezen, en tussen de mooiste wijngaarden in noordoostlijk Frankrijk in het departement Haut-Rhin in de regio Elzas. Riquewihr (Duits: Reichenweiher of Reichenweyer) is populair bij toeristen om de historische 16e eeuwse architectuur en wijnen als de Riesling en andere Elzaswijnen. Riquewihr ligt 11,3 km noordelijk van Colmar en enkele minuten van andere beroemde Elzas stadjes als Ribeauvillé, Hunawihr, Eguisheim en Kaysersberg. ______________________________________________________________________ All rights reserved. Copyright © Martien Uiterweerd. All my images are protected under international authors copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without my written explicit permission. ______________________________________________________________________
I spent the whole month in the Peruvian Andes, and it was a real trip in the truest sense of the word - quite long, difficult, and demanding on many levels. I spent almost 30 days at an altitude of 4,000-5,000m above sea level, where I could test my body during a long stay in difficult conditions.
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