Tag: Yugoslavia

November 2017

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In a somehow typical fashion, I post last year’s November photos on the last day of this year’s. Just in time. My ex liked calling things he did “just in time”, but that meant watering the plants on the brink of dying. Sometimes I felt … Continue reading November 2017

This is where we entered but the oldest door comes later.
Stylish. Velenje Castle.
Stylish again!
Ready-made for a movie setting.
Hi, Velenje. Can you see another castle ruin?
Mother-in-law door?
A door for those who don’t like doors (there are some!).
Pretty and well thought out.
Here it is, my door keeper. Amore is unsure whether we can enter to have a peek since it’s a museum. But we could.
500-year-old door. I think. The man at the door told us more, for example that they opened the little door to pour out the boiling oil. (Nahh… improvising.)
Another view.
A performance was getting ready.
Well kept, all of it.
An example of going into the light. Can you see it?
There it is, the best light of the castle. The man followed me, curious what I was looking for there. Probably private premises.
This door is plugged in and ready to speak.
Goodbye, Velenje. You have many similar streets.
Lovely.
I might have sneaked in through the open door to get this shot.
My travelling companions. We practised these poses for 20 minutes. (Nahhh.)
Then we went for some icecream and a stroll around town, but as we were leaving, the castle came into view as if to say goodbye. All good to you, red city, keep your people happy.

Thursday Doors, 29/11/18: Velenje Castle

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Today’s doorhopping comes from the castle above Velenje, the city in Slovenia known for its socialist tradition and values. Not a bad legacy. I’m sure not everything is rosy there but the joy of the people at the recent re-election of its mayor that I … Continue reading Thursday Doors, 29/11/18: Velenje Castle