+++ /dev/null
----
-postid: 08f
-title: Temeschwar
-date: May 11, 2019
-author: Lucian Mogoșanu
-tags: in-the-flesh
----
-
-<p style="text-align: right">*Now with moar bigger, longer and uncutter.*</p>
-
-Moving (that is, our fine asses) from the Ottoman slash Phanariote
-outskirts of the heart of [Bükreş][bucharest] to the
-[Österreich][austria]-Ungarischen outskirts of Темишвар took only a tad
-over ten hours, via post-modern[^1] CFR. Below, the reader can admire a
-view of the town as seen when arriving from all directions towards the
-centre -- or the other way around, whichever you prefer.
-
-TODO: DSC_0332 -- timisoara-01
-
-TODO: DSC_0498 -- timisoara-02
-
-Above: train residing in Timișoara Nord -- situated in the southwestern
-corner of town. Below: Bega, also situated (among others) in the
-southwestern corner.
-
-TODO: DSC_0447 -- timisoara-03
-
-TODO: DSC_0378 -- timisoara-04
-
-TODO: DSC_0261 -- timisoara-05
-
-The beautiful Timișorean parks and gardens house, in order: trees,
-
-TODO: DSC_0284 -- timisoara-06
-
-flowers
-
-TODO: DSC_0288? -- timisoara-07
-
-TODO: DSC_0336 -- timisoara-08
-
-TODO: DSC_0338 -- timisoara-09
-
-TODO: DSC_0346 -- timisoara-10
-
-TODO: DSC_0449 -- timisoara-11
-
-little cultural "houses of reading"
-
-TODO: DSC_0312 -- timisoara-12
-
-TODO: DSC_0314 -- timisoara-13
-
-and, of course, other assorted [cultural layers][btcbase-1911470].
-
-TODO: DSC_0286 -- timisoara-14
-
-In case you're curious, the photo above was taken in the Botanical Park,
-which, judging by the booth at the entrance, once had an entrance
-fee. Nowadays, however, entrance is open to [allcomers][allcomers], a
-set including, by the way, assorted orcs who are quite ready to turn
-everything they touch into shit, piss, vomit and so on. I hope you're
-happy with your beautiful [democracy][democracy] and all the benefits it
-gives you.
-
-Wait, you thought we're done? Actually, we've just begun -- I did say
-this was going to be long, didn't I? Below: a few shots from the
-Timișoara town centre.
-
-TODO: DSC_0273 -- timisoara-15
-
-TODO: DSC_0279 -- timisoara-16
-
-TODO: DSC_0325 -- timisoara-17
-
-TODO: DSC_0354 -- timisoara-18
-
-TODO: DSC_0503? -- timisoara-19
-
-TODO: DSC_0534 -- timisoara-20
-
-Below, Timișoara urban mural art circa 2019. If I were to structure the
-post, I'd say this was section one of five or something, with everything
-above being the prologue.
-
-TODO: DSC_0260 -- timisoara-21
-
-TODO: DSC_0329 -- timisoara-22
-
-Above: we get lost in your beautiful. Below: Ion Sulea.
-
-TODO: DSC_0453 -- timisoara-23
-
-TODO: DSC_0454 -- timisoara-24
-
-Above: eyes; and hands. Below: surreal stuff.
-
-TODO: DSC_0460 -- timisoara-25
-
-TODO: DSC_0567? -- timisoara-26
-
-TODO: DSC_0553 -- timisoara-27
-
-Above: place for sighing. Below: weird stuff.
-
-TODO: DSC_0591 -- timisoara-28
-
-Up next: we take a look at the variety of architectural designs
-Timișoara has on display. Below: a church of sorts.
-
-TODO: DSC_0268 -- timisoara-29
-
-TODO: DSC_0280 -- timisoara-30
-
-TODO: DSC_0456 -- timisoara-31
-
-Above: various buildings. Below: narațiune în râmă.
-
-TODO: DSC_0513 -- timisoara-32
-
-TODO: DSC_0514 -- timisoara-33
-
-Above: tune in to 88.8 FM! Below: one hell of a coloured building.
-
-TODO: DSC_0540 -- timisoara-34
-
-Now, for a short intermission -- below, rare sighting of a
-tram. Timișoara public transportation is, much like the one in
-Bucharest, destined entirely to locals[^2] and entirely absent when you
-actually need it. Fortunately for whoever's visiting, the town's
-walkable when they're not in a hurry, and when they are there are taxis
-aplenty.
-
-TODO: DSC_0563 -- timisoara-35
-
-Up next: the doors. Well,not *The* doors, but certainly the ones I've
-photographed. Below: a door leading into thin air.
-
-TODO: DSC_0509 -- timisoara-36
-
-TODO: DSC_0566 -- timisoara-37
-
-Above: door leading into nameless alley. Below: someone's being a
-smart-ass.
