#Visit Praha

[akimao]

Pretty things in Prague 🇨🇿

[suburbnlegendz]

Náměstí Míru, Praha, Czech Republic photographed by thejuanx03 • @thejuanx03 ♡

[howamidrivinginlimbo]

The Powder Tower (Prašná brána) in Prague

The fifteenth-century tower is one of the original city gates and was given to King Vladislav II when he was crowned.

[gerard-lange-art-journals]

From my visit to Charles University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.

Gerard Lange art journals, Book 22: Prague, Praha, Prag, spread 6 (pp. 12–13), 2019, 28 x 44 x 2.5 cm (11 x 17 x 1 in.).

[darkparisian]

Shakespeare & Co. bookstores throughout Europe

This summer I’ve been to the three Shakespeare & Co. bookstores there are in Europe.

The Parisian bookstore is by far the most amazing one, but being my home one might say I’m a little biased. The only problem with this bookstore now is the massive amount of tourists… but I don’t blame them, it really is worth a visit

The second one I’ve been is in Vienna, Austria such a cute store. Incredible ambience and even more incredible staff. So helpful and always with a smile. I loved there! At first it didn’t seem like a big store, but once you get to the end there’s a tiny corridor that takes to another section of the store and I found this so amazing!

The third and last one was the bookstore in Praha, Czech Republic. I really love this bookstore. The prices were by far the cheapest out of all three. The staff once again really amazing, and the store was huge !!! They transformed this old basement as part of the store and it was really cozy and I just sat there for almost an hour reading.

[vlad-theimplier]

WIP Wednesday: Custos Custodium

In which Jensen tries to juggle investigating the bombing he just survived, his own team's possible suborning by the Illuminati, and the mysterious augs someone jammed into him. Read the whole SNAFU here.

Sedlak was with a customer when he entered Praha Dovoz: she brushed him off with convincing impatience. He asked after the bathroom, and she gave him the cover he needed, jerking an aggravated thumb at the back of the small building. He shut the door to the storefront behind him, then the door to the janitor’s closet, and scanned his card. The closet floor dropped slowly on its mechanism.

“Vega,” he radioed her, “I’m back in business. This whisper chip you gave me: it’s an easy plant?”

“Yeah, easy as it gets. There’ll be a data port on the NSN motherboard. Access it, and then just plug and play. Or plug and record, in this case.”

“Got it. Let you know when it’s done.”

He passed through the scanner and laser grid, recognized and welcomed by the artificial voice. It was nice to be the one with the secret lair for a change. The elevator hit bottom and he stepped out into the bustle of the Task Force in full swing.

To an extent, it resonated familiarly with his years in police bullpens—phones ringing, keyboards hammering, quiet voices speaking intently in cubicles. And it had the same round-the-clock, caffeine-fueled sense of temporal dislocation. Whatever time it was upstairs in the world, down here it was always go time. He felt harmonics from the SWAT ready room, as well: a couple of their Peacekeepers strolled around in fatigues, two in battle rattle followed a similarly-equipped agent back from some smaller op, and muffled gunfire coughed from the shooting range next to their outsized armory.

But even more than that, the place felt like spook country. Jensen had visited FBI field offices before, and the ones with a facilities budget had felt a little like this, all glass and steel and touchscreen displays mixed with the occasional holotable. Analyst chatter had a subtly different cadence from field agent chatter, a little less belligerent, a little more neurotic. He stood in the elevator’s mouth, soaking up the tenor of the place, and decided it was up a notch or two from baseline: the bombing had kicked the hornet’s nest.

Jensen mounted the stairs to the second-floor mezzanine, where Miller’s office overlooked the bullpen. Argento stopped him at the head of the stairs.

“Jensen! You’re here—you made it in. It’s good to see you’re okay.” She put a hand on his shoulder and peered up at his face as if to check.

“Yeah, it was a close call. I got lucky; a lot of people didn’t. Thought you’d be back in the States by now?”

