<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557196833850515375</id><updated>2011-04-21T22:09:40.367-03:00</updated><category term='music'/><category term='museums'/><category term='photography'/><category term='USA'/><category term='England'/><title type='text'>Trips Log</title><subtitle type='html'>Thoughts and reflections about my experiences in different places of the world.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11492544240288567171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/SGccFbgOz7I/AAAAAAAAAy8/Q3xmxJX0fgE/S220/adrian_madrid.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557196833850515375.post-7534575628293592442</id><published>2007-04-01T10:46:00.001-03:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T10:46:49.081-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Let go jeans!!!</title><content type='html'>I had to travel in a rush to Amsterdam for business purpose. I had one of those trip, many connections, delays, and finally... British Airways lost my baggage. Bingo, welcome to the real world!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a singular trip since it started. When I said a rush, I mean a really really really rush. I left the office 7:30pm and took the taxi to the airport at 3:30am. I took my wife's advice and for the first time I traveled wearing sport clothes. In the bag, I carried formal clothes, of course, but finally... when I arrived Amsterdam, the baggage wasn't with me :'(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is 5pm, and tomorrow I have a business meeting with the CEO and CTO of our partner company. What shall I do? I can not go business wearing sport clothes, can I? How can I get a suit in 1 hour time tailored for me? No way... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let go Amsterdam!!! I remember had bought my last jeans, Levi's 505, 10 years ago, when I was in the university, after that I have never worn jeans anymore. I went to a Levi's store and got a jeans after 10 years without wearing jeans. I must say, that I was surprised that after 10 years, maybe hundreds, Levi still doing exactly the same jeans :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4557196833850515375-7534575628293592442?l=tripslog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/feeds/7534575628293592442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4557196833850515375&amp;postID=7534575628293592442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/7534575628293592442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/7534575628293592442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/2007/04/let-go-jeans.html' title='Let go jeans!!!'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11492544240288567171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/SGccFbgOz7I/AAAAAAAAAy8/Q3xmxJX0fgE/S220/adrian_madrid.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557196833850515375.post-5609776364982761841</id><published>2007-02-10T18:56:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T16:01:00.117-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='museums'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='England'/><title type='text'>British Museum</title><content type='html'>El British Museum ha sido el museo que más me ha conmovido; incluso más que el Louvre. Como no podía ser de otra manera, regrese a visitar sus salas y deleitarme con sus exhibiciones. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre las exhibiciones temporarias, figuraba "The past from above" una colección de fotografías aéreas de los principales sitios arqueológicos tomadas, alrededor del mundo, por el suizo &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Gerster"&gt;Georg Gerster&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/Rc9n7QgtzcI/AAAAAAAAAeM/_j1X4ulRzX4/s1600-h/apameia_klein_syria.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/Rc9n7QgtzcI/AAAAAAAAAeM/_j1X4ulRzX4/s320/apameia_klein_syria.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030353576538262978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La exhibición estaba organizada por continentes, comenzando por África, Asia, Australia, América y finalmente Europa. En ella se podían observar fotografías de la Garganta de Olduvai, Valle de Omo, la antigua ciudad de Babilonia, Uruk, los geoglifos de las culturas peruanas, una magnifica foto de Teotihuacan con su maravillosa calle de los muertos, su pirámide de la Luna y del Sol. En la sección de Europa podían observar la magnificas obras de la cultura clásica, la Acrópolis de Atenas, la Roma imperial, y diversas obras de ingeniería romana esparcida a través del continente: el acueducto de Segovia, el teatro y anfiteatro de Mérida, el treatro romano en Orange.&lt;br /&gt;La exhibición contaba con la ambientación de piezas originales de las colecciones del museo para ilustrar las fotografías.&lt;br /&gt;Verdaderamente un regocijo ver como el hombre ha dejado su huella a través de los años en todos los rincones del planeta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dentro de las exhibiciones permanentes, volví a recorrer las salas de la cultura Asirias que estaban en refracción desde mitad del año pasado.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4557196833850515375-5609776364982761841?l=tripslog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/feeds/5609776364982761841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4557196833850515375&amp;postID=5609776364982761841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/5609776364982761841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/5609776364982761841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/2007/02/british-museum.html' title='British Museum'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11492544240288567171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/SGccFbgOz7I/AAAAAAAAAy8/Q3xmxJX0fgE/S220/adrian_madrid.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/Rc9n7QgtzcI/AAAAAAAAAeM/_j1X4ulRzX4/s72-c/apameia_klein_syria.