Old and new

A walk through the old center of Bucharest and a snapshot - old building reflected in new construction. 

Have a nice weekend... with weekend reflections!

Casa Batlló - "Casa dels ossos" - in the sunset

Casa Batlló is one of the most impressive and admired of all Gadi's creations. Opinions differ on what the building's remarkable façade represents, particularly its polychrome shimmering walls, its sinister skeletal balconies and its humpbacked scaly roof. 

Some say it's the spirit of carnival, others a Costa Brava cove. 

However, the most popular theory, which takes into account the architect's deeply patriotic feelings, is that it depicts Sant Jordi and the dragon – the idea being that the cross on top is the knight's lance, the roof is the back of the beast, and the balconies below are the skulls and bones of its hapless victims.

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Like a fairytale

Holidays in COMANESTI (a small town in Romania) as a fairytale

No fairies, but heroes of fairytales and ancestral traditions.
Every year, on December 30, has place "Festival ancestral customs and traditions"

Prince on the black horse

Princess 

People with masks to ward off evil spirits

Bujor's outlaws, popular theater, dressed in traditional costumes.  Bujor is local synonym of Robin Hood.

Ward off evil spirits through dance and sound of bells, so the new year will be good and bad cleaning

The goat brings wealth and health adorned the new year

And much noise bells for good and prosperity

Happy New Year to all!