tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58892205232741021892024-03-13T14:35:22.898+01:00abstrahoAdam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-64707226088426719712010-03-13T14:29:00.002+01:002010-03-14T12:04:45.311+01:00Keukenhof - Spring is commingOn the beginning really sorry that in previous time I didn’t write frequency. <br />
Sometimes a life surprises us something new which we have to discover, experience and learn to know. This process can take some bit of time but thanks for it we are more aware and thanks for it we may write our blogs.<br />
In the next posts I try to explain you what happened, which places I visited and what person did I get to know – it will be very, very interesting.<br />
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However, today I would like to inform you that in the Northern Hemisphere spring will start in next week (exactly 20 March) that is why I prepare something special which will help us forget about long winter and charge our “batteries”. <br />
Now I would like transfer your mind to Keukenhof (in English "Kitchen garden") - the world’s best known spring garden, named also Garden of Europe.<br />
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Keukenhof is the world’s largest flower garden, over 70 acres (around 32 hectares) of parkland filled with more than 7 million bulbs among, others: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, narcissi, gladioli. But mainly it’s the tulips - of course, since this is the Netherlands. Located near Lisse, just outside Amsterdam, it’s easy to get there by train and bus or car, even bicycle – this is the Netherlands. There’s even a bus that goes there direct from Schipol Airport.<br />
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The garden was established in 1949 by the then-mayor of Lisse. The idea was to present a flower exhibit where growers from all over the Netherlands and Europe could show off their hybrids – and help the Netherlands export industry (it is the world's largest exporter of flowers). <br />
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You have to remember that that Keukenhof Gardens it’s only open in spring, when the bulbs are flowering. That’s about 8 weeks of the year. In 2010 they are open from 18 March to 16 May more information you can read on website Keukenfof. <br />
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In my opinion the best time for visit this place is the last week of April and first week of May in this time in Netherlands are a lot of events, festivals and the most important event - The Queen’s Day (30 April).<br />
So if you want to see one of the most beautiful garden don’t wait to long, pack your back pack and go there or click on <a href=" http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Keukenhof/index.html"> MORE PHOTOS </a> :)Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-18516948273851869132010-02-20T17:45:00.013+01:002010-03-14T12:01:46.547+01:00Bruges - the Venice of the North"Somewhere within the dingy casing lay the ancient city, like a notorious jewel, too stared at, talked of, and trafficked over..."<br />
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wrote of Bruges Graham Greene in book “Stamboul Train”<br />
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I have to agree with him. I never saw so beautiful city like Bruges or Brugge (the original Dutch name). <br />
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The lively Market Square is always busy with tourists. People watching is fun and the Market Square is the place to do it. It is also the place to dine. <br />
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But this is the place everyone should slow down and just sit in one of the cafes and admire the gabled medieval buildings.<br />
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Belfry Tower with 366 steps to the top is one of the symbols of Bruges and can be seen from almost everywhere in the historic center of this historic city. It is magnificent 47-bell carillon peals out over the city every 15 minutes.<br />
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Shopping in Bruges is a delight but for that one special remembrance to take home it has to be something made of lace. <br />
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On this short move you may watch the artisans make lace items. It will be good evident why the handmade lace is more expensive and of higher quality than the machine-made lace.<br />
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If you would like to see more you may watch the family film <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE9edjEDCI">In Bruges</a><br />
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or watch remaining <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Belgium%20Bruges/index.html"> MY PHOTOS</a>.Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-7699233670830345622010-01-31T15:20:00.002+01:002010-03-14T12:08:07.155+01:00Belgium - BrusselsIt is time to write something about Belgium and show its special places like: Brussels, Brugia, Grunt etc. I start this story from visit in Brussels. In next posts will write about different places. <br />
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Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the administrative centre of the European Union. This has earned the city the title of the Capital of Europe. Brussels has been given its character by the coexistence of French and Flemish culture, and it is nowadays home to nationalities around the world, adding a cosmopolitan flavour to its atmosphere. <br />
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Brussels is the bilingual this means that both French and Dutch are the official languages of the city, a lot of people knows English. Street names and traffic sings are always in these two languages.<br />
