the pacace (=
kretzulescu palace) designed by the architect petre antonescu was constructed in 1902. it was initially the residence of princess elena kretzulescu. the building was purchased in 1927 by the romanian government and, over time, it served various purposes. among these it was the office of the presidency of the council of ministers (1928 - 1929) and the museum of religious art (1929 - 1946). since 1972, the palace has been the office of the unesco sepes (centre européen pour l´enseignement supérior), the principal mission of which is the promotion of co-operation in higher education among the member states of the european region,
sauseschritt could read on a board next to the main entrance of the building. though this building in bukarest on stirbei voda is not open to the public, due to several obligations sauseschritt had the opportunity to visit it. yes, it might be early 20 century kitsch, nevertheless it symbolizes the time, when bukarest was called the little paris of the east.
was soll sauseschritt nur sagen: einer der schönsten, freundlichsten und angenehmsten tagungsräume seit langem, und auch noch am rande eines ausgedehnten und sehr gepflegten parkes mitten in bukarest. merci, den freunden aus rumänien!
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a society that wants to build the future must know its past, its real past, as it was. if i - a living witness, one who experienced those times - don't speak about them, then others who did not experience or witness those times will invent their own version of them.
writes aurel cornea and gives us the following audio example (mp3). so why not go to visit the muesum of contemporary art in bucharest during sauseschritts spare time there? see you again on monday next week!
only recently I came across this memoir by the exiled vietnamese novelist pham thi hoài immediately, the introduction raised sauseschritts attention:
like clouds floating in the sky, the war was already there when i was born. i did not have to get to know it; instead, it had to come to terms with my birth. every day for fifteen years, i looked up to see the war floating slowly by. i was not an unlucky child: most of those clouds were pink. when storm clouds appeared, they only made the ones that came after seem more rosy.
via open democracy
sauseschritt takes this reading as a good opportinity for a decision: to post also some key items referring to indochina, adding to the long lasting efforts to finish the book on f.k. in indochine.
mehr sei nicht gesagt an dieser stelle.
yes, sauseschritt has to confess finally: one did not read in the blogroll list for weeks. mea culpa, mea culpa! this is the reason, why this reply to ostracised´s demand comes so late.
furthermore, this is a cruel game: ostracised was victim of
yorkshire ranter who was victim of chicken yoghurt who was victim of europhobia who was victim of cabalamat who was victim of nick barlow who was victim of siberian light etc. etc. the whole hardship was started by the pink bee, which we finally owe our mixed feelings for being the ONE to pass over this stick to the community on march 7, 2005. anyway, sauseschritt assumes that something like
blogiquette should be valid and will, though hesitantly, answer these questions, which again are spreading in the english speaking blog world like a virus. by the way, sauseschritt had to ask wikipedia about an explanation of the notion of meme. so here we go:
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
einfach das hauff´sche märchen von zwerg nase !!!!!
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
aber sicher doch, und in allen bandbreiten geschlechtlicher irrungen: da waren tadzio (thomas mann tod in venedig) als sauseschritt 14 jahre war, nora in ibsens gleichnamigem theaterstück mit dreißig. erst kürzlich die ich-erzählerin in juli zehs [bosnienroman ....]. ach ......
The last book you bought is:
man/frau darf sich doch wohl auch ganz pragmatisch auf den urlaub vorbereiten, oder? deshalb die reunion - führer [eins ....] und [zwei ....]
The last book you read:
das berührende buch über die kinder des zweiten weltkrieges von [hilke lorenz ....].
What are you currently reading?
ein geschenk von e.: marambo, die sammlung der großartigen texte von paula köhlmeier.
Five books you would take to a desert island.
(1) the book I am currently writing (f.k. in indochine)
(2) die ästhetik des widerstands von peter weiss, um dieses endlich, endlich einmal fertigzulesen
(3) homers illyas: oh thalassos!!!!!
(4) das hauf´sche märchen von zwerg nase (siehe auch oben)
(5) ein buch über die lokale schöpfungsgeschichte derselben
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
so here it comes, the unavoidable: annoying some of my fellow bloggers - its part of the game. I would like to invite sodazitron, because she accompanied my blog from the very beginning, then quod scripsi, scripsi, because she/he writes a wonderful blog, which sauseschritt is visiting often though understanding seldomly (from the language point of view!). last but not least sauseschritt passes this stick to charming quark: she seems the perfect one to answer questions about books! sorry folks!
post scriptum: f... all memes
letzter rückblick auf den letzten sonntag. der 1. mai wurde wie immer unterschiedlich begangen, je nach ideologischer ausrichtung mal feuerwehr, maibaum, staatstragend oder "vorwärts und nicht vergessen ...."
dabei fiel sauseschritt auf: noch vor einigen jahrzehnten konkurrierten (oder ergänzten sich) die fahnen der sp mit den offiziellen fahnen der republik. mittlerweile muß man/frau an den fenstern selbst der gemeindebauten lange nach den fähnchen mit den drei pfeilen suchen. selbst die fahnenhalterungen an den fensterrahmen werden nicht mehr standardmäßig beim neubau von gemeindebauten angebracht. die zeiten sind vorüber, endgültig und radikal. nur ein wenig kindheitserinnerung ist erlaubt, an jene zeiten, als jedes nichtbeflaggen der eigenen fenster von den werten nachbar/innen als stiller protest gegen die sozialdemokratie gewertet wurde. seis drum. hoch der 1. mai!
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