Good Morning Doggerland!

" Syg Kjærlighed " ("Sick Love") by Theodor Kittelsen (1857 - 1914) Kittelsens comment on the Absinthe-soaked autobiographical novel of the same name by Hans Jæger (1854-1910).

The boots of Stalin. He was sawn off in 1956, and never put up again. The utterly unrealistic stylized worker strides forward. This statue is huge . I think he's carrying/waving a Flak Jacket. "The hands of communism grab the world". I can't be the first to point out that it looks more like Mars. All these monuments are in a seperate "statue park" where all communist-era monuments were gathered together and are displayed.

Hussar statue in the Buda Castle Area. Statue of General Artúr Görgey in the Buda Castle Area. Hadik András, Count Andrassy; great statesman and important figure in the rise of the Hungarian nation. Andrassy give his name to the main boulevard through Pest. This statue is on the Buda side. All these four are. Saint King Istvan; lawmaker and founding father of the Hungarian nation. This well-known statue is also in the Buda Castle area, in a square just behind the "Fisherman's Bastion" which is known for it's great view.

All summer this: Every evening that:

The famous large icon of the Archangel Michael, which appeared miraculously at the site of the monastery. St. Michael is the patron saint of the island of Symi, and of sailors. There are many offerings hanging from the walls, or placed at the foot of the icon. At a nearby table sits a monk, who hands out vials of oil and icon cards. Approaching from the Sea. This monastery, which may date from the 5th century, has it's own ferry connection. The tower. In it's present form, the monastery dates from the 18th century. According to inscriptions, the last additions were added in 1783. Part of the tower photographed from inside the monastery grounds. Mosaic and icons of the Archangel. The cross. Tower balcony.

When you cross the tram lines in the centre of Krakow, you are in fact crossing the dried out river that in medieval times seperated the town of Krakow from the town of Kazimierz. And as you walk through Kazimierz,the Jewish quarter, you'll stumble across a square with open air antique stalls. I'll try to describe one. Behind the stall sits a middle aged, fairly heavy man in a rather raggy shirt and brown cap. I can't actually tell whether it's leather or not. He is unshaven, and, in the manner of antique dealers everywhere on every level, seemingly disinterested but in fact intensely aware of you as you browse his stall. On the stall I spy: 1) An enameled Mezuah with embossed Menorah. 2) A miniature bust of Stalin in bronze or brass (it's hard to tell the difference with age). 3) Numerous crucifixes of varying size and age. 4) WWII Eagle badge complete with swastika. 5) Old stained, pewter items from an incomplete Havdalah set. 6...

A soldier's prayer could be many things. A prayer for the lost and a prayer for the living. And perhaps a prayer for forgiveness and for deliverance and for wisdom and for the future of our kind.