From: Lucian Mogosanu Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:59:12 +0000 (+0300) Subject: posts: 0a1 X-Git-Url: https://git.mogosanu.ro/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6c81e96c900955834be4dadd94e3dc411c8411f6;p=thetarpit.git posts: 0a1 --- diff --git a/drafts/000-kavarna.markdown b/drafts/000-kavarna.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 048a370..0000000 --- a/drafts/000-kavarna.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,185 +0,0 @@ ---- -postid: 000 -title: Варна nu-i Каварна -date: September 18, 2019 -author: Lucian Mogoșanu -tags: in-the-flesh ---- - -Note to the reader: we are not going to talk about Варна, nor -(technically speaking) about Каварна. In fact, we're not gonna talk -about Варна at all, we're gonna keep her out of it! - -So in short, this September began with a trip to the Bulgarian seaside, -where I plunged into the salty waters belonging to ye olde -[Black Sea][mangalia] and let myself taken away by the waves for a while -there. One living in southern Romania usually chooses Bulgaria for such -trips because, for one, the golden sands or whatever are close enough to -the Bukreșian shithole; and for the other, because the Bulgarian -littoral is much [cheaper][logz-1910106] than the Romanian one, despite -the difficulty in finding sand to lie on, most of Bulgaria's sea opening -consisting of tall rocky cliffs. - -Thus most of this post will consist of sea shots, like this one: - - - -or this one: - - - -or these other ones: - - - - - - - - - -Well, there's also a castle tower in this last one, so as to not bore -the reader. Also to keep the reader scrolling -- I heard that's the new -cool business nowadays, bringing tons of those benjies in the purse, -keeping folks swipin' on their smartpnojes -- I present to you some sky -shots, now also with birds! - - - - - - - - - -Above: a nighttime shot of the sea *and* the sky, because I can. Below: -a map of Dobrogea, including its southern part -- known among -Romanian-speaking folks as the Cadrilater, nowadays part of northern -Bulgaria -- lying on the ceiling of a restaurant in Balchik. The map's -likely pre-1900, judging by the script denoting Bucharest and other -towns; then there's other weirds, such as a "Giurgiz" at the north of -Bucharest; and a "Csernavoda" at the south of Russe[^1]; and then -[Mangalia][mangalia], Murfatlar, Cobadin and Tuzla all seem to be -correctly depicted; heck, even that [old one][citadel] is on the map, -yet nobody seemed to give a fuck about Constanța at the time? Well! - - - -I was joking back on the road to Kavarna that I'ma retake the Cadrilater -back, but joke or no joke, it seems that everyone in Balchik already -speaks Romanian -- owing, no doubt, to the main attraction there, the -royal castle belonging to Ferdinand and his Maria. As far as I can tell, -the woman had taste: just look at that tower in the photo above, and, -say: - - - - - - - -Above: a tortoise, after being disturbed by yours truly, had the good -manners (or perhaps it was only the curiosity?) to take its head out and -pose for a photo. Below: an old man with a gray hair in the shape of a(n -even older) lion, opens its mossy mouth and, similarly, poses. - - - - - -The statuette above is just amazed of something. Below, I'm going to -further bore you with a set of flower shots. What would be a Tarpitian -photopost without a set of flower shots? It wouldn't be a *proper* -Tarpitian photopost, I tells ya. - - - - - - - -... in which I discover that my stock camera lens can take decent macro -shots if properly whipped. Below, a garden: - - - - - -Above: a plaque with some dude's name on it. Y'know, it occurs to me -from the mediocre hotel service that the main difference between -Bulgarians and Romanians is that the former are at least trying to be -helpful, while the latter are just fucked in the hea... wait, haven't we -heard [that][klausenburg] before? Numerous times, I've stopped counting. - -Anyway, no other difference between the two peoples other than the -language. Thus I've used this trip as yet another occasion to expose -myself to Kiril's writing, which means that by now I should at least be -able to read Stan's Russian quotes a tad faster. No one said anything -about understanding them, though. - -Below: Dobrogea, be it the Romanian or the Bulgarian one, is full of -these. - - - -This is where I stop and ask the dear reader to switch their attention -back to photos "-03" and "-05", y'know, "these other ones" in the beach -photosession. The beach isn't the star of our photos there, you see, -it's Cap Caliacra -- also shown in the map at "-10"; you are keeping -track of this, are you not? So here's a bunch of pieces from the other -side: - - - - - -So since we were at the cape, we went at the famous Dalboka mussel farm, -where I initially said I'd have some pork and ended up having some -decent and quite cheap mussels. Definitely worth trying, though if -you're going to go there during the colder seasons, I'm warning you that -the road to the farm turns into a steep slope at some point, so you -might want to go there with a proper car. - -We conclude this story with a very neat photo of Dalbokian shores, taken -with the girl's phone. From what I see, they manage to pack pretty good -cameras on these pnojes nowadays, yes-yes, with Sony sensors, I -expect. What's surprising is that they manage to fit decent lenses in -that small space, which... well, still no match for a DSLR *yet*, but -who knows. - - - -[^1]: Which has nothing to do with the Cernavodă where they recently - built the nuclear power plants. That one's depicted on the map as - As-chioi? Anyway, there's a Chervena Voda near Ruse, but what, did - the blackwater turn red in ten decades, or what? - -[mangalia]: /posts/y05/08e-mangalia.html -[logz-1910106]: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/trilema/2019-04-27#1910106 -[citadel]: /posts/y04/068-the-story-of-the-citadel.html -[klausenburg]: /posts/y05/07d-klausenburg.html diff --git a/posts/y06/0a1-kavarna.markdown b/posts/y06/0a1-kavarna.