POINTS OF INTERSECTION.

So during an insane thunderstorm in Sofia (Bulgaria) I managed to conveniently drag my friends into the city art gallery. There was a pretty sweet exhibition on called Points of Interest, a collection of portraits of artists by other artists. It featured work from the late 19th and early 21st century. The broad range of work was interesting to look at especially from a progression point of view in how materials and technology have had an effect on art.

I was stood in front of this painting for about 20mins. I absolutely love it. It really got me excited because of the focus to light the artist has used and how they're used different tones of colour to achieve this. The different tones of blue make the face look dead cold and reminds me of a massive android/metallic robot. The chap behind looks like a mad scientist with his crazy eyes and grin. Altogether perfect subject matter to attract me.


I think that this was done by an artist either called Hristo Alexiev or Ivan B. Ivanov but I can't work out which. Signs in a foreign language isn't the easiest to read. I've searched both names on the internet for hours but can't find anymore info or work by them. Gutted majorly. I tried to take some more photo's on my phone but security told me off so this was the only one I managed to get.Idiots.

HOCKNEY INSPIRED.

Before I left for traveling and earlier in the uni year I'd briefly looked at some of David Hockney's joiner photo montages he'd done. With this in mind I purposefully took lots of underexposed/overexposed/correctly exposed photos of particular views that really stood out to me with the intention of making my own set of "joiner's" when I got home.

Romanian Hostel Balcony

Bucurest Royal Building (2nd largest building in the world)

Sofia Market

Belgrade Graffiti

Bosnian Mountainside

Lake Bled

Croatian Hostel Balcony overlooking Adriatic Coast

Click on the images above for a bigger view.

HOMEWARD BOUND.

So after 5 amazing weeks of adventuring around with a few best friends, I thought it'd probably be best to update my blog. I can't stress enough to anyone that hasn't been traveling before to do it. It was my first time away from home for a long period of time and I loved every second of it.


All together I've visited 10 countries over a space of 35days with some intense train rides. The journey consisted of the following:

23/07 16:36 Berlin - Prague
23/07 23:11 Prague - Budapest
26/07 09:43 Budapest - Cluj Napoca
28/07 21:51 Cluj Napoca - Bucurest
30/07 12:24 Bucurest - Sofia
31/07 07:20 Sofia - Burgas
03/08 06:55 Burgas - Sofia
04/08 20:40 Sofia - Belgrade
07/08 22:10 Belgrade - Bar
10/08 14:40 Bar - Podgorica
10/08 19:03 Podgorica - Kolasin? (wrong train)
10/08 21:50 Kolasin - Bar
11/08 12:20 Bar - Belgrade
12/08 08:15 Belgrade - Sarajevo
14/08 07:02 Sarajevo - Stritzivojna
14/08 13:08 Stritzivojna - Zagreb
14/08 18:14 Zagreb - Ljublijana
16/08 09:27 Ljublijana - Munich
18/08 23:40 Munich - Zagreb
19/08 11:15 Zagreb - Spit
19/08 17:00 Split - Dubrovnik

My favorite city was definitely Belgrade (Capital of Serbia) and I really want to go back soon. The views from the old fort at the top of a massive hill were absolutely mind blowing. Luckily the weather was clear skies and temperatures averaging 33+ degrees everyday so this added to the highpoint. The zoo also had a wide variety of goats and I do love a good goat or too ha.

I'm just sorting through the 9430 photo's as we speak but I'll be adding them on here shortly.