-
-TODO: DSC_0583 -- timisoara-38
-
-TODO: DSC_0597? -- timisoara-39
-
-Up next: statuettes, each one more peculiar than the other. Below:
-she-wolf with baby human wolflings, looking at a tree.
-
-TODO: DSC_0271 -- timisoara-40
-
-TODO: DSC_0511 -- timisoara-41
-
-Above, one of the baby wolflings, now grown into a man, leading his
-people, the Romanians, to great success! Below: Adam, holding his
-favourite woman; followed by Eve and her favourite snake.
-
-TODO: DSC_0326 -- timisoara-42
-
-TODO: DSC_0537 -- timisoara-43
-
-TODO: DSC_0524 -- timisoara-44
-
-Above: child, accompanied by manouche jazz orchestra. Below: "I'm
-[the slime][the-slime] oozing out of your TV set".
-
-TODO: DSC_0547 -- timisoara-45
-
-TODO: DSC_0586 -- timisoara-46
-
-Above: I've no fuckin' idea.
-
-Below, an epilogue: nonchallange.
-
-TODO: DSC_0622 -- timisoara-47
-
-Just in case you're thinking this was the actual "uncut" version, I'll
-have you know that the almost fifty photos above were selected out of a
-set of more than three hundred. This being said, I'm pretty sure that I
-haven't seen quite the half of it, and this doesn't even include the
-things I've seen and haven't photographed, such as the stuff at the Art
-Museum. But I'm already out of space, so until next time...
-
-[^1]: "Post-modern" here means the following: modernity being over, then
- so are its means and fundamental characteristics, and thusly so are
- sane means of transportation. Trains are a thing of the '30s and the
- '70s and really, who the fuck needs railways in 2020. As a
- consequence, they now go at the average speed of 55m/h, almost as
- fast as that [iuțeală maximă][sinaia-tren], sometimes going as low
- as 30. Granted, this at least gave us a good view of the Danube over
- at the Iron Gates and... the beauty of Oltenia, I suppose. Too bad
- that we chose our departing trip at night.
-
- By now, I'm fairly sure that Timișoara is better connected (both
- road-wise and railway-wise) to the West than it is to the capital,
- which makes me wonder what the fuck is it doing as part of Romania
- in the first place. Anyway, I shall put this here for posterity: if
- you ever hear me saying I'm travelling to Western Romania (or in any
- big town in Romania, as far as Romanian towns go) other than by
- plane, give me a good slapping.
-
-[^2]: How else do you explain the facts that a. tickets are only sold as
- electronic cards that b. can only be purchased using a valid
- national ID; c. aren't provided upfront, but after a bunch of days;
- and d. are only available at one of a few select locations that
- e.g. don't include the train station.
-
- Of course, tickets *aren't* available for purchase in the tram
- itself, because who the fuck would want to do that.
-
-[bucharest]: /posts/y05/07f-bucharest-ii.html
-[sinaia-tren]: /posts/y05/08d-sinaia.html#selection-282.0-282.3
-[btcbase-1911470]: http://btcbase.org/log/2019-05-06#1911470
-[allcomers]: http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=allcomers
-[democracy]: http://trilema.com/2016/sensitivity-human-rights-democracy/
-[the-slime]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sREpqDiUo
-[austria]: http://trilema.com/2019/diccionariul-banacean-de-lucruri-fapte-si-locuri-imdepartate-si-inportante/#selection-50.0-50.1
--- /dev/null
+---
+postid: 08f
+title: Temeschwar
+date: May 13, 2019
+author: Lucian Mogoșanu
+tags: in-the-flesh
+---
+
+<p style="text-align: right">*Now moar bigger, longer and uncutter-er.*</p>
+
+Moving (that is, our fine asses) from the Ottoman slash Phanariote
+outskirts of the heart of [Bükreş][bucharest] to the
+[Österreich][austria]-Ungarischen outskirts of Темишвар took only a tad
+over ten hours, via post-modern[^1] Rotrain. Below, the reader can
+admire a view of the town as seen when arriving from all directions
+towards the centre -- or the other way around, whichever you prefer.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-01.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-01-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-02.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-02-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: train residing in Timișoara Nord -- situated in the southwestern
+corner of town. Below: Bega, also situated (among others) in the
+southwestern corner.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-03.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-03-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-04.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-04-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-05.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-05-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+The beautiful Timișorean parks and gardens house, in order: trees,
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-06.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-06-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+flowers,
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-08.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-08-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-09.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-09-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-10.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-10-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-11.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-11-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+little cultural "houses of reading"
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-12.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-12-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-13.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-13-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+and, of course, other assorted [cultural layers][btcbase-1911470].
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-14.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-14-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+In case you're curious, the photo above was taken in the Botanical Park,
+which, judging by the booth at the entrance, once had an entrance
+fee. Nowadays, however, entrance is open to [allcomers][allcomers], a
+set including, by the way, allorcs who are quite ready to turn
+everything they touch into shit, piss, vomit and so on. I hope you're
+happy with your beautiful [democracy][democracy] and all the benefits it
+gives you.