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Furthermore, it is a cosmopolitan city where many different cultures live together and where different languages can be heard on each street. This liveliness and international flair is, of course, intimately related to its role as a crossroads for all of Europe.<br />
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Brussels is the perfect city for holidays with family and friends, or even with colleagues as a team-building event. The vibrant atmosphere of Brussels is further enhanced by picturesque medieval streets, lively squares, beautiful boulevards, impressive monuments, spacious parks, cosy cafés, interesting restaurants and an active cultural life. There is a lot to learn about the history of the city, the architecture, the Belgian obsession with comic strips, and the art of chocolate and beer. <br />
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Every summer, Brussels weaves a giant carpet of begonia blooms that covers almost the entire Grande Place. The flower carpet does not last long: just three days and four nights. And the amount of work is immense, with hundreds of volunteers arranging some 700,000 begonias (knot count of 300 flowers per square meter) into a meticulously planned pattern!<br />
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The annual event, which began in 1971, reminds the world that Belgium is the world’s biggest producer of begonias - exporting about 48 million bulbs a year. The flower carpet reminds everyone that Belgium also is one of the world’s largest makers and exporters of carpets - machine-made.<br />
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I invite you on <a href="http://www.flowercarpet.be/site/main.php?otm=&mtm=2&hst=_02&pg=131&lg=en">Fourteenth magnificent Flowercarpet</a>. Grand-Place of Brussels. Weekend of the 13th to the 15th of August 2010. Panoramic visit from the 13th to the 15th of August from 09:00 am until 11:00 pm. Opening on the 12th of August, from 08:00 pm onwards, at the Grand-Place. Be in Brussels Aug. 13-15, 2010, to see unbelievable sight for yourself. If you're rich, take me with you! :)<br />
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If you would like watch more photos from Brussels click on <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Belgium%20Brussels/index.html">MORE PHOTOS</a>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-29679558288916232042010-01-23T14:46:00.005+01:002010-03-14T12:03:49.270+01:00Amsterdam - Droog GalleryWhen I was visiting Amsterdam suddenly, through some window in the street, I noticed fantastic lamp. On the window was written "droog" ...<br />
hmmm what is it doog? I asked himself - is it some restaurant, gallery or maybe shop? ...<br />
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The door was open so I decided to enter and answer the question. <br />
Inside I noticed a lot of very interesting things - some of them I saw at first in my life - just look at it:<br />
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85 Lamps - 230V<br />
<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S1rOrwXmOnI/AAAAAAAAAP0/uYrTYCusCRE/s1600-h/Amsterdam+droog+1.JPG'><img src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S1rOrwXmOnI/AAAAAAAAAP0/uYrTYCusCRE/s400/Amsterdam+droog+1.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>This lamp uses only what is necessary to create light: bulbs, wires, connectors. <br />
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Flowerpots, plates, glass<br />
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Clothes hanger lamp<br />
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Rag chair <br />
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Red blue Lego chair<br />
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Push and store cabinet<br />
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Chest of drawers <br />
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Maybe just only T-shirt... <br />
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One day paper waste – sidetable<br />
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This is only ten photos.<br />
I regret that I did not make more photos :(<br />
Droog it is beautiful shop/gallery in Amsterdam. The Owners/Artist in this way describe their activity: "Our unique way of thinking has defined us as a conceptual design company over the last 16 years, and has played a role in defining Dutch design internationally. Droog values what it means to be human, including subjectivity, notions of beauty and meaning, and desire for high quality experiences at the core of what we do. Droog stands for a luxury of content and experience that change perspective on daily life—whether it is authenticity, humour, slowness, engagement, or nature, the abundance of what is scarce is true luxury... Amsterdam is home to our flagship store and office, where we operate the Creative agency, the Lab and the Factory & outlet. We also have a store in New York and in Tokyo, and distribution throughout the world".<br />
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If you want to know more just click on:<a href="http://www.droog.com/">droog</a><br />
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I feel that I have to come back there :)Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-85564581248806830072010-01-18T19:53:00.003+01:002010-01-18T19:57:31.142+01:00Orange berries in winterThis third week of year I would like to begin from this photo...<br />
It is the sea-buckthorns are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae. The name sea-buckthorn is hyphenated here to avoid confusion with the buckthorns. It is also referred to as "sea buckthorn", seabuckthorn, sandthorn or seaberry. <br />
Whatever - this tree is as beautiful in summer because remind olive tree and in winter because of flash-orange berries.<br />
