South Africa – Cape Town

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I’ve just started work in a new architecture practice and suddenly I travelled to South Africa for a short period of work!

The mission was discover how the FIFA WORLD CUP is organized, how the city is transformed just for 4 weeks…why the South Africans had been so proud to host this big event…

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This new architecture practice is involved in some stadium projects for 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL, so nothing better than visit a previous host country to learn!

We went to South Africa to visit three cities: Cape Town, Durban and Jo’burg.

Cape Town is an amazing city. We Brazilians say that CT is an Rio de Janeiro that who worked!

The city is guarded by imposing Table Mountain.

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As a foreigner view, the city is perfect, but is known that the recent past is still present in everyday society.

The Cape Town Stadium is located in a place called Green Point, where before the WC, was a Golf field and the old Green Point Stadium.

It’s almost 2500m far from the city centre.

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Despite of The Fan Fest area organized in the city centre, the point for tourists was the Waterfront, a place where there are lots of good restaurants and shops, but in this place, you feel that you are in London, Paris, or other European country, not in South Africa.

Let’s go back to the main interest in this trip…the stadiums.

The Cape Town Stadium – Green Point -”African Reinassence Stadium – is an amazing structure!

Designed for almost 66000 spectators, the stadium was the main stage for important games, as the semi-final…

Unfortunately…the stadium pictures were in my stolen memory card…so have a look in a few city pictures.

Let me keep some more information for the next posts…Wine Valley…

Samsung ST550(TL225) │ 1/500s │ f/3.5 │ ISO 80 │ 4.9mm

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Samsung ST550(TL225) │ 1/350s │ f/3.5 │ ISO 80 │ 4.9mm

Samsung ST550(TL225) │ 1/10s │ f/4.9 │ ISO 400 │ 16.3mm

Samsung ST550(TL225) │ 1/180s │ f/9.1 │ ISO 180 │ 4.9mm

See you soon!

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Promenade On Bournemouth Beach

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[ST500(TL220) 1/500s l 9.1f l ISO80 l 4.9mm Program Auto]

I’ve visited the Bournemouth beach in a long time. I live in UK and Bournemouth is like a second home to me. I have friends who are just like a family and there are memories we’ve shared together, and a beautiful sea with endless beach. On an exceptionally clear day, I decide to just walk along the beach.

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The weather is still cold but there’s no way the surfers will miss out on a lovely day like this. Surfers are leisurely enjoying the afternoon moving freely, entrusting themselves to the wind and the waves.

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A family flying a kite. Father holds the kite and reads the direction of the wind and when he shouts one, two, three the daughter quickly releases the string and launches the kite into the sky. They were laughing endlessly and thanks to the family, I was able to smile as well.

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After leaving Bournemouth before returning to Hull, I stopped by London. Spring was definitely in the air after Easter in London as well, so I decided to walk along the Thames River enjoying the warm spring weather and the cool river breeze.

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[ST500(TL220) 1/500s l 3.5f l ISO80 l 4.9mm Program Auto]

When I was walking along the river, an eye-catching sight made me stop. Who appear to be father and son were carving the Homer Simpson couple on the sand. This father and son with a perfect teamwork have been working for 6 hours since the morning. There were no signs of fatigue and even when a lot of people gathered to watch them, they kept on working. Truly a wonderful father and son couple that matches with the beautiful weather!

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Working day at Recife – Northeast of Brazil

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One day while I was in Recife working, I decided wake up very early to walking through the Boa Viagem beach, near the hotel.

During this walking I saw someone pointing to the sea and saying: “look at the sharks, look at the sharks”. I couldn’t believe it. I saw some signage warning about the dangers in that beach but I didn’t expect to see sharks.

First it was only one…after two…until to see four sharks…

I thought that nobody believed me, so I tried to take some pictures to prove that it wasn’t a fisherman talk.

Boa Viagem beach is well known for its coral reefs. People can swim safely just in the places where this barrier exists.

Some accidents involving sharks happen because the surfers cross the coral reefs to get waves in an open sea.

Renato Costa

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My Darling City, Barcelona

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[ST500(TL220) 1/90s l 3.5f l ISO80 l 4.9mm Program Auto]

One of the things I was impressed about traveling in Barcelona was the colorful exteriors of the buildings. There seems to be no ordinary building in Barcelona. They may be ordinary in shape and structure but each building boasted of unique and beautiful wall designs.

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Exterior of a hotel in downtown Barcelona

 

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A part of Montserrat Cathedral façade.

The fancy exterior and tower of a building in downtown Barcelona.

I think local market is one of the places where you can closely observe lives of the local people. On Ramblas street (Las Ramblas) in Barcelona there is a historical market named La Boqueria that has been around since 1882.

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Known as the finest market in Europe, like their reputation you can find everything here. Specially one of the most interesting things to see is the way they display the goods. The vendor’s displaying skills are outstanding, it’s almost as if there are showing off what display is all about.

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It was the first time for me to see selling fruits hanging up. It was quite an exotic scene but maybe because it was a part of the local market, somehow it felt friendly.

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Barcelona is a port city famously known for delicious and fresh seafood. So the seafood is section is always busy and vibrant with many customers.

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[ST500(TL220) 1/30s l 3.5f l ISO100 l 6.4mm Program Auto]

There are many tourist attractions in Barcelona but personally I think La Boqueria is the place you can experience and see the true sides of Barcelona.

As soon as I stepped into the airplane headed back to UK after a week of travelling in Barcelona, I started to miss Barcelona. The perfect scenery with the mild weather, the mountains and the sea. The cozy atmosphere where people know how to relax and enjoy siesta, and most of all, the nice Spanish people who always treat you with a smile on their face.

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And this is how Barcelona has taken the first place on My Darling City List.

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All photos, above, have been shot with the Samsung ST500(TL220) which has been provided by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.