Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

City of Porto, Portugal

 


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Dear friends,

 

Now that I've discovered how nice it is to fall in love with Portugal, I couldn't be content to pay homage only to Lisbon.

How beautiful the city of Porto is !!! How I loved to format it! And how happy it made me!

I don't know if the Porto people revere fado as much as Lisboners, but so much beauty of this city - for me - deserves a very emotional fado, as the city of Porto sounds to me.

Hoping that they will please what enchanted me - I leave them the way to reach my new Portugal: the city of Porto.

Always with great affection,

 Delza


South Africa



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Dear friends,

I have already told you that the greatest loss that age has bestowed on me is that of modesty, so I feel free to tell you that I am again in love with my new piece of work.

Folks, despite hearing many descriptions of travels, I did not imagine the beauty of what is done all of South Africa, which I discovered in the research of what there is in their lands.

I hope you enjoy it too.

With love,

Delza

Toledo Cathedral


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Dear Friends,

You cannot imagine how gratified and happy I am to have achieved such a satisfactory result from my recent research!

The consequence was a file with images selected from 456 photos that I brought from the Internet into my PC among the thousands I saw - one by one.

No, I could not miss the opportunity to do this formatting and offer this gift to those who are excited about art - from Gothic to Neogothic - and/or those who are religious!

Except for some scholars of that Cathedral, to all those who have visited that monument of Art I assure, without false modesty, they will find innumerable unknown details, even if I tried to be concise.

Some of the slides, by the extension of the respective captions, have no advance dynamics, but this will not prevent you from going forward when you wish.

The music may not be to everyone's liking, but the purpose was to format the file "au grand complet".

It's good to remember that religious terms do not represent great difficulty to us in Portuguese, but - poor Claudia! - suffered a lot in the English version. Who told her not to be baptized in the UK?

Worth as my Christmas gift to you, and with much care,

Delza

La nuit, Paris est un conte de fées



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Always dear friends,

Many years ago I received a PPS file with pictures of Paris. It had no more than regular images, but the music - oh, this song - thrilled me, made me shiver, gave me vertigo, invaded me and hurt my chest the way it does hurt the longing for the unforgettable loved ones.

I left it aside in order to, someday, vocalize with emotion my longing for Paris and so, on the photos I chose, to create the mood, I gave nostalgia brushstrokes.

Anyway, this song, as the song of Edith Piaff which also "me fais tourner la tête", will be my greatest gift to you - "Crazy World" performed by the orchestra of its author, Henry Mancini.

Always with much affection,
Delza


Italy, still...



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Dear friends,

It seems to be a conspiracy by "occult forces" – I don't know which ones nor if they even exist! What happens is that I propose myself to keep a free thought in order to see what sort of inspiration will appear for a new formatting and, when I realize what I'm doing on the internet – without boarding a ship or an airplane – there I am, still and again... in Italy!

This time – still, and now forever, in a virtual way – I even "stayed" there and at the most exquisite hotels. So I brought you a true display of what is a hosting in style in the Italian way. Be prepared...

Always with great excitement when relieved by so much beauty, I bring you also all of my affection.


Delza

Italy - Declaration of Love



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Dear friends,

I couldn’t thank each one of you for the prestige that you have always dedicated to my PPS files and, therefore, I take this opportunity to tell you about my joy every time I receive from you a message of approval.

I must warn you I'm immersed in a moment of such passion for Italy that I can't work without "displaying the flag" on my Powerpoint.

Finally I want to mention that at the end of this formatting my heart was beating far too fast when I combined image and sound  – I hope this combination will bring you some pleasant feelings, too.

Always  filled with affection,

Delza

Crete



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Dear friends,

Finally, Crete ready!

I had to save it for last for having guessed  how much I would have to engage myself in the research. It's true that the hard work was softened by the passion inspired by the few or almost nothing I knew about it.

Those who welcomed the first file - about the main Greek islands - I believe, will be pleased by this one too.

Always with my immense affection and gratitude to you all,

Delza

Greek Islands




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My dear friends,

With great joy I finally bring the work that dragged on for months of researching and a lot of demand in the final selection from among the numerous compiled photos. The result, fortunately, exceeded my expectation and therefore I believe it will please all of you too.