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557196833850515375.post-229781224494407493</id><published>2007-02-09T19:57:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T10:48:34.689-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='England'/><title type='text'>Una noche de mujeres: Alsop &amp; Little</title><content type='html'>La suerte y la tecnología (ya que pude obtener online el último ticket disponible) permitieron que pueda asistir al concierto de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Londres (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra"&gt;LPO&lt;/a&gt;) que se presentaban esta noche en el &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Hall"&gt;Queen Elizabeth Hall&lt;/a&gt;, debido a que el Royal Festival Hall continúa en remodelación.&lt;br /&gt;La programación incluía la Sinfonía Nro. 1 de Barber, el Concierto para violín Nro. 2 de Bruch, en el cual &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmin_little"&gt;Tasmin Little&lt;/a&gt; hizo los solos de violín y la Sinfonía Nro. 5 de Beethoven. Todo bajo la batuta de &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Alsop"&gt;Marin Aslop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barber era un ilustre desconocido para mi modesta cultura musical, me resulto interesante aunque nada deslumbrante. Lo que más me intrigaba del repertorio era el Concierto de Bruch. El Concierto Nro. 1 lo conozco dirigido por Karajan y Mutter, un dúo imbatible. Que podían Aslop y Little ofrecer para el 2do concierto? Pues bien… mucho fue lo que este dúo entrego al público. Respecto de la 5ta sinfonía de Beethoven, uno ya sabía lo que recibiría, no era la primera vez que escuchaba a la LPO ejecutando esta obra y verdaderamente, era para volver a oírlo... un espectáculo maravilloso!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Observando a Little ejecutando los solos de violín del concierto de Bruch, me sorprendió (en realidad ya lo había observando con anterioridad pero nunca habia reflexionado sobre ello) la expresividad que tienen los violinistas, especialmente cuando ejecutan solos. Es tal la expresión de su cara, que auguraría que es posible recibir las emociones de la música con solo ver al violinista.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4557196833850515375-229781224494407493?l=tripslog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/feeds/229781224494407493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4557196833850515375&amp;postID=229781224494407493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/229781224494407493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/229781224494407493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/2007/02/una-noche-de-mujeres-alsop-little-lpo.html' title='Una noche de mujeres: Alsop &amp; Little'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11492544240288567171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/SGccFbgOz7I/AAAAAAAAAy8/Q3xmxJX0fgE/S220/adrian_madrid.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557196833850515375.post-5878445060891426654</id><published>2006-11-02T19:18:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T07:59:09.890-03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='museums'/><title type='text'>SFMOMA</title><content type='html'>It has been a good museum day. I have visited &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFMOMA"&gt;San Francisco Museum of Modern Art&lt;/a&gt; (SFMOMA). I have enjoyed it, however… I must say that after 3 years in London, I lost my capacity to adapt to the real world. Even when the museum is good, it doesn’t worth 12.50 USD. I like the London way where you can visit the major museums without paying entrance fee. After having the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum"&gt;British Museum&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Gallery%2C_London"&gt;The National Gallery&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Modern"&gt;TATE Modern&lt;/a&gt;, etc. for free; pay 12.50 dollars is too much. Anyway… that’s America&lt;/st1:place&gt;, at least the north one ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent between 4 hours visiting it, which is not few bearing in mind that is not a huge museum and galleries are ‘small’.&lt;br /&gt;It should be the fifth modern art museum I visited and I have experienced, once again, that bitter/sweet feeling of lurking around the galleries without being caught by the modern art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why did I say that it has been a good day if I don't like modern art experience? Easily because the SFMOMA has an amazing photography collection. I have really enjoyed it :-)&lt;br /&gt;It has the permanent exhibition, called "Picturing modernity" and two temporally collections: "Mexico as Muse: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_modotti"&gt;Tina Modotti&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Weston"&gt;Edward Weston&lt;/a&gt;" and "Imposing order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The permanent collection holds amazing works such as daguerreotypes, early salt prints following Fox Talbot's method, and what it surprised me most was the "Mirror view of upper Yosemite Fall" by Cartelon E. Watkins, an amazing reflection of the fall in a small lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Modotti &amp; Weston "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mexico as Muse&lt;/span&gt;" shows how well an acute photographer's eye can record a cultural and social landscape, here; the 1920's Mexico. It has many good shots, however the two which liked me most were &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Galvan shooting&lt;/span&gt;, Weston 1924 and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Piramide del Sol, Teotihuacan&lt;/span&gt;, Modotti, 1923.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4557196833850515375-5878445060891426654?l=tripslog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/feeds/5878445060891426654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4557196833850515375&amp;postID=5878445060891426654' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/5878445060891426654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4557196833850515375/posts/default/5878445060891426654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tripslog.blogspot.com/2007/09/sfmoma.html' title='SFMOMA'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11492544240288567171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_m6Dei4M8Hao/SGccFbgOz7I/AAAAAAAAAy8/Q3xmxJX0fgE/S220/adrian_madrid.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