“News of the bombing came in while I was in line to board—I bailed. My family… they understood. I’ll visit when things calm down a little more.” And of course she had to be seen giving a hundred and ten percent, if she wanted a field assignment. “It’s been chaos—phones ringing off the hook, you know how it is. But I’m sure it was worse right after. And to be at ground zero… when Miller told me you were there, I thought—”

“I’m all right.”

Whatever she saw in his face satisfied her. She rapped him on the shoulder and smiled. “Only the metaphorical screws loose, huh? Good. But if you’re looking for him, he’s tied up right now. A meeting with Lyon, I think.”

“Really? He’s using the NSN right now?”

“Yeah, I just saw him go in. Oh, hey! That reminds me—new card for the shooting range. Chang changed all the codes this morning.”

“Again?” He handed over the old one. It was the second time this week.

“The bombing really freaked him out. Third one in six months, can you believe it? I just— I’m really glad you’re okay.”

She looked up at him soberly, and he tried to project a reassuring aura despite the knot in his gut over the mystery augs and the Collective’s whisper chip burning a hole in his pocket. While she’d never opened up to him, he knew she’d lost people back in the Corps, and some of them probably to explosives. “Thanks,” he said. “Me too. Guess I gotta wait on Miller.”

“Yeah, and I should get back downstairs, hand out the rest of these cards. See ya.”

He watched her go. Full armor again, and a glove over her augmented right hand—she wore twenty-five kilos of ceramic plate as easily as running gear. Ready to strap on a gun or five and hit the VTOL whenever Miller and MacReady signed off. And bolstered against anyone who disapproved of an Aug with a Nu-poz issue as an agent. No wonder she’d been awkward, dressed for dinner.

[bichngocluu]

MY WRITINGS & WORK (update)

Mình update trên trang này: https://bio.site/luu.bichngoc

Từ thời Spiderum ...

14 bài của mình trên Spiderum từ giai đoạn đoạn mới chuyển lên Berlin đến thời kỳ COVID (2018-2020, hai năm):

https://spiderum.com/nguoi-dung/ngocluubich97

Sau một thời gian dài không cập nhật, mình vẫn thấy có like mới, thật vui vì chúng vẫn có ích với ai đó ^^

. Identity - Bản sắc : một số câu chuyện nhỏ . “Lịch sử của tính hiện đại” (Jacques Attali, sách hay) - chỉ có thể dự đoán Tương lai khi hiểu được Quá khứ . Một số ghi chú về Rối loạn Lưỡng cực (Bipolar Disorders) . "The Age of Insight" - Eric Kandel : Hội họa, Khoa học não bộ và Phân tâm học liên quan đến nhau như thế nào . “QualityLand”- nền độc tài của Trí tuệ nhân tạo, Kỹ thuật số và một số nhận định về Tương lai . Martin Heidegger - chúng mình chỉ thực sống khi biết nghĩ về cái sự “SỐNG” của chúng mình! . 4 phút đọc "99 Ways to Leave Leviathan"- 99 cách để sống tự do khỏi Nhà Nước . [DỊCH] Cái chết kỳ lạ của châu Âu - Douglas Murray . Praha (Séc) : Lịch sử là một Trò đùa hay Đời nhẹ khôn kham . Về THÓI QUEN . [DỊCH] Các Hình thức cơ bản của đời sống Tôn giáo - Emile Durkheim . Barbar & Blah Blah : Văn minh & sự Mọi rợ từ góc nhìn văn hóa và chính trị . [DỊCH TÓM LƯỢC, phần I] GIẢI TRÍ ĐẾN CHẾT : Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman . THIÊN ĐƯỜNG ĐÃ MẤT - Sự đánh mất của ý nghĩa, tính toàn vẹn và cộng hưởng trong xã hội phương Tây hiện đại phi thần thoại

Instagram: @ioeartart và @ioechipchip

Chia sẻ cá nhân về văn hóa-nghệ thuật, chính trị-xã hội vv..

