Quote: “Typewriters, baby, typewriters”

September 15, 2008 in Politics, around the world
Tags: Republicans, United States of America

“Why would Republicans, the party of business, want to focus our country on breathing life into a 19th-century technology [...] rather than giving birth to a 21st-century technology [...]?”
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Making America Stupid, N.Y.T September 13, 2008

Orthodox Christian Icons

July 19, 2008 in around the world, cultures, religion
Tags: art, Eastern Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Church, icons, religious art, religious paintings

Among Jews and Muslims there is strict prohibition to present God in any other than symbolic way (so called Iconoclasm). In Christianity however they have not been straight followers of this tradition. This might be due the fact that Christians believe that God was born on the surface of earth in the human form. Of course there still [...]

My Visit on the Gulf of Naples – part I

July 11, 2008 in around the world, cultures
Tags: Ancient Creek, ceramic tiles, foreigners speaking Italian in Italy, Gulf of Naples, Ischia, Italians, Italy, spa, tourist, travel, volcanic, woman travelling alone

During my summer holiday I left with a quick departure to the green island of Ischia. This volcanic island is situated on the Gulf of Naples. As you may know the area, like many other famous areas in Italy, is full of sights. I decided to see the island itself, Naples and nearby island Capri. I had already visited [...]