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Tenerife 6
La Recova de Tenerife is not an ancient market. It was opened in 1943. and was thriving for several decades, when the introduction of big merchants and, later on, big retailers significantly undermined the popularity of the place. After it was nearly abandoned by the city officials, it reinvented itself as a self-managing co-operative. The…
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Tenerife 5
Barranco de Santos is a dry riverbed going straight through the urban centre of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It was dry at the time I took the picture, but you might have guessed that it is prone to flash flooding due to the hefty width of its channel. While the riverbed is usually dry, the…
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Podcasts I like: The History of Egypt by Dominic Perry
Listening to podcasts is a great way to make your daily commute easier. I’ve been listening to podcasts for some time now, although I am a latecomer: podcasts are “old things” now. By listening to admittedly small number of them, I can say that some are great, some are just good, and from some I’ve…
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Kratka povijest imunizacije i njenih protivnika
Kad pričamo o imunizaciji, prevladavajuće je mišljenje kako je riječ o ne tako davno osmišljenom postupku, praktički izumu moderne znanosti – na što se često i lako nadovežu protivnici cijepljenja sa argumentom kako je riječ o modernoj proceduri koja je smišljena zato da bi nas učinila bolesnim i donijela zaradu farmaceutskoj industriji. No, tome nije…
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Zagrebački blockchain
Kako nas lijepo izvještava Večernji list, Zagreb će uskoro kupiti konzultantske usluge za izradu strategije uvođenja blockchain tehnologije u svoje poslovne procese. Objašnjenje razloga u tekstu dala je, vjerojatno ni kriva ni dužna, zamjenica gradonačelnika Olivera Majić: “To je dio šire transformacije poslovnih procesa u gradu koja nam ide jako dobro”. O čemu se točno radi…
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Licenca za riječ
U interviewu Večernjem listu ministrica kulture Nina Obuljen Koržinek izrekla je rečenicu koja mi je odmah zapela za oko: “Svjesni smo da se nedopušteni sadržaji često dijele anonimno, a sloboda mišljenja i govora je sloboda osobe s imenom i prezimenom.” Nalazim pomalo neobičnom činjenicu da se ovim bavi jedna ministrica kulture, a ne ministar unutrašnjih…
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Tenerife 4
Now, I might have gotten my references mixed up, but this one should be a statue erected at the time of Franco’s regime. Francisco Franco was a dictator who ruled Spain for four decades and saw a victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936. (in no small part thanks to the aid from Hitler,…
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Tenerife 3
What strikes me here is the mild climate creating a perpetual spring. The winter months are relatively warm, with night temperatures rarely going below a two-digit number and the summer months are hot, but there’s the ocean breeze that makes the life more than bearable. Walking this street in Santa Cruz de Tenerife I felt…
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Tenerife 2
The volcanic nature of Tenerife is easy to recognise: human settlements are either hugging the coast or lean against the steep slopes. Mount Teide, with its peak Pico del Teide at a remarkable height of 3718m above sea level dominates the island. It is an active volcano, yet it hasn’t even coughed for more than hundred…
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Tenerife
Since Google announced eventual shutting down of G+ where I’ve spent years with my travel blog, I’ve exiled myself to this place. I am going to post in parallel to both G+ and this travel blog for as long as the service exists (should be a couple more weeks, I guess). I do hope that…