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..600e795 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/y06/0a1-kavarna.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +--- +postid: 0a1 +title: Варна nu-i Каварна +date: September 18, 2019 +author: Lucian Mogoșanu +tags: in-the-flesh +--- + +Note to the reader: we are not going to talk about Варна, nor +(technically speaking) about Каварна. In fact, we're not gonna talk +about Варна at all, we're gonna keep her out of it! + +So in short, this September began with a trip to the Bulgarian seaside, +where I plunged into the salty waters belonging to ye olde +[Black Sea][mangalia] and let myself taken away by the waves for a while +there. One living in southern Romania usually chooses Bulgaria for such +trips because, for one, the golden sands or whatever are close enough to +the Bukreșian shithole; and for the other, because the Bulgarian +littoral is much [cheaper][logz-1910106] than the Romanian one, despite +the difficulty in finding sand to lie on, most of Bulgaria's sea opening +consisting of tall rocky cliffs. + +Thus most of this post will consist of sea shots, like this one: + + + +or this one: + + + +or these other ones: + + + + + + + + + +Well, there's also a castle tower in this last one, so as to not bore +the reader. Also to keep the reader scrolling -- I heard that's the new +cool business nowadays, bringing tons of those benjies in the purse, +keeping folks swipin' on their smartpnojes -- I present to you some sky +shots, now also with birds! + + + + + + + + + +Above: a nighttime shot of the sea *and* the sky, because I can. Below: +a map of Dobrogea, including its southern part -- known among +Romanian-speaking folks as the Cadrilater, nowadays part of northern +Bulgaria -- lying on the ceiling of a restaurant in Balchik. The map's +likely pre-1900, judging by the script denoting Bucharest and other +towns; then there's other weirds, such as a "Giurgiz" at the north of +Bucharest; and a "Csernavoda" at the south of Russe[^1]; and then +[Mangalia][mangalia], Murfatlar, Cobadin and Tuzla all seem to be +correctly depicted; heck, even that [old one][citadel] is on the map, +yet nobody seemed to give a fuck about Constanța at the time? Well! + + + +I was joking back on the road to Kavarna that I'ma retake the Cadrilater +back, but joke or no joke, it seems that everyone in Balchik already +speaks Romanian -- owing, no doubt, to the main attraction there, the +royal castle belonging to Ferdinand and his Maria. As far as I can tell, +the woman had taste: just look at that tower in the photo above, and, +say: + + + + + + + +Above: a tortoise, after being disturbed by yours truly, had the good +manners (or perhaps it was only the curiosity?) to take its head out and +pose for a photo. Below: an old man with a gray hair in the shape of a(n +even older) lion, opens its mossy mouth and, similarly, poses. + + + + + +The statuette above is just amazed of something. Below, I'm going to +further bore you with a set of flower shots. What would be a Tarpitian +photopost without a set of flower shots? It wouldn't be a *proper* +Tarpitian photopost, I tells ya. + + + + + + + +... in which I discover that my stock camera lens can take decent macro +shots if properly whipped. Below, a garden: + + + + + +Above: a plaque with some dude's name on it. Y'know, it occurs to me +from the mediocre hotel service that the main difference between +Bulgarians and Romanians is that the former are at least trying to be +helpful, while the latter are just fucked in the hea... wait, haven't we +heard [that][klausenburg] before? Numerous times, I've stopped counting. + +Anyway, no other difference between the two peoples other than the +language. Thus I've used this trip as yet another occasion to expose +myself to Kiril's writing, which means that by now I should at least be +able to read Stan's Russian quotes a tad faster. No one said anything +about understanding them, though. + +Below: Dobrogea, be it the Romanian or the Bulgarian one, is full of +these. + + + +This is where I stop and ask the dear reader to switch their attention +back to photos "-03" and "-05", y'know, "these other ones" in the beach +photosession. The beach isn't the star of our photos there, you see, +it's Cap Caliacra -- also shown in the map at "-10"; you are keeping +track of this, are you not? So here's a bunch of pieces from the other +side: + + + + + +So since we were at the cape, we went at the famous Dalboka mussel farm, +where I initially said I'd have some pork and ended up having some +decent and quite cheap mussels. Definitely worth trying, though if +you're going to go there during the colder seasons, I'm warning you that +the road to the farm turns into a steep slope at some point, so you +might want to go there with a proper car. + +We conclude this story with a very neat photo of Dalbokian shores, taken +with the girl's phone. From what I see, they manage to pack pretty good +cameras on these pnojes nowadays, yes-yes, with Sony sensors, I +expect. What's surprising is that they manage to fit decent lenses in +that small space, which... well, still no match for a DSLR *yet*, but +who knows. + + + +[^1]: Which has nothing to do with the Cernavodă where they recently + built the nuclear power plants. That one's depicted on the map as + As-chioi? Anyway, there's a Chervena Voda near Ruse, but what, did + the blackwater turn red in ten decades, or what? + +[mangalia]: /posts/y05/08e-mangalia.html +[logz-1910106]: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/trilema/2019-04-27#1910106 +[citadel]: /posts/y04/068-the-story-of-the-citadel.html +[klausenburg]: /posts/y05/07d-klausenburg.html