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"People, Events, Changes, - 20 years of photography from Gazeta Wyborcza" <br />
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Gazeta Wyborcza or in English "Election Gazette" is Poland's second-largest daily newspaper, which began publication on May 8, 1989, under the motto: „There's no freedom without Solidarity". Its founding was an outcome of the Polish Round Table Agreement between the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland and political opponents centered around the Solidarity movement.<br />
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“In the first edition were to be found only two photographs. Continual technological advances have made it possible to now place in Gazeta high quality colour photographs made perhaps just a moment before going to press.<br />
The growing significance of photography can be seen in the mosaic of over 6000 “Gazeta Wyborcza” front pages”. <br />
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The exhibition really surprised me. It is a multi-theme narrative of the last 20 years composed through the photos of the reporters of Gazeta Wyborcza. They present photos from all over the world: photo journalism, news photography, portraits and sport and fashion photos. <br />
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The authors write about their exhibition:<br />
“20 years in 7305 days and over 6 thousand editions of Gazeta Wyborcza. Over this period, almost everything has changed. We have striven here to evoke the most significant events, to recall the people and places of our collective memory. <br />
The exhibition has been divided into two main sections Poland and The World.<br />
Over the lat 20 years, there have also been profound changes in the technology of photography. The beginning of the 90s is a time when a photographer might still use a roll of film on a given event. From this point on, photographic equipment has improved enormously, thus widening the potential for assess to an event, and making excellent quality of scanned and printed images the norm. From 2007 on, we can observe the unquestioned domination of digital photography. <br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S1GQm_2ku-I/AAAAAAAAANo/QVgsAADUu0s/s1600-h/exhibition+names.JPG'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S1GQm_2ku-I/AAAAAAAAANo/QVgsAADUu0s/s400/exhibition+names.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>This exhibition recounts the most recent history of photography and encourages reflection on the contemporary condition of the photo-reporter". <br />
If you see all photos from the exhibition just click on link:<br />
<a href="http://wyborcza.pl/0,99146.html">People, Events, Changes, - 20 years of photography from Gazeta Wyborcza</a> or visit <a href="http://www.gck.org.pl/index1.php?id_s=91&lang=1">Upper Silesian Centre of Culture </a> in Poland - exhibition is open only to January 31.Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-74029551756497065912010-01-11T07:26:00.002+01:002010-01-18T12:00:39.844+01:00Fencing of Franciscans' OrderThis is a piece of fencing which I found on courtyard of Franciscans' Order...<br />
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About Franciscans' Order in Poland in Upper Silesia I will try to write in next posts.Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-5274993642429382802010-01-10T09:07:00.002+01:002010-01-10T11:33:25.872+01:00Poland - the biggest charity action<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S0mGVAg2WUI/AAAAAAAAAMo/2BXhsKUzv9A/s1600-h/High+Orchestra.jpg'><img src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S0mGVAg2WUI/AAAAAAAAAMo/2BXhsKUzv9A/s400/High+Orchestra.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br />
Today 10.01.2010 -is big day in Poland -the 18th grand final of <a href="http://www.en.wosp.org.pl/"><strong>The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity</strong></a> started !!! its money collection early this morning !!!<br />
This time the Orchestra plays for children with oncological diseases.<br />
The Orchestra , which is the biggest non governmental, non profit charity organisation in Poland unites Poles around the world. <br />
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Young people who volunteer to take part in the money collection appear throughout Poland, Europe, the US, Asia, Australia, Afryka, even South Pole and North Pole! carrying the characteristic collection boxes with the Orchestra's emblem: a red heart. <br />
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Volunteers go out on the street and collect money in special cans which are labeled with a red heart and text: "Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy" (Polish for The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity). They also have identification cards, thanks to which anyone can report suspicious-looking people collecting money to the police without any such proof of authorization. Everyone who gives the volunteers any amount of money, gets a red heart sticker in return.<br />
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The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is the biggest such action in this country and probably on the world! uniting thousands of people. Every year millions of Poles donate their money .Throughout seventeen Great Finales , the Foundation collected nearly $100 million for cardio-surgery, neonatology, pediatric oncology, kidney diseases, congenital defects, newborns and children under 5 years of age.<br />
The medical equipment purchased by WOSP over all those years can be found in over 650 public hospitals all over Poland. On average, four medical devices are delivered every day to a given hospital.<br />
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You cen help - for more info click on:<br />