Next time I'll try to be more modest...

Always with immense affection,
Delza

Sweden


Sweden - Volume I


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Sweden - Volume II


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Dear friends,

The first photo I downloaded from the internet to compose this PPS was filed on 28.08.2011 – it was from a Stockholm Marathon that, after all, wasn't even used...

Last December I was content with about 600 compiled photos but, by intuition that it would be possible to show through better shots one, and another and many more places of which I had already downloaded several slides, I ended up closing my folder STOCKHOLM with 2,24 GB in volume of 1.343 photos.

I believe that if hadn't decided to just end, I would continue researching on Sweden till death, from its stunning capital to the most charming corners of its paradisiacal islands – if it was possible.
Great consequence: after knowing the new pictures that provoked sighs, I couldn't reduce the selection or I would withhold the ecstasies those new pictures have given me from the friends to whom I offer my works. Result: 2 (two) volumes, again.

Well, if you allow my immodesty, I dare say I brought almost everything there is to virtually see  from those lands...

Hoping my commited dedication will be always welcomed by the prestige you have been generously given me, I leave here in advance my grateful affection for you.

Delza


Fantastic Thailand


Presentation in TWO volumes:

Volume 1 - Thailand - capital Bangkok


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Volume 2 - Thailand - Chiang Mai and other cities


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Dear friends,

I can't help starting this letter by thanking you – in relation to the last file and also the other ones – for the manifestations of good reception, with sweet and gratifying words that were directed to me. I feel very grateful indeed.

Yes, this is the gift I made a suspense about in the Christmas message!

I must tell you that each theme from my works is defined when I am conquered by it. We flirt, undecided about reciprocal acceptance and then there comes the courtship – which occurs during research – until I fall in love, totally seduced by the found material. Oh, the music, always key, of course, once I'm moved by it.

In this work I am sending to you now, it was different. There was no empathy between us and when I began to cogitate on this choice, the music was a reason for me to quit at once - its melodic lines were not conceived to reach Western sensibility.

However, I guess there must have been a kind of "point of honor" for the theme to be chosen because it was even appearing to me in dreams!

My references about Bangkok – only my "colleagues" will remember – haven't gone beyond the erotic craziness that "Emmanuelle" has experienced over there. Actually, Thailand is a country that reveres sexuality, so much it holds a temple devoted to the phallus.

Suddenly, to try a beginning, I found an artifice that prompted me to escape the traditional song... Done! It turned into a fulminating passion! So much that I have enlarged more and more the research, because at each new pursuit, new enchantments have made me enraptured.

Despite being forced to unfold the unmissable result in two volumes, I confess that, even being this quite a comprehensive work, I could only bring to you the "cream" of what there is in that magical country! Countless layers are just below – all possessing an immense power to conquer visitors, even if virtual.

For you to get an idea of how much I fell in love with this theme, the fantasy that comes to my mind at this moment is that I am saying goodbye, like a girlfriend would do to her loved one when he'd be about to "betray" her...

Fantasies aside, what I really wish is that at least some of the many moments of pleasure I have had while formatting Thailand may happen to you.

Always with my affection,

Delza

Viennese Blood


Presentation in 2 volumes:


PART 1:


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PART 2:


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Dear friends,

Always thanking you for the good reception you have been granting to my work, I want to tell you that, this time, even I was amazed by how much material about the capital of Austria it was possible to compile and bring for you to review or, if it’s the case, to know.

At the beginning of the research I understood that for twice I simply "touristed" around in Vienna without realizing how much there was to dazzle me there.

Confessing it was a pleasurable work, but also exhausting, I send to you the final formatting necessarily divided in two volumes.

With affection,

Delza

... in Paris...




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Dear friends,

 First of all I want to tell you that I've always been sure that I could not make the formatting of Paris because I wouldn't dare to elaborate a limited edition of its endless charms.

Nevertheless, the music - always the music - encouraged me to dare and I chose to pay penance for the omission of what would not be possible to bring to this work.

Actually, it was the interpretation of a very traditional French song what made me decide. Being Paris joyful as it is and all wrapped in a sensual atmosphere - whether under the heat of the sun or under the romantic silvery moon - only seduced by the malice of Madeleine Peyroux's singing I would decide for such boldness.