Trang văn học online Zzz (Bên phía nhà Z):

Hứa hẹn hạnh phúc và sự bất mãn của Queer + Nữ quyền (2020): https://zzzreview.com/2020/11/18/hua-hen-hanh-phuc-va-su-bat-man-cua-queer-nu-quyen/

[DỊCH] Joseph Brodsky, “Quyền năng của các nguyên tố” (2021): https://blog.zzzreview.com/?p=4487

[DỊCH] Robert Walser, “Cô cú” (2022): https://zzzreview.com/2022/07/31/robert-walser-co-cu/

Tạp chí nghệ thuật Art Republik các số 4, 5, 6 (và trên website luxuo):

Các bài dịch

. “Hoàng hôn vàng trên Vịnh Hạ Long” của bậc thầy nghệ thuật sơn mài Phạm Hậu: https://luxuo.vn/culture/bac-thay-nghe-thuat-son-mai-pham-hau.html?fbclid=IwAR11QZKqFbVHCHBtCJfCF7I3EA2_M3XjydPPPDFafb81S63LkTHZTMDLkWc

. “Thiếu nữ chơi đàn nguyệt” của Mai Thứ và ngụ ý về phụ nữ Việt hiện đại: https://luxuo.vn/culture/thieu-nu-choi-dan-nguyet-cua-mai-thu-va-ngu-y-ve-phu-nu-viet-hien-dai.html

. Bài viết "NGHỆ SỸ VIỆT NAM TẠI DOCUMENTA FIFTEEN": https://drive.google.com/file/d/16fikwhAVBkq2QmtVb6k8Mijc29EZnLum/view . Bài viết "CẢNH QUAN VĂN HÓA – NGHỆ THUẬT ĐƯƠNG ĐẠI TẠI BERLIN": https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UsRMbuxQ6FLpDcUSung03C8B9c19oEQy/view

Một số bài dịch và viết cho các triển lãm:

Triển lãm của Tèo Phạm tại Mơ Art (Hà Nội, 2023): https://www.moart.vn/en/exhibitions/whats-left-behind-the-rectum-chapter-2-the-great-excretion

Viết cho ấn phẩm triển lãm "Re-Connect. Art and Conflict in Brotherland" của bảo tang MdbK Leipzig (Đức): https://www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-1-1/re_connect-2423/

Dịch tiếng Anh text triển lãm "Mảnh linh hồn" (TP. Hồ Chí Minh, 2023): https://vietcetera.com/en/fragments-of-soul-an-exploration-of-two-sidedness-and-dualities

Bài viết về cảnh quan văn hóa, nghệ thuật và hoạt động xã hội của người Việt hải ngoại tại Berlin trên tạp chí Kapitál (2023): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_1wcEQu7W3tIXk430mMfrpGoLP6SWkU/view

Bài viết về studio visit "Về điểm bắt đầu - tác phẩm sơn mài sông Hồng" với Veronika Radulovic trong khuôn khổ Berlin Asia Arts festival (2023): https://stadtsprachen.de/en/text/studio-visit-lackarbeit-zum-roten-fluss-with-veronika-radulovic/

. Một bài thơ của mình cũng trên trang Stadtsprachen: https://stadtsprachen.de/en/text/a-qu99r-w4y-of/

Một số bài dịch trên trang VCAD (Vietnam Contemporary Art Database)

Nghệ sĩ Nguyễn Minh Thành: https://vcad.org.vn/vi/artists/nguyen-minh-thanh/

Nghệ sĩ Vũ Dân Tân: https://vcad.org.vn/vi/artists/vu-dan-tan-vi/

Nghệ sĩ Nguyễn Trinh Thi: https://vcad.org.vn/vi/artists/nguyen-trinh-thi/

Các dự án về chủ đề di cư người Việt tại Đức:

