{"id":23,"date":"2011-01-14T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2011-01-14T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T18:32:00","slug":"londra-din-nou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/londra-din-nou\/","title":{"rendered":"Londra, din nou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Se pare c\u0103 \u00eemi place Londra. \ud83d\ude42 Am vrut s\u0103 schimb aerul c\u00e2teva zile \u0219i, profit\u00e2nd de faptul c\u0103 am doi colegi din State care sunt \u0219i ei \u00een trecere, am dat \u0219i eu o fug\u0103 de-un weekend. Mi-am pus problema s\u0103 v\u0103d \u00een loc de asta un ora\u0219 nou (pentru mine) din Europa, dar m\u0103 trage a\u021ba aici. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u0218i nu-mi pare r\u0103u. Londra e cochet\u0103 \u0219i curat\u0103 ca de obicei. Chiar vorbeam cu un coleg c\u0103 e un ora\u0219 de 7,5 milioane de locuitori, de departe cel mai mare ora\u0219 din Europa (restul sunt toate sub 3,5 milioane), \u0219i totu\u0219i nu se simte; nici urm\u0103 de zgomotul, mizeria, cer\u0219etorii \u0219i poluarea la care te-ai a\u0219tepta. Ce-i drept, e un ora\u0219 crescut \u00een general pe orizontal\u0103.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Azi am fost la pr\u00e2nz la Google London, unde am m\u00e2ncat o chestie nou\u0103: friptur\u0103 de cangur. N-a fost r\u0103u, dar nici cu mult mai grozav dec\u00e2t o friptur\u0103 de vac\u0103. Dar acum sunt un om mai \u00eemplinit, \u0219tiu ce gust are cangurul. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dup\u0103-amiaz\u0103 am fost la Casa Handel, o cas\u0103 \u00een care compozitorul a locuit ultimii 37 de ani ai vie\u021bii sale. A fost mai mult informativ dec\u00e2t interesant. M-a mirat s\u0103 aflu c\u0103 Handel a tr\u0103it \u00eentr-o cas\u0103 modest\u0103, ca pentru p\u0103tura de sus, dar nu aristocratic\u0103; eu tr\u0103iam cu ideea c\u0103 Handel a fost mare compozitor de curte \u0219i a dus o via\u021b\u0103 fastuoas\u0103. A avut tot felul de boli (obezitate, un atac cerebral, episoade de paralizie, iar ultimii 5 ani din via\u021b\u0103 a fost orb); e de mirare c\u0103 a tr\u0103it 74 de ani. Era extrem de prolific. Oratoriul <i>Mesia<\/i> l-a compus \u00een trei s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dup\u0103 ce mi-am pierdut interesul pentru persoane reale, m-am dus la Muzeul Sherlock Holmes. Aici m-am distrat pentru c\u0103 era la nivelul meu intelectual: avea statui de cear\u0103 cu diverse personaje din povestiri, inclusiv cu victime ale otr\u0103vurilor \u0219i cu\u021bitelor, iar \u00een salonul principal era un nene care f\u0103cea pe Dr. Watson \u0219i \u00ee\u0219i juca rolul chiar bine (at\u00e2t c\u0103 la \u00eenceput am crezut c\u0103 \u0219i el e de cear\u0103 \u0219i era s\u0103 fac infarct c\u00e2nd a \u00eenceput s\u0103 vorbeasc\u0103 cu mine).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A\u0219 fi vrut s\u0103 fac \u0219i poze pe str\u0103zi, dar vremea n-a \u021binut cu mine. A cam plouat \u0219i a \u00eenceput s\u0103 se \u00eentunece dubios de devreme, \u00eenainte de 16:00. Se pare c\u0103 cele \u0219apte grade de latitudine \u00een plus fa\u021b\u0103 de Bucure\u0219ti chiar conteaz\u0103. Dar am f\u0103cut c\u00e2teva poze \u0219i la amurg \u0219i au ie\u0219it interesante.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Am ajuns la hotel f\u0103r\u0103 niciun strop de noroi pe pantaloni, dup\u0103 vreo dou\u0103 ore de mers pe jos \u0219i vreo 5 c\u0103l\u0103torii cu metroul. Disear\u0103 m\u0103 v\u0103d cu lumea la un restaurant indian. Mmmmm, indian.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTCfVLDYDuI\/AAAAAAAAAoA\/4nfQncZtVoc\/s1600\/img_3464636.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTCfVLDYDuI\/AAAAAAAAAoA\/4nfQncZtVoc\/s400\/img_3464636.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTCfVb0MUmI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/7W4mC7DCNU8\/s1600\/img_3464645.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTCfVb0MUmI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/7W4mC7DCNU8\/s400\/img_3464645.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTChqQZhWBI\/AAAAAAAAAo4\/uf38jxSIe5A\/s1600\/img_3464661.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTChqQZhWBI\/AAAAAAAAAo4\/uf38jxSIe5A\/s400\/img_3464661.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTChp5SI6AI\/AAAAAAAAAow\/910mQ_GP3qY\/s1600\/img_3464665.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_tlOuGaA_mXY\/TTChp5SI6AI\/AAAAAAAAAow\/910mQ_GP3qY\/s400\/img_3464665.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Se pare c\u0103 \u00eemi place Londra. \ud83d\ude42 Am vrut s\u0103 schimb aerul c\u00e2teva zile \u0219i, profit\u00e2nd de faptul c\u0103 am doi colegi din State care sunt \u0219i ei \u00een trecere, am dat \u0219i eu o fug\u0103 de-un weekend. Mi-am pus problema s\u0103 v\u0103d \u00een loc de asta un ora\u0219 nou (pentru mine) din Europa, dar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}