<a href="http://www.en.wosp.org.pl/"><strong>The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity</strong></a><br />
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List of WOŚP final centers abroad:<br />
<a href="http://www.wosp.org.pl/pliki/Files/XVIII_final/lista_sztabow_zag.php"><strong>The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity</strong></a><br />
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It is a beautiful, compact country with abundant natural beauty, an interesting history, many castles, and more. <br />
You might find the perfect vacation spot when you go to Luxembourg. Between monuments and museums, caves and scenic sights, really there’s something for everyone. And if you like to enjoy a bit of nightlife, then Luxembourg won’t let you down but you have to be careful on high price...<br />
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Why wait to see this quaint little country that’s situated next to France, Belgium and Germany? It’s such a small country, it only takes you a few hours to get across it by car, but it’s such a great small place thanks for it you can see more than one country if you desire, or you could spend your holiday exploring one country inside and out. So you should go there!<br />
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In fact, for such a small country, it offers so many wonderful things to do. In Luxembourg you would get to see Palace of the Grand Dukes, Notre Dame Cathedral, National Museum of Art and History, the Casino Luxembourg and the Philharmonie Luxemburg – you believe me that’s just a few of what a Luxembourg could offer. <br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S0gkia1_ZRI/AAAAAAAAALY/qpPpWKr-E4c/s1600-h/P8150029.JPG'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/S0gkia1_ZRI/AAAAAAAAALY/qpPpWKr-E4c/s400/P8150029.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>If you want something that offers you a wonderful experience that you can’t get anywhere else. Well, in Luxemburg you can try the Petrusse Express which offers a great train tour.<br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Szz2bnyc4NI/AAAAAAAAAKs/YmSXOyX7esU/s1600-h/Happy+New+Year+!.jpg'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Szz2bnyc4NI/AAAAAAAAAKs/YmSXOyX7esU/s400/Happy+New+Year+!.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><center><b> Thanks to everyone for stopping by for a visit.<br />
Thanks to my 115 Followers<br />
Thanks to all my many Commenters.<br />
Thanks to my new Friends. </b></center>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-81964981942321885372009-12-30T21:13:00.003+01:002010-03-14T12:02:38.190+01:00Germany - short visit in Dresden / DreznoI would like present you my short visit in Drezno/Dresden in Germany.<br />
The weather was cloudy so the pictures in colours will be ugly that is why I decided on experyment with black&white colours.<br />
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Drezno or in German language Dresden, it is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near Czech and Poland borders.<br />
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Dresden has a very long history as the capital and royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who for centuries furnished the city with cultural and artistic splendour. Dresden was completely destroyed by the controversial Allied aerial bombing towards the end of World War II. The impact of the bombing and 40 years of urban development during the East German socialist era have considerably changed the face of the city.<br />
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Do you know what was the symbol of East Germany? <br />
It was Trabant or Trabi or Trabbi - the name was inspired by Soviet Sputnik! - you can see Trabi on this picture:<br />
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- and do you know about this, that this car it does not rust because is made from plastic?! <br />
yes it is true...!<br />
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Trabant was the most common vehicle in East Germany, and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the communist bloc. The main selling point was that it had room for four adults and luggage in a compact, light and durable shell. For advocates of capitalism it is often cited as an example of the disadvantages of centralized planning as even refueling the car required lifting the hood, filling the tank with gasoline (only 24 litres[1]), then adding two-stroke oil and shaking it back and forth to mix. <br />
It was in production without any significant changes for nearly 30 years with 3,096,099 Trabants produced in total!<br />
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... but we should return to the present day...<br />
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lots of restoration work has helped to reconstruct parts of historic inner city. <br />
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Since the German reunification in 1990, Dresden has re-emerged as a cultural, educational, political and economic centre of Germany.<br />
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Today (like I have promised in previous post) I would like describe you Christmas traditions in my country - Poland.<br />
