Midnight in Paris....

Gil and Adriana (Owen Wilson / Marion Cotillard) have just landed in La Belle Époque..

Honesty, I could take a seat on that time machine....dreamy and pleasant - and Madame Cotillard is just superb.

Lemon....

ZZ Top at Scandinavium....

The never ending abuse in the land of impunity....

Parede, September 29, 2023

This is a common sight in Portugal and has been so for decades. The (in)competent authorities do little or nothing to solve the problem. Very often, pedestrians are obliged to step out onto the road, risking their own lives. I lived in this village for more than 30 years ago and the problem was exactly the same...in the exact same spot !? Amazing 😡

Some heavy fines could be applied on these morons wallets and the problem would be quickly solved.... but that is not going to happen in the paradise of egoists and incompetents.

Lisbon....from city to theater scenery

This is the destination of most buildings built around 1900. The "restoration" process consists mainly in the total destruction of interiors. Against all the international recommendations and agreements for good building conservation, Lisbon has its own short term/no return final solution. 

The Portuguese modus operandi....

..built for the 1998 Expo

..25 years later (yes, open to the public !)

We do love to build and create new spaces and sensations, often with an initially bad or non-existent quality. Maintenance....well we leave that in the hands of fate - or maybe God.

The land of "short term"....

These pine trees were planted by the time of the Expo 1998 in Lisbon. Pine trees are very common in this country, so one can presume that they knew that their roots grow with a large perimeter and close to the surface. The choice of pavement is astonishing and, of course, condemned to failure. Did the people who planned the trees speak with those who planned the pavement ? Amazing !!

The result, 25 years later, is a completely useless and deformed/destroyed pavement, impossible to use for persons with disabilities. 800 meters of useless pavement and money that could have been thrown into the Tejo river. Act first and think later....

Lisboa, 1 PM, 35 Celsius....

The Portuguese "know-how" in a nut shell. These trees were once planted to provide shelter for pedestrians. They provide shelter indeed...but for the road traffic. A previous 5 minute visit to the spot could even tell a blind person where that shelter should occur during summer. But that is complicated in a country where incompetence and laissez-faire is a never ending national plague.

The return of Neanderthals, or - did stupid get a job...?

 ..the solution for male Neanderthals

..and the astonishing solution for female Neanderthals 😡

These are temporary solutions during events for humans to urinate. I wonder what kind of neurons these narrow/ignorant minds used to realise such abnormalities.  

Tourists....

San Francisco late afternoon....

House boat..

Bodega Bay....

California....

..State Route 180

Court Central do Jamor....

..1945, by Miguel Jacobetty Rosa

Shadow....