Dịch tiếng Việt cho dự án triển lãm & lưu trữ online De-Zentralbild: https://dezentralbild.net/vi/

Workshop phim - thảo luận cộng đồng coconut jelly trong khuôn khổ Wandering Salon festival (Berlin, 2023): https://www.instagram.com/p/CuBoeiPsspK/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Dịch tiếng Việt cuốn "Tưởng nhớ để thay đổi: Tưởngniệm Phan Văn Toàn“" (cùng nhóm dịch chẻo lẻo), dự án của nhóm sáng kiến Phan Văn Toàn và korientation: https://phanvantoan.de/

Dịch và nói tiếng Việt trên số radio "Công trình tưởng niệm cho ông Nguyễn Văn Tú – trễ nải và gây tranh cãi" (2024): https://www.radioconnection-berlin.de/das-denkzeichen-fuer-nguyen-van-tu-umstritten-aber-ueberfaellig/

Hiện tại mình đang thực hiện dự án translated beings cho người trẻ queer Việt tại Đức: https://www.instagram.com/translated_beings/

[jhara-ivez]

Impressions of Praha #2

This part will cover mostly Praha Castle and the Charles Bridge. And lots of windows. I have to say first that I am... slightly spoiled when it comes to monumental buildings. Therefore please pardon me when my judgement of what I saw in Praha is maybe a bit underwhelming. Anyway, let's start. This is Charles Bridge leading to Praha Castle. It was build in 14th Century by... King Charles of Luxembourg.

There are some streetvendors obviously but they only sell the typical stuff, like painting or caricatures and little bracelets and stuff. Nothing too fancy but tourist seems to like it for some reason. More important is this dude below. You might have seen him in tumblr posts already :D A good golden boi. (yes, of course I touched him too for good luck)

When you cross the bridge you have to walk through 2 big towers. The gothic one is dating back to 12th century and is therefore older than the bridge itself. The other one is the youngest part of the bridge, built in 1454 and made from sandstone.

Then, of course, you have to climb another hill. Once you managed and didnt die of pain in your feet you will reach Praha Castle. With an awesome view over the city. In the back there you can even see the "dancing houses", which I didnt visit up close.

If you buy the tickets for Praha Castle.. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES follow the mass of tourists. There are 2 building in which you can buy tickets. For some reasons the whole mass of people will walk to the right one, completely overlooking the left. Meaning you have hundreds of people waiting in line on the right, while the left one is.... walk in, pay, go outside. I suppose the other tourists were too floored by what greets you once you step inside the castle grounds.

This is St. Vitus Cathedral. For me not that impressing from the outside and inside (as I said I am spoiled by other cities). HOWEVER. .....

..... THE WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hell, I fell in love with the WINDOWS!!!! Look at this!!!!!! There is even one by Mucha himself!

The windows come in many different styles too. I think I spend more time ogling the windows than anything else. Admittedly, cathedrals do mostly look the same if not for some location based oddities. So please excuse me for not taking pictures of the... uh... ordinary stuff. Which is still expensive and what not, but not feel like striking features for me. Oh and.... I'd like to present my archenemy.

As you can see Praha Castle does not use one, not two, but more or less eight (!) different kinds of pavement. Needless to say - I suffered. And I suffered some more. Because you can visit the other buildings as well. Starting with Vladislaw Hall. Although quite interesting when it comes to how it is build - the kind of ceiling is self-stabilizing, meaning you don't need additional pillars to keep it from falling, also you have one entrance where you could ride inside on a horse if you came for a tournament as a knight - I nearly had a meltdown when I saw the rest.

That line of waiting tourists.... is not all. I was waiting in that line when I took the photo. What are they all waiting for? A window. More or less empty rooms with one important window. The window where the Prague Defenestration started. Needless to say I was incredibly underwhelmed.

This is the view out of said window, where (I think) two people fell down and somehow lived. ....... Anyway, much more interesting was the second floor! Look!!!