In Poland Christmas Eve is a day first of fasting, then of feasting.The feast begins with the appearance of the first star; there is no meat in the feast, and it is followed by the exchange of gifts.<br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/SzYe0N3NwxI/AAAAAAAAjavascript:void(0)AIc/oI7Jjp7XFfo/s1600-h/christmas+tree+mini.jpg'><img src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/SzYe0N3NwxI/AAAAAAAAAIc/oI7Jjp7XFfo/s320/christmas+tree+mini.jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px;'></a></div>The following days is often spent visiting friends. In Polish tradition, people combine religion and family closeness at Christmas.On Christmas Eve, so important is the first star of the night that it has been given the affectionate name of "little star" or Gwiazdka, in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem. On that night, children watch the sky hoping to be the first to cry out, "The star!" The moment the star appears, people can start eating. According to tradition, bits of hay are spread beneath the tablecloth as a reminder that Christ was born in a manger. In some places on the table we prepare an empty place for a wanderer who may be in need.<br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:5px auto 10px;'><a href='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Poland%20-%20Silesia%20Christmas%20Time/wafer%20mini%20max.jpg'><img src='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Poland%20-%20Silesia%20Christmas%20Time/wafer%20mini%20max.jpg'border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:right; margin:5px 10px 10px;'></a></div>The meal begins with the breaking of the opłatek (this is kind of very thin wafer - like on photo)Everyone at the table breaks off a piece and eats, then we share a piece with each family member giving good wishes for the following year.On the table should be twelve dishes, as a symbol of the Twelve Apostles.Poppy seed cake, beet soup, prune dumplings, carp, herring and noodles with cabbage and mushrooms are universal Polish Christmas foods.On the table should be twelve dishes, as a symbol of the Twelve Apostles. Traditionally, there is no meat eaten on Christmas Eve. Often there is compote of dry fruits.<br />
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The remainder of the evening is given to stories and songs around the Christmas tree. In the midnight Catholic go on Christmas midnight mass. <br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Poland%20-%20Silesia%20Christmas%20Time/crache%20mini%20max.jpg'><img src='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Poland%20-%20Silesia%20Christmas%20Time/crache%20mini%20max.jpg'border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:center; margin:5 10px 10px;'></a></div>Many churches in Poland in Christmas time organize crèche which present history of Saints Family.<br />
One of the largest creche in Europe (built inside church) is creche in Franciscans' basilica in Katowice - on the last one photo. For building of creche were used a lot of figures (the oldest are even 130 years old)and 2 kilometers of cables You may admire this crèche to 2 February.Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-28390135111522875452009-12-20T10:11:00.002+01:002010-03-14T12:05:50.890+01:00Poland - Christmas TimeThe Christmas season begins with Advent and lasts until the feast of the Three Kings. Christmas in Polish is known as Boze Narodzenie ("God's birth"). From a religious point of view, Christmas is considered the second most important feast after Easter, but it is definitively the biggest family gathering and reconciliation day of the year. <br />
Today, like sings a Jim Brickman “I am Sending You a Little Christmas” – from Silesia – industrial region in Poland. I hope that it will be good “starter” to welcome a Christmas.<br />
About Silesia – I should, and I will write a lot of stories but now I would like present my region in the different way. I show you some photos form The Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in witch was organized the typical Silesian Christmas Eve<br />
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<a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sy3qY4xUfvI/AAAAAAAAAIM/At6kY87f06o/s1600-h/Christmas+angel.jpg'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sy3qY4xUfvI/AAAAAAAAAIM/At6kY87f06o/s320/Christmas+angel.jpg' border='0' alt='' style='clear:both;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;'></a> The Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park is an open air ethnographic museum located in Chorzow near Katowice. Museum presents traditional rural architecture from the end of 18th until first half of 20th century. Wooden Buildings collected in scansen come from various regions of Silesian Voivodeship. Sightseers are welcome to visit many wooden buildings:wind-mill and water-mill, granaries, wayside shrines and historic church - on photo in Christmas time beautifully decorated.<br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sy3qYl24ksI/AAAAAAAAAIE/1-FYsRkel2c/s1600-h/Church+Christmas.jpg'><img src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sy3qYl24ksI/AAAAAAAAAIE/1-FYsRkel2c/s320/Church+Christmas.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>In Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park often are organize very interesting exhibitions and events. In previous Sunday I was in outdoor event named “Silesian’s Christmas Eve” ("Śląsko Wilijo" - in Silesian language). I must tell you that it was really great! Bread-soup (moczka), Cannabis-soup! ( siemieniotka), poppy seed with nuts and figs (makówki), fish, boiled cabbage with pea (kapusta z grochem), these and many different dishes I could taste on place in the cottages, besides I could listen carols and hostesses’ chats.<br />
On the all place of Ethnographic Park was Christmas-trades. Visitors could buy hand made decorations, pictures – like this with Pope, as well as the Christmas dishes and cakes. <div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sy3qZC8vrCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/4FvV03gFfQo/s1600-h/Pope+angel.jpg'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sy3qZC8vrCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/4FvV03gFfQo/s320/Pope+angel.jpg' border='0' alt='' style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;'></a></div>Besides on whole place of Scansen walked carolers, Saint Clauses, peoples with traditional hand-made color masks which they showed customs.<br />
