Sunday, June 23, 2013

Warsaw Fashion Street 2013

Today in Warsaw I have took some pictures during Warsaw Fashion Street 2013 
I have observed following show:

OFF FASHION KIELCE- 13.00-13.30
Roman Marchewka
Radosław Smędzik
Bolesław Julian Zajączkowski

CRACOW FASHION AWARDS- 13.30- 14.00
Katarzyna Ciejek
Magda Dederko
Dorota Kowalczyk
Maria Mrowca
Bogna Stefańska
Anna Widlarz
Michał Wójciak
























Friday, June 21, 2013

My week in Frankfurt

     I had an opportunity to visit Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main) and spent one week in this business and financial centre of Germany. Located on the river Main, Frankfurt is the financial capital of Continental Europe and the transportation centre of Germany. Frankfurt is home of the European Central Bank and the German Stock Exchange. I didn't have an camera, so I took some photos using iPhone. 


Römer square in Frankfurt am Main

Römer square in Frankfurt am Main

Römer square in Frankfurt am Main







Railway station

Römer square in Frankfurt am Main

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Rome - Day 4


     Saturday was last day of our trip to Rome, next day early morning we would have flight to Warsaw.  This day was dedicated for Centro Storico – Pantheon, Plaza Navona, Campo de’ Fiori and many other interesting and worth seeing places. We started at Santa Maria del Popolo church. As I mentioned in this church you can see paintings of famous artists like Pinturicchio, Bramante, Rafael, Caravaggio and Bernini – all for free.




The Pantheon is a very recognizable building in Rome. Since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to "St. Mary and the Martyrs". In Pantheon there are tombs of famous Italian like Wiktor Emanuel II, his son king  Umberto or artist  Rafael Santi.






Campo de’ Fiori – colorful market in the Rome full of  fruits and vegetables.
We checked squeezed pomegranate juice from fresh fruits.




Piazza Venezia –recognizable place in Rome. Beginning and the end of the tours of Rome.




Trevi Fountain – Rome’s most famous fountain.




It was the end of our stay in Rome. It was very exhausting time, but definitely very interesting. We discovered Rome - and saw many interesting places.
I still remember such picture in my memory - the elegant man with a cigar in his hand passes to the red light at the intersection among of honking cars and scooters.
For me it is the symbol of this town …











I would like to visit Rome again in the future, but then I will try to do as princess Anna in “Roman Holiday” said:
“I'd like to sit at a sidewalk cafe and look in shop windows, walk in the rain.
Have fun, and maybe some excitement …”

Monday, June 3, 2013

Rome - Day 3


     This day was dedicated to Vatican. I bought tickets on the web earlier (again - it was great thought) so we had to reach meeting place near Vatican Museum. It turned out it was not good idea to visit The Vatican Museum in May – crowds of people were everywhere. We spend 4 hours in The Vatican Museum and in The Basilica of St Peter – definitely these places are worth seeing, but May, June, July and August are not the best time to do it. Our guide told us, that in high season in the Vatican is about 17 thousand tourists per day – wow, it is not perfect time to visit these beautiful places – the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica of St Peter.











     After four hours we had spent in Vatican we  ran away to Piazza del Popolo and we found restaurant on one of the streets near square. We ate very good lunch and went into direction of Villa Borghese and we spent nice time in Rome’s most famous park. We hadn’t  tickets and tome to visit Museo e Galleria Borghese – which is one of the city’s best art galleries, housing the “queen of all private art collection” – Caravaggio, Bernini, Boticelli and Raphael. The collection was formed by Cardinal Scipione Borghese,  after whom the museum is named.



Next was long stroll to Piazza Barberini to see Fontana delle Api (Fountain of the Bees). It is a small fountain, that was constructed in the year 1644, in honor of Pope Urban VIII Barberini.  The large bees that characterize the fountain are there because the bee was the symbol of the Barberini family.