I have no idea who they all are, but isn't this pretty? Nearly all walls are covered in coats-of-arms and names and dates. I loved it. Next stop: St- George Cathedral. Not that imposing, for me personally rather bland, but interesting in terms of which elements were used for decoration. Especially the arches in an early frankish-moorish style.

At that point I was nearly unable to walk. There was one part left, a tiny street with old houses. However I do know severaly medieval tiny streets that are much more interesting so I wasn't that impressed.

And then at last the stairs of hell down the hill to the exit. Why stairs of hell? Because it was 2 uneven stair steps - then a slant with uneven stones - 2 uneven stair steps - slant - stair steps - and so on. A LONG WAY down. In winter probably deadly. In spring... not deadly but tiring. At the base the people sat down almost immediatly, on benches, on steps, on the ground. Just overall exhaustion. And that's it. As mentioned I still visited the Depeche Mode concert later that day, after returning to the hotel for a much needed rest. Our next bigger plan involves London. But that will take a while because money.

[havithreatendub4]

Accidental #headbutt to #Jeff Beck 😂😂😂

#Prague #July 11, 2022 #Jeff Beck concert @ the #Praha 9 02 Universum venue #legal team visits #headbutt

[tsu-yaa]

Went to Praha over the weekend and did a little sightseeing tour of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Film Sets. Had no time to visit the rest though

[katewalker]

Well my training in Praha is almost over, and I won't have the chance to visit the city even a little, maybe that's why I'm grateful for the opportunity of course. But I'm not convinced it was useful... Bad at talking so I felt a little bit aside despite some people talking to me. The hotel was nice tho (hope the check out will be fine since I need stuff for accounting).

Thing is I stay in other hotel back in Paris for the rest of the week so I won't have to go home and I think I'm more excited about this evn if it means i go back to work... maybe bc im treating myself here.

Anyways I miss my laptop so much. 😔

[czechoslovakembassy]

Inspirativní řeč od Baraka Obamu, který k nám dnes přišel na návštěvu do hlavního města Praha. Barak Obama mluví plynule česky díky svému dětství, které strávil v Ostravě.

Inšpiratívna reč od Baraka Obamu, ktorý ku nám dnes prišiel na návštevu do hlavného mesta Praha. Barak Obama ovláda plynule češtinu vďaka času strávenému v Ostrave v jeho detstve.

An inspiring speech by Barack Obama, who came over to visit the capital city of Prague today. Barack Obama is a fluent czech speaker thanks to his childhood spent in Ostrava.

[suburbnlegendz]

Historic Centre of Prague, Czech Republic photographed by thejuanx03 ♡

[istanbultravelers]