There are many Polish customs and beliefs that have been passed from generation to generation as part of a tradition. A lot of them are still observed today. And despite the passage of time, they keep their freshness and are a part of contemporary Polish culture. Some of them have deep folk roots others are connected to religious beliefs; and still others combine both religious and folk elements. The Polish customs, especially at Christmas time, are both beautiful and meaningful but about it I will write in the next post.<br />
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"><strong> Click here to watch MORE PHOTOS </strong></a>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-48291785919621909522009-12-12T16:02:00.002+01:002010-03-14T12:04:14.751+01:00Netherlands - BicyclesBicycles are a very familiar part of everyday life in the Netherlands. In fact, probable the 15 million Dutch people own about 12 million bicycles; that's nearly as many bicycles as people, and twice as many bikes as cars! Bikes are a great and easy way of getting around because the Netherlands is so flat. Dutch people don't just use their bikes for fun - cycling is an important way of travelling, from doing the daily shopping to going to work. <br />
<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/SyOw1-kWBWI/AAAAAAAAAHs/NdtFL18AbUQ/s1600-h/1.JPG'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/SyOw1-kWBWI/AAAAAAAAAHs/NdtFL18AbUQ/s320/1.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'></div>Because so many people in this country cycle, the Netherlands has special traffic lanes, rules and road signs to improve safety for bikes. There are over 17,000 km of cycle lanes, indicated by round blue signs with a white bicycle on them. In cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam these lanes even have special bicycle traffic lights!<br />
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If you will be in Amsterdam you have to: firstly visit a special parking place for bike near to the railwaiy station it is anazing view; secoundly rent a bike and go ahead and in the end notice exceptional bicycle saddle.<br />
If you see more photos klick on <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Netherlands%20Bicycles/index.html
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First of all, I would like start write this story about holland's symbols from major agricultural product - cheese and unique in the world cheese markets.<br />
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<div style='text-align:left;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Alkmar%20cheese-%20photos/farm%20cheese.jpg'><img src='http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Alkmar%20cheese-%20photos/farm%20cheese.jpg' border='0'alt=''style='clear:both;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;' /></a> Do you know that about three kilos of cheese were produced worldwide for each person on Earth?! The largest producer of cheese is the United States, accounting for 30% of world production, followed by Germany and France, Italy, Holland and my country Poland.<br />
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The most famous holland's cheese is gouda which is made from cow's milk in city Gouda and Gouda-cheese has nut taste and is sold in huge blocks about weight to 12 kg.<br />
Very popular is also cheese Edam. It is easy to recognize it because is covered red wax.<br />
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Several cities in Holland still have Cheese Weighhouses, . Woerden is a fully functional modern commercial cheese market. Four, Alkmaar, Gouda, Edam, Hoorn, are reproductions of traditional merchant cheese markets as operated in the Middle Ages. There are five cheese markets operating in the Netherlands. Woerden is a fully functional modern commercial cheese market. Four, Alkmaar, Gouda, Edam, Hoorn, are reproductions of traditional merchant cheese markets as operated in the Middle Ages. Alkmaar's cheese market at the Waagplein, is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. <br />
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The cheese market traditionally takes place on the first Friday in April and the last market of the season is the first Friday in September. Every Friday morning (10.00-12.30 a.m.) the Waagplein is the backdrop for this traditional cheesemarket. Market activities are explained in Dutch, German, English and sometimes Japanese. There are four teams (vemen) of cheese-porters (kaasdragers), who can be recognised by their differently coloured straw hats: red, blue, green and yellow. Two porters bring cheese on stretchers to the weighing house (Waag) - a typical stretcher "weighs in" at about 160 kilograms. Merchants sample the cheeses and decide on a price using a barter system called handjeklap, literally clapping hands.<br />
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It is not actually possible to buy cheese at the market itself, which is really only a demonstration of how this merchants' market operated in times gone by. However, the demonstration, which takes place in front of the medieval weighing house, is surrounded by many specialized stalls where it is possible to buy all kinds of cheese and related natural products I recommend to do purchase there because tradesman offer products in prices lower than in shops in Amsterdam or Haag.<br />
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If you will be in Alkmar you have to visit <a href="http://www.kaasmuseum.nl/welcome.asp?lang=0"><strong>Hollands Kaasmuseum - The Dutch Cheese Museum </strong></a> Hollands Kaasmuseum - The Dutch Cheese Museum with collection witch includes historical utensils in the preparation of dairy products, film- and photographic images and paintings it is something jet – from museum’s windows you can see excellent view on old Waagplain.<br />