+
+Wait, you thought we're done? Actually, we've just begun -- I did say
+this was going to be long, didn't I? Below: a few shots from the
+Timișoara town centre.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-15.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-15-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-16.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-16-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-17.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-17-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-18.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-18-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-20.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-20-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Below, Timișoara urban mural art circa 2019. If I were to structure the
+post, I'd say this was section one of five or something, with everything
+above being the prologue.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-21.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-21-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-22.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-22-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: we get lost in your beautiful. Below: Ion Sulea.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-23.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-23-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-24.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-24-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: eyes; and hands. Below: surreal stuff.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-25.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-25-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-27.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-27-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: place for sighing. Below: weird stuff.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-28.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-28-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Up next: we take a look at the variety of architectural designs
+Timișoara has on display. Below: a church of sorts.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-29.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-29-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-30.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-30-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-31.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-31-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: various buildings, e.g. last one belongs to the Poor Clerics of
+Something-or-The-Other. Below: narațiune în râmă.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-32.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-32-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-33.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-33-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: tune in to 88.8 FM! Below: one hell of a coloured building.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-34.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-34-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Now, for a short intermission -- below, rare sighting of a
+tram. Timișoara public transportation is, much like the one in
+Bucharest, destined entirely to locals[^2] and entirely absent when you
+actually need it. Fortunately for whoever's visiting, the town's
+walkable when they're not in a hurry, and when they are there are taxis
+aplenty.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-35.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-35-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Up next: the doors. Well,not *The* doors, but certainly the ones I've
+photographed. Below: a door leading into thin air, on the second floor
+of a building.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-36.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-36-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-37.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-37-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: door leading into nameless alley. Below: someone's being a
+smart-ass.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-38.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-38-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Up next: statuettes, each one more peculiar than the other. Below:
+she-wolf with baby human wolflings, looking at a tree.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-40.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-40-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-41.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-41-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above, one of the baby wolflings, now grown into a man, leading his
+people, the Romanianans, to great success! Below: Adam, holding his
+favourite woman; followed by Eve and her favourite snake.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-42.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-42-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-43.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-43-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-44.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-44-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: child, accompanied by manouche jazz orchestra. Below: "I'm
+[the slime][the-slime] oozing out of your TV set".
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-45.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-45-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-46.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-46-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Above: I've no fuckin' idea.
+
+Below, an epilogue: nonchallange.
+
+<a href="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-47.png"> <img align="middle"
+class="thumb" src="/uploads/2019/05/timisoara-47-thumb.png"> </a>
+
+Just in case you're thinking this was the actual "uncut" version, I'll
+have you know that the forty-five or so photos above were selected out
+of a set of more than three hundred. This being said, I'm pretty sure
+that I haven't seen quite the half of it, and this doesn't even include
+the things I've seen and haven't photographed, such as the stuff at the
+Art Museum. But I'm already out of space, so until next time...
+
+[^1]: "Post-modern" here means the following: modernity being over, then
+ so are its means and fundamental characteristics, and thusly so are
+ sane means of transportation. Trains are a thing of the '30s and the
+ '70s and really, who the fuck needs railways in 2020. As a
+ consequence, they now go at the average speed of 55m/h, almost as
+ fast as that [iuțeală maximă][sinaia-tren] back more than a century
+ ago, sometimes going as low as 30. Granted, this at least gave us a
+ good view of the Danube over at the Iron Gates and... the beauty of
+ Oltenia, I suppose. Too bad that we chose our departing trip at
+ night.
+
+ By now I've realized that Timișoara is better connected (both
+ road-wise and railway-wise) to the West than it is to the capital,
+ which makes me wonder what the fuck is it doing as part of Romania
+ in the first place. Anyway, I shall put this here for posterity: if
+ you ever hear me saying I'm travelling to Western Romania (or in any
+ big town in Romania, as far as Romanian towns go) other than by
+ plane, give me a good slapping.
+
+[^2]: How else do you explain the facts that a. tickets are only sold as
+ electronic cards that b. can only be purchased using a valid
+ national ID; c. aren't provided upfront, but after a bunch of days;
+ and d. are only available at one of a few select locations that
+ e.g. don't include the train station.
+
+ Of course, tickets *aren't* available for purchase in the tram
+ itself, nor in the tram station in most places, as counter-intuitive
+ as this might sound to civilized people.
+
+[bucharest]: /posts/y05/07f-bucharest-ii.html
+[austria]: http://trilema.com/2019/diccionariul-banacean-de-lucruri-fapte-si-locuri-imdepartate-si-inportante/#selection-50.0-50.1
+[sinaia-tren]: /posts/y05/08d-sinaia.html#selection-282.0-282.3
+[btcbase-1911470]: http://btcbase.org/log/2019-05-06#1911470
+[allcomers]: http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=allcomers
+[democracy]: http://trilema.com/2016/sensitivity-human-rights-democracy/
+[the-slime]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sREpqDiUo
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