At our table sit probably the five healthiest persons in the whole art camp – Lozje, Gaya, Clemens, Patrick and me. At least we should be, given that we eat – with breakfast, lunch and dinner – raw garlic and hot peppers. Professor Clemens (South Korea) started the...
Alba Iulia is a 30 minute drive from Aiud. We went there yesterday, to see the sights before the opening of the solo exhibitions of three artists, Éva Andrea Szőcs (Hungary) & Georgiana Cozma (Romania) and Lojze Kalinsek (Slovenia) at the National Museum of...
With apologies, this post covers the first three days of this week. I don’t know about the others, but I feel like I alone have been battling the serious heat here in Aiud. Coming from the chill of last week, this feels like I have stayed too long in a sauna. Since...
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST Saturday morning, we had barely finished our bread and spread, when news came that we had 15 minutes to grab our stuff and be ready to head down the mountain. The fog was rolling in, and if we did not leave soon, we’d be trapped for several more...
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST I shall miss Domžalski dom. This has been my place of refuge and sanctuary for the past week. I shall miss the hot coffees – with fresh milk! – the friendliness of the hardworking ladies on staff, especially Maria Nadvesnik (photo right), who never...
THURSDAY 7 AUGUST Here we go again… climbing mountains. Right after breakfast, we left for our morning walk, except this time it was more of a climb, with the promise of fresh cow’s cheese and soured milk at the end. We took off at a leisurely pace, passing several...