For fun, I invite you to evaluate nine silhouettes - that is, nine types of men. It seems that both men and women have the opportunity here to look at themselves from the outside with varying degrees of seriousness, to smile a little - and perhaps also to reflect? ;)
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Whenever I receive a certificate after completing a training course, I liken myself to that squirrel from the Ice Age animated film, who stretched and stored acorns in her hollow for a rainy day and worked so hard for each one. :) This time my acorn comes from the language centre "Diversus" - certificate of English competence: presentation skills and meetings in English.
This year's was thoroughly cool and without any particular surprises or discoveries. The announced main theme - Latvia and travel - was, in my view, very weakly addressed. Museums largely made do with their permanent exhibitions, not thinking of anything additional to engage or address visitors - in other words, they didn't make an effort.
This evening on 16 May the premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" ("Don Juan") will take place at the Latvian National Opera. However, I had the opportunity on Thursday the 14th of May to be at the Opera House and see the final dress rehearsal of the opera. The dominant impression - a well-prepared and originally presented production.
The new fashion must-have of this year's spring/summer wardrobe - jewellery for lingerie. It has gained popularity throughout Europe. If a woman's choice was previously limited to fine fabrics, lace, frills, and bows, diamonds-encrusted brooches, pendants with red rubies, and rings with green emeralds on satin garter straps or pretty lace knickers are now being used.
Tango, to me, is associated with quite an intimate interplay of bodies. Of bodies specifically, not of souls. A dance danced in the street, on cobblestones, beside a café, beside a drainage gutter, in the presence of curious eyes, in defiance of oneself, one's partner, or someone watching.
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«Feria de Abril» - that is also the name of the spring festival celebrated every year in the southern Spanish province of Andalusia. This festival is especially popular in Seville, where flamenco parties go on for entire days and nights and everyone dances sevillanas. Traditional bullfights and trading also take place there. Spanish culture in its most recognisable expressions - hot-blooded music, flamenco dancing, open-hearted conversation.
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The Musée du Louvre, although in recent years associated above all with the thrilling plot of Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" and the symbolic mystery of the grandiose glass pyramid, is nevertheless a historic building rich in historical events. Most visitors, of course, gathered around Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting Mona Lisa. Even now, having seen the original with my own eyes from a few metres away, I cannot understand what everyone finds in it.
The weather truly indulged us and in just a few days we were able to see quite a lot of Paris - its most famous sights and architectural masterpieces. So let us briefly walk through the central districts of Paris once more. If asked to name the symbol of Paris, most people would certainly mention the Eiffel Tower. The 320 m tall tower was built in 1889 for the World's Fair and was originally intended for demolition later on. But its popularity was so great that the tower stands and functions to this very day.
While the taste of Parisian spring is still on my lips, I must write. The weather there was not exactly spring-like but more closely resembled early June in Latvia. Despite the fairly expensive entry ticket, I would definitely recommend that all visitors to Paris visit the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge. A magnificent and unforgettable show that provides genuine pleasure.