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Photo Essay: Capturing Croatia

The ten days I spent in Croatia in the fall of 2012 feel like they are ages away... Every once in a while though - meaning every time I get too annoyed with cold feet and German winter - I go through my photos again, and dream myself back to pebble beaches, shimmering blue water, narrow cobblestone streets, and delicious seafood. I know my previous Croatia posts have all the corny clichés covered, but I still wasn't sure they captured this beautiful Balkan country adequately. Sure, I had never imagined that water could naturally be so very blue like the [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:32:03+02:002013/01/21|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Croatia, Europe, Photo Essay|11 Comments

Photo Essay: The Most Perfect Beach Sunset

Call me corny, but there's nothing more romantic than a sunset on the beach. No matter how often I'm lucky enough to experience such a combination of two of the most gorgeous sides of nature, I'm always awestruck before this colorful beauty anew. This Picturesque Monday photo was taken in Caravelos, a little beach town close to Lisbon. And it has a little background story that makes it even more cheesy romantic: I was studying abroad in Portugal at the time and hadn't seen Steffen in two months. He came to visit me for a weekend in late October, and I [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:32:11+02:002013/01/14|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Photo Essay, Portugal|8 Comments

Photo Essay: Books, Books, Books!

I love books. I'm a huge bookworm. And despite all the apparent benefits of Kindles and other e-Readers, I will never ever prefer an e-book over an actual one. I love the smell of books. I love the sounds when running through the pages. I love how a hardcover, or the pages feel. And - I think books are THE best fitment. Nothing makes an apartment more comfortable than books... Of course, book stores and libraries are the places I feel at home right away. One of the most amazing book stores I have been to so far, was Ler Devagar [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:32:29+02:002013/01/07|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Art, Europe, Lisbon, Photo Essay, Portugal|16 Comments

Photo Essay: Happy New Year!

After having gone through the highlights and memorable moments of 2012, after having written down the resolutions for 2013, the New Year is here after all! I'm sure 2013 will be a year for new experiences, challenges, and lessons for all of us! And what's next for me? Honestly - I don't know. In less than three months my Master's thesis is due. So I'm trying to focus on my university work for now, although my sateless travel urge can never be fully suppressed. I'm not booked for anything concrete in 2013 yet, but I'm planning for a few weekend [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:32:37+02:002012/12/31|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Photo Essay|0 Comments

Photo Essay: Merry Christmas!

Without many more words: I wish you all a merry Christmas! Enjoy being with your loved ones and have the most wonderful time - wherever you are in the world!

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:35:45+02:002012/12/24|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Photo Essay|4 Comments

Photo Essay: The Façades of Ljubljana

Ljubljana was an amazingly pleasant surprise. I had heard about the city's beauty before, but when I got there it turned out that Ljubljana is way more than just beautiful. The Slovenian capital is surrounded by mountains and woods - although you are in a country's capital, you still feel like you are in a little mountain city. Ljubljana has everything a fancy big city has - beautiful stylish people, chic cafés, fashionable second-hand shops, and street art. But at the same time it also broadcasts this wonderful cozy atmosphere that makes you like it and feel at home there immediately. [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:33:46+02:002012/12/17|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Ljubljana, Photo Essay, Slovenia|13 Comments

Photo Essay: The Christmas Carousel in Leipzig

It's the Christmas season - time for Christmas markets, lights, hot drinks, and coziness. Today, I visited the Christmas market in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Although I've moved and traveled around Germany for the longest time of my life, I had never been to the state of Saxony until now. Among the people living in the former Western German states the "East" tends to have a bad reputation, but I was absolutely positively surprised! Leipzig is incredibly beautiful... especially with all the Christmas lights and the fragrant smells of food and mulled wine in the air. My picturesque Christmas highlight: The old-fashioned [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:34:00+02:002012/12/10|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Germany, Photo Essay|4 Comments

Photo Essay: The Louvre in the Rain

Paris in the rain is one of the prettiest clichés in the world... Paris is gorgeous in the sunshine, romantic at night - but it feels most unreal and beautiful in the rain. This may sound like a combination of a Woody Allen movie and a Cole Porter song, but for me it's most certainly true. When I was about to enter the central square of the Palais du Louvre last month in Paris there was a sudden massive cloudburst. Within seconds the downpour wetted the large Louvre court. All the tourists that were posing in front of the pyramid before [...]

By Julika|2013-06-23T22:29:23+02:002012/12/03|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, France, Museums, Paris, Photo Essay|2 Comments

Photo Essay: The Cathedral of Cologne

In my very first semester of art history back in 2007 I took a class called "The Medieval Cathedral"... not only because I loved Gothic cathedrals ever since I saw one for the first time, but also because my professor had a field trip planned. He had some connections to the stonemasons' workshop, which could offer us a behind the scenes tour. Now, what is "behind the scenes" when it comes to a medieval cathedral? My art historian's dream come true: The roof! The passages above the vaults! The restoration workshop! The triforium! Everything you might know is there, but [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:34:12+02:002012/11/26|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Architecture, churches, Germany, medieval, Photo Essay|2 Comments

Photo Essay: Lisbon’s Road to the Orient

Lisbon is famous for the old medieval quarters and romantic balconies with fresh washed laundry... But the city also has a more modern side to it: The former industrial area in Lisbon's east had a bad reputation until it was completely remodeled for the world exhibition Expo in 1998. Since 1998 was the 500 year anniversary of Vasco da Gama's famous reaching of India via ship - one of the proudest moments in Portuguese history - the district was dedicated to him and Portugal's Golden Age. The fancy new train station there was named Oriente after da Gama's discovering of the [...]

By Julika|2013-05-07T04:34:33+02:002012/11/19|Categories: Art History, Photo Essay|Tags: Europe, Lisbon, Photo Essay, Portugal|4 Comments