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If you see more photos klick on <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891042/Holland%20-%20Alkmaar%20cheese%20market/index.html
"><strong> MY GALLERY - Holland Alkmaar cheese market</strong></a>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-48990436634460870292009-11-09T09:44:00.000+01:002009-11-09T09:50:13.731+01:009.11.1989 - the fall of the Berlin WallNovember 9, 1989 - for us it was Beginning of the End for Communism<br />
Things were never the same again after that night...<br />
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Russia is a great country with really amazing people. Things like that happen because Russians are completely crazy.Nowhere else in the world you can see so many funny things.<br />
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All Saints' Day falls on November 1, followed by All Souls' Day on November 2, and is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.<br />
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In Portugal and Spain, oferendas (offerings) are made on this day. In Portugal children celebrate the Pão-por-Deus tradition. In Spain, the play Don Juan Tenorio is traditionally performed. In Mexico, All Saints coincides with the celebration of Day of the Innocents ("Día de los Inocentes"), the first day of the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) celebration, honoring deceased children and infants. In Portugal, children go door to door where they receive cakes, nuts and pomegranates.<br />
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<a href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Su7IT1zE3BI/AAAAAAAAAG0/lHnSFfSIYc4/s1600-h/c+all+saints.jpg'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Su7IT1zE3BI/AAAAAAAAAG0/lHnSFfSIYc4/s160/c+all+saints.jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;' /></a> Slavs and Roms, they have the tradition of revelry. They make on graves true feasts. They bring the food, sit on graves and discuss. They like something to drink and eat. They often pour out on the grave wine.<br />
In Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain people bring flowers to the graves of dead relatives.<br />
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<a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Su6wBBWgM1I/AAAAAAAAAGk/kpSooT42eIc/s1600-h/all+saints.jpg'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Su6wBBWgM1I/AAAAAAAAAGk/kpSooT42eIc/s160/all+saints.jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a>  In Poland like in the Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia, Austria, Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Catholic parts of Germany, the tradition is to light candles and visit the graves of deceased relatives. <br />
In my country (Poland) people lighting candles also on forget graves –in this time we resemble the persons who died and we wonder about fragility of our life…<br />
<a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1891042/All%20Saints%20Day%20in%20Poland/index.html
"><strong>MY SMALL GALLERY - All Saints Day in Poland</strong></a>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-35326277363542650762009-10-31T14:15:00.000+01:002009-11-01T12:17:19.937+01:00Halloween - jack-o'-lanternWe have halloween! <br />
It is time to carve a pupkin and make decorative jack-o-lantern. It is possible to create surprisingly artistic designs, be they simple or intricate in nature. It is common to see portraits of political candidates, celebrities and cartoon characters... look at it:<br />
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If you would like make unique jack-o-lantern carve your or well known person's face on a pumpkin it is really simply<br />
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Happy halloween everyone!Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-40498045533344622482009-10-24T00:24:00.003+02:002010-03-14T12:05:03.887+01:00Netherlands - One paceful worldToday I would like to invite you to visit one of the prettiest and the oddest places what I saw in my life. This place is <a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1891042/Zeeburg%20Beeldenpark/index.html"><strong>Zeeburg Beeldenpark</strong></a> situated in Amsterdam’s district Zeeburg near to the international <a href="http://www.campingzeeburg.nl"><strong>Camping Zeeburg</strong></a><br />
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<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/SuIUrdsHtqI/AAAAAAAAAFw/82Q2rB8tHas/s1600-h/0+Zeeburg+Beendenpark.jpg'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/SuIUrdsHtqI/AAAAAAAAAFw/82Q2rB8tHas/s320/0+Zeeburg+Beendenpark.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>Unfortunately you will not find this place in guides That is why many people, do not know that such place exists but if you stay overnight on Camping Zeeburg surley you will find out it.<br />
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This magic place greets travellers such board:<br />
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One paceful World – is it a truth? See on this “Statue of Liberty”!<br />
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The mixture of styles, colours, materials, imagination, ideas and in this all the true people who they live there and create something extraordinary with nature's agreement but I will not write more just see <a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1891042/Zeeburg%20Beeldenpark/index.html"><strong>MY GALLERY - Zeeburg Beeldenpark</strong></a> it's amazing.Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-51335673774624196592009-10-19T18:08:00.000+02:002009-10-19T09:08:44.992+02:00Is not enought to be the best...Something really MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING just watch :)<br />
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In previous week Ottylia from Slovakia has sent to me e-mail in which she ask me: „Could you please publish more photos of Amsterdam’s murals and graffiti?”<br />