With great affection,
Delza


A fantasy inspired by great loves



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Dear friends,


I want to tell you that out of a simple conversation I highlighted the word “encounter” and that it eventually, by successive associations of ideas, became a fantasy.

After being taken by immeasurable emotion when hearing part of the soundtrack I had chosen, it became fairly easy to elect the images and to reveal the fantasy through a condensed text.

Well... the chosen location, as every happy dream, is recurring...

I hope you are pleased with it, too, because it is with immense affection that I send you the result of this reverie's  formatting.

Delza

Bosnia and Herzegovina



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Dear friends,

Incited by a special virtual friend - Jorge de Menezes Vasconcelos - to broaden myself  to new musical expressions other than those from the universe we usually are surrounded by - Western Europe and Americas - I was outstandingly enchanted with two songs by remarkable and famous composers of the Balkans. It was their talent that led me to research about the place where they were born, what eventually gave rise to this formatting that I now bring to you.

Always with my affection,
Delza

Finland - a little about the land and music of Sibelius



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Dear friends,


"Finland capital Helsinki" - I memorized it far back in the 50's and still in there came the concepts of vikings and Scandinavia. Just concepts... But I haven't forgot: "Finland capital Helsinki".

Many years later I was able to make an association: - ah, so the composer of this wonder is from that far away - in time and in space - "Finland capital Helsinki".

Until the arrival of Internet gave me the opportunity to know and admire the work of Finnish photographers, what sparked a faint curiosity to search something more about that country...

The decision for a notoriously laborious PPS - slideshow - was slowly becoming a reality and now I experimented one of the most rewarding emotions of my virtual travels, thanks to the natural and also architectural beauty of the land of Sibelius.
Necessarily, it should be at  the sound of his music!

Hopefully, the result will please you ...

Delza

South Pacific



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Always dear friends,

Look what a beautiful thing I found and "gift-wrapped" with affection for you.

Hoping you enjoy it as much as I did,

Delza

Summertime in Venice

... un solo giorno...



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Dear friends,

Only a desire to share Beauty...

Always with my grateful affection,

Delza

Jamaica



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Dear friends,

Those who lived their youths at the same time of mine have known and danced the calypso that was brought to Brazil in the voice of Harry Belafonte.

Jamaica Farewell was just another one of his hits of contagious rhythm…

Years later I was touched hearing that song recorded by Belafonte at the Carnigie Hall when he was already a mature singer.  It was such tenderness that woke me up - and that I keep with me still today - that I could not avoid paying homage to him and "his Jamaica" the way I have learned to express my feelings.

I believe you will also let be touched by it.

Always my affection and thankfulness for the prestige and encouragement that, generously, you have granted me,
Delza

Coimbra, Portugal



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Coimbra.

Yes, Coimbra.

Although a granddaughter of a Lisboan grandmother and having one of my dearest virtual friends living and loving the city of Porto, I chose Coimbra.

It was so because in my heart Portugal is only one, and for having always admired the traditions of the University of Coimbra, I could not resist the temptation to format that city.

To research the immeasurable treasure that its Library is gave me a kind of devotion by so much beauty, art and culture it shelters.

I hope you enjoy "my" Coimbra.

With the ever affection to you all, dear friends,
Delza

Versailles Palace



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Dear friends,

Exactly eight months ago, slowly and attentively, I started researching material for producing the courage to format Versailles. The more images collected, the more I understood how far was the possibility of covering the magnificence that coated the Bourbon dynasty at that Castle.
From the long pauses by tiredness resulted some of those files that demanded a lot less from me and which I called "recreational".

I was very close from giving up, but went back to further attempts until, accepting to reduce my pretension and focus only the major highlights of the palace itself, I dedicated myself, finally, to achieve my goal.

Who already knows, knows that what there is to see is so much, that what one can see is so much - and therefore get out of there with everything mixed in memory - and still so much is left to see, I can assure you that just now I could understand Versailles a little more than at the times I have been there physically. Without modesty, I affirm that the same may happen to some of you.

Without further comments, "my" Versailles Palace to so dear friends.

Always with much care, 
Delza

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