🪄Prague ✨ I never get tired of photographing this city. ❤️ You will be enchanted while visiting this city. 🇨🇿 . . . #praga #praha #pragueworld #prague🇨🇿 #europe_gallery #praguetravel #europedestinations #europexplorers #praguetravelers #tourbulance #czechia #living_europe #europe_vacations #prag #topeuropephoto #map_of_europe #incredible_europe #igeurope #praguetoday #visitczechrepublic #earthbestshots #instaprague #onlyinprague #visitprague #wonderful_places #wonderful_prague #praguecity #beautyofprague (Old Town Square, Prague) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clb_NOKguuV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mourinho was convinced his team should have had a penalty, and let fly with a volley of protests as Clement Turpin, the referee, ruled that Manuel Ugarte – who had his best game in a United shirt since his summer move from PSG – had committed no offence. Mourinho was at his colourful best in the post-game interviews, sarcastically calling Turpin’s the world’s best, but he will know that this was an opportunity missed against a United team still searching for cohesion and confidence. Also Read: India’s First-Ever Shooting Franchise League set to launch in 2025 The post Villa and Liverpool fly high, Spain boss Germany, and a Mourinho rant appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Fenerbache in UCL (PC: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Fenerbache/X) RevSportz Comment At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was the English Premier League table, rather than the UEFA Champions League one. Aston Villa and Liverpool are the only teams with 100 per cent records, while Manchester City in third and Arsenal in ninth have yet to concede a goal in the competition. In a week when Germany’s finest were tormented by the might of Spain’s armada, there was also an eye-catching Europa League tie that saw Jose Mourinho sent off against Manchester United, with whom he had won the competition in 2016-17. The managerial star of the show, however, was definitely Unai Emery. The 2-0 win over Bologna – Colombia’s Jhon Duran actually started a game, instead of being super sub – took Villa, the 1982 European Cup winners, to the top of the standings. If the victory over Bayern Munich on matchday 2 was wildly celebrated, the dismissal of Bologna, Serie A’s surprise packages last season, was emphatic proof of the unbelievable job Emery has done at Villa Park. Arne Slot will hope to have a similar impact at Liverpool, where he has started the thankless task of succeeding Jurgen Klopp with 11 wins from his first 12 matches in charge. Liverpool barely got out of third gear against RB Leipzig, but a poacher’s finish from the revitalised Darwin Nunez gave them a second away win in the competition following their 3-1 triumph at the San Siro against AC Milan. Slot has consciously played down the hype, insisting that the bigger challenges lie ahead, and the visits of Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid to Anfield in November will certainly give a better idea as to whether his side are legitimate contenders for the trophy Klopp won in 2018-19. Real Madrid, the holders, were in a sticky spot halfway through the rematch of the 2024 final against Borussia Dortmund. The Germans were good value for a 2-0 lead, but Vinicius Junior, who always seems to find something extra in the biggest games, delivered a virtuoso hat-trick performance to seal a thumping 5-2 win. With Kylian Mbappe settling in and Jude Bellingham on the way back to his best, Real will be hard to stop. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here Aston Villa in UCL (PC: Aston Villa/X) City, of course, will be the biggest challengers. A wonder goal from Erling Haaland was the centre piece of a 5-0 destruction of Sparta Praha. Even without Rodri, their defensive midfield stalwart ruled out for the season, City have enough options and nous to brush aside the best. Another team making light of injury concerns are FC Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong is out injured and Gavi just on his way back after a long-term knee problem. But with Pedri in sparkling form and standout performances from Fermin Lopez and Marc Casado, at the base of midfield, Bayern were outclassed in a thrilling 4-1 win. Raphinha took the match ball for his hat-trick, but it was the trio of youngsters in Barca’s midfield that stole the show as more questions came raining down on Vincent Kompany and Bayern. Diego Simeone’s stint as Atletico Madrid coach has taken in two heartbreaking Champions League final losses (2014 and 2016), but the team has regressed on the big stage since. The 3-1 home loss to Lille – the much-coveted Jonathan David scored twice – left them 28th in the 36-team table, having conceded eight times in three games. Simeone’s desire to play a more expansive and attractive style of football has come at the cost of the solidity and snarl that was the hallmark of his most successful sides. In the Europa League, Manchester United and Erik ten Hag still can’t win. Christian Eriksen’s early strike gave them the advantage in front of a hostile crowd at Fenerbahce, but it needed a jaw-dropping double-save from Andre Onana to keep them in front at half-time. Youssef En-Nesyri gave Mourinho’s team a deserved equaliser early in the second half before the incident that saw the Portuguese coach banished from the bench.

Mourinho was convinced his team should have had a penalty, and let fly with a volley of protests as Clement Turpin, the referee, ruled that Manuel Ugarte – who had his best game in a United shirt since his summer move from PSG – had committed no offence. Mourinho was at his colourful best in the post-game interviews, sarcastically calling Turpin’s the world’s best, but he will know that this was an opportunity missed against a United team still searching for cohesion and confidence. Also Read: India’s First-Ever Shooting Franchise League set to launch in 2025 The post Villa and Liverpool fly high, Spain boss Germany, and a Mourinho rant appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link