Ottylia , yes I can. To tell the true I haven’t a lot of pictures but I think that it is worthy of notice.<br />
If you ever will be in Amsterdam you have to visit Spuistraat street where you can see very interesting murals like this:<br />
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„Live without dead time” with greate Raoul Vaneigem’s quotation from book The Revolution of Everyday Life:<br />
„People who talk abort revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, whithout understanding what is subsersive abort love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints such people have a corpse in their mouth”.<br />
This book probably was the most often stolen book in France :).<br />
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If you would like to see the another murals I recommend you my small galery: <a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1891042/Amsterdam%20murals%20graffiti/index.html"><strong>GALLERY - photos graffiti and murals in Amsterdam</strong></a><br />
.Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-71087273064599634432009-10-01T06:49:00.000+02:002009-10-10T05:53:42.685+02:00Into the wild"When you want more than you have, you think you need and when you think more than you want, your thoughts begin to bleed..."<br />This is a part of text from Eddi Vedder’s songs “Society” which is soundtrack to Sean Pean’s film “Into the wild”.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pRUGvArWXLk&hl=pl&fs=1&color1=0x3a0a0a&color2=0xa0704c&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pRUGvArWXLk&hl=pl&fs=1&color1=0x3a0a0a&color2=0xa0704c&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />I have heard this song very often for 3 months and some day by chance I read on the Internet a lot of positive comments about songs and especially about the film so I decided to watch the film and I have to tell you that it really makes an impression on me. I haven't watched so good film for long!<br />The Film is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, destroyed his documents and ID-card, burned money, changed his name to Aleksander Supertramp and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encountered a series of characters that shape his life and showed the world what his life meant for him and the message is wonderfull: “Sometimes I want to find myself out of the crazy world”...”It's amazing How you can learn when you're alone”... besides it shows us that even in this world, there is still something like ultimate freedom. <br />I think most people keep forgetting that, due to the modern world where ultimate freedom is almost unthinkable. He made us realise that it's still able just to go out, leave everything behind for a while, forget about money, phones, computers, cubicle, material things and try to find oneself , happiness and “also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong”. <br />I suppose that Jon Krakauer's book is so good as the film because describes other details more exactly, the relationship with their parents, with his sister, all the friends that he made, at the end their parents show up in the place and inside the bus number 142 where Chris Supertramp lived his last days in Alaska alone, so I have to read it :) <br />I recommend you to see this film, listen to this music it is unusual<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2LAuzT_x8Ek&hl=pl&fs=1&color1=0x6d3d3d&color2=0xa0704c&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2LAuzT_x8Ek&hl=pl&fs=1&color1=0x6d3d3d&color2=0xa0704c&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889220523274102189.post-68621608057512524712009-09-27T06:57:00.000+02:002009-10-17T12:22:20.168+02:00Global Warming<a href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sr7w1kB9CCI/AAAAAAAAAEY/iwesf_p9g7E/s1600-h/P3120103.JPG'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6Fx3hWuFSU/Sr7w1kB9CCI/AAAAAAAAAEY/iwesf_p9g7E/s320/P3120103.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='left' border='0' /></a></div> <br /><br />Global Warming - Solidarity with Greek Rebellion.<br />I found this mural in Amsterdam on Spuistraatstreet in August 2008 then I didn't take the photo but when I came back in the May of this year to Amsterdam mural still exist so I saved it on photo :)<br /><br />Greek rebellion – it is difficult and controversial topic first of all for the older generation which won for us freedom and capitalism. The problem is that the our younger generation are so disappointed. Neoliberalism, ubiquitous capitalism and run behind the best developed economy is tire and lead to tragedy like in Greece where in December 2008 the police murdered 25 years old student Aleksandros Grigoropoulos. After the murder all Athens surrounded waves of riots. Greece was paralised mass social protests within the week and government decided proclaim state of emergency.<br /><br />As in many other countries, young people are faced with expensive studies and are especially affected by unemployment like: France, Germany, or Portugal; has a lower unemployment than Spain or Slovakia; and has more unemployment than Italy, Bulgaria, or Cyprus. Similarly, young people also represent a declining demographic portion of the compared to baby boomers resulting in a weaker impact of the youth vote in political life, though this is also not particular to Greece.<br /><br />This topic is very interesting but for many people unknown. I encourage to watch this movie:<br /><embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.pl/googleplayer.swf?docid=3735837468871051991&hl=pl&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed><br /><br /><a href="http://video.google.pl/videoplay?docid=3735837468871051991&hl=pl#"></a>Adam Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132618441073747996noreply@blogger.com0