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34 in Toulouse (183)

July 2, 2023

Do you want to know my dear reader how I celebrated my first 34 years of life in Toulouse?In today’s post I’ll tell you about this beautiful city in France, and what does “switcheó” mean 👀 34 en Toulouse 01/07/2019, Toulouse, France 🇳🇱 Since it’s my birthday time, I’ll remember another place I visited a couple of years ago: Toulouse. I arrived to that city because of something as random as choosing a place for the price of the air tickets, as I had mentioned I do in yesterday’s post. I liked the city: not too big and not too small by European standards, still with a certain charm of the historical centre, nice riverbanks, and with a fresh air of a young city… not because the city is young of course, but because there are a lot of young people. I remember getting a fairly central room in a hotel with few stars and a lot of surprises, where I stayed between 28/06 and 02/07/2019. The hotel was close to a local market which I visited several times, and where I bought fresh fruits that I brought with me during my walks. Human scale If there is one thing I did in Toulouse, it was walking, lots and lots of walking. The city seemed to me to have the perfect human scale to be explored on foot. Although it was summer, the temperature was still acceptable so as not to die of dehydration under the sun. On one of these walks I discovered a giant park, full of people, in a sort of electronic music festival. It was wonderful, I bought a beer and sat on the grass listening to the music, with absolutely no worries ahead of me. The night of my birthday, I went to the Concorde bar, a place with those little round French tables as small as characteristic. There I drank a good beer and made this little drawing that I am sharing with you today. In the drawing you can read “Something did clap and it switcheó”. “Switcheó”, a very streetwise and informal Spanish adaptation of “switching”, is an expression that C. taught me in 2017. “Switcheó” is the action of suddenly changing our mood, for example from anger to joy, or whatever, but fast. This expression is very much connected with the drawing “Ants 01“, but that will be a story for another day… But tell me dear reader… Have you visited Toulouse?What do you think of the little tables where you can’t even fit a peanut plate?Good evening 🍺🥜 Lufo

34 en Toulouse (183)

July 2, 2023

¿Quiere saber como festejé mis 34 años en Toulouse mi estimada lectora? Pues siga leyendo, que además de hablarle sobre esta bella ciudad de Francia le contaré de donde viene el “switcheo” (acción y/o efecto de “switchear”) 👀 34 en Toulouse 01/07/2019, Toulouse, Francia 🇳🇱 Ya que estamos en la época de mi cumpleaños voy a recordar otro de los lugares que visité hace un par de años atrás: Toulouse. Llegué a esa ciudad por algo tan aleatorio como elegir un lugar por el precio de los billetes aéreos, tal como les había contado en el post de ayer que suelo hacer para estas fechas. La ciudad me gustó: ni muy grande ni muy pequeña para el estándar europeo, todavía con un cierto encanto de centro histórico, bonitas márgenes del río, y con un aire fresco de ciudad joven… No digo ciudad joven porque la ciudad sea nueva claro está, sino porque vi mucha población joven. Recuerdo haber conseguido una habitación bastante céntrica en un hotel de pocas estrellas y muchas sorpresas, donde estuve entre el 28/06 y el 02/07 de 2019. El hotel estaba cerca de un mercado local que visité en varias ocasiones, y donde compré frutas frescas que me acompañaron en mis caminatas. Escala humana Si hay algo que hice en Toulouse fue caminar, caminar muchísimo. La ciudad me pareció de una escala humana perfecta para ser recorrida a pie. Si bien era verano, la temperatura era todavía aceptable para no morir deshidratado bajo el sol. En una de esas caminatas descubrí un parque gigante, lleno de gente, en una suerte de festival de música electrónica. Fue maravilloso, me compré una cerveza y me senté en el pasto a escuchar la música. En ese momento ninguna preocupación se cruzaba por mi mente. La noche de mi cumpleaños me fui al bar Concorde, que también estaba cerca de mi hotel. El sitio tenía esas mesitas francesas redondas tan características como pequeñas. Allí me tomé una buena cerveza e hice este pequeño dibujo que hoy les comparto. En el dibujo se puede leer “Algo hizo clap! y se switcheó”. El “switcheó” es una expresión que me enseñó C. en 2017. Switchear es la acción de cambiar, súbita y repentinamente nuestro estado de ánimo, de enojo o alegría, o lo que sea, pero rápido. El “switcheo” está muy conectado con el dibujo “Ants 01“, pero eso será historia para otro día… Pero dígame estimada lectora… ¿Visitó Toulouse?¿Qué opinión le merecen las mesitas en las que no entran ni el plato del maní?Buenas noches 🍺🥜 Lufo

Intensity IV: A microphone for the Queen (167)

June 16, 2023

04/05/2015, London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 This is another episode of the trip to London, Paris and Milan that I made in 2015. Here are the previous stories: Today’s drawing seems a bit funny to me. I was trying to portray the ridiculous hat of the famous Royal Guard. Don’t you think the guards look like a microphone in the distance? I think so… otherwise I would never have drawn a picture of the Queen’s guards (what for?). Anyway, more than “curiosities” about these guards, I remember something more special from that day: I was in the crowd with my parents, waiting for the changing of the guards (things we do as a family and we never do alone!) and suddenly I met a girl who was staring at me… She was a few metres away, “on the other side” of the street. She smiled and I blushed, but I couldn’t help looking at her. I plucked up my courage, and when I tried to cross the street I was pushed back by the crowd: the changing of the guards had started. I could no longer see her or find her… But tell me dear reader… Do you remember any love story that wasn’t even a story?Do you think the guards dress up as giant microphones for (the) Queen? Good night 🥁💂🏻 NFT You can collect this post as NFT using Lens, check it out 👉🏻 here 👈🏻

Intensity III: The Tower of London (163)

June 12, 2023

03/05/2015, London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 This is the 3rd sketch from the trip I made to London in 2015 (1st [link to 153], 2nd [link to 154]). Today’s scene portraits a spot of the city where the old and the modern architecture meet: The Tower of London. The Tower of London served as a castle, prison, fortress, royal palace and many other things. In medieval times it was said that “no one escapes from the Tower of London”. However, on August 1, 1323, Roger Mortimer did escape, thus taking refuge in France and becoming the lover of the English Queen Isabella of France, married to Edward II. This escape and the story of love with Isabella was one of the strongest ingredients for the beginning of the 100 years war between England and France. Everything is thoroughly described in the 5th and 6th books of “The Cursed Kings” by Maurice Druon. When I made this trip I was reading (actually, re-reading) The Cursed Kings (you can see in the background of the picture the 2nd book “The Strangled Queen” – in Spanish “La Reina Estrangulada”). The seven books of this series traveled with me during those days, as I found them the perfect complement to visit France and England. But tell me dear reader… Which books would you bring for travelling through France and England?What do you think about this meetings of medieval and modern architecture? Good evening 🌚 NFT You can collect this post as NFT using Lens, check it out 👉🏻here 👈🏻

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34 in Toulouse (183)

34 en Toulouse (183)

Intensity IV: A microphone for the Queen (167)

Intensity III: The Tower of London (163)

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