Category: architecture
The Bauhaus Building, Dessau
Our second stop in Dessau was the Bauhaus school building itself. Let a 1979 Krautrock track accompany you on this post. More 70’s Kraurock at spotify:playlist:3poTntSnquikPDgA4Vx5vO A lot of the academic-sounding text in these Bauhaus posts were partially taken from our purchased books, pamphlets we picked up on site, as well as the copious volumes
The brand new Bauhaus Museum Dessau (in 2019)
Since it was not possible to do much traveling in 2020, we do not have many photos left to share from last year. Going back …, 2019 was the centenary year of the founding of the Bauhaus school in Germany. We took a pilgrimage tour of the three German cities where the Bauhaus school existed:
Riads and Dars, part 3
This is the last of a series of posts which document our experiences in several traditional moroccan hotels, known as riads or dars. The earlier posts are here and here. In Fes, we tried to stay in Riad Fes but it was fully booked. The riad is situated in the medina and guests are expected
Kasbah at Telouet, Home of the Pasha of Marrakech
On our way to Essaouira from Ouarzazate, we took a detour on P1506 to see Telouet Kasbah, but passing Ait Benhaddou (a United Nations Word Heritage site which regrettably we did not stop to explore). To accompany your reading, highly recommended is Stephen Micus’s quiet contemplative Nomad Songs published by ECM. We arrived at Telouet