What humbugs we are to say we live for beauty and never rise to see the dawn (Logan Pearsall Smith). Sir Roger Scruton, whom I almost spent some days in 1991 in Bratislava, was very saddened by the electronic adverts in Piața Unirii. I found the lack of adverts in 1990 surprisingly depressing.
Glad to see a few good shots of this town, so very timely! After a few not urban years, the dust here is making me thankful for the darned masks; I am at best ambivalent about the sense of smell, etc. I cannot place the first picture, the best...
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Glad to see a few good shots of this town, so very timely! After a few not urban years, the dust here is making me thankful for the darned masks; I am at best ambivalent about the sense of smell, etc. I cannot place the first picture, the best...
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'pretini'
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The pretini do not recall that town, much that I know.
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