Walking in Ljubljana

Dear Friends 
last Tuesday took place the announced M.Polo Lecture: Walking in Ljubljana
by myself. The lecture was well attended and successfull. I was delight at the

end to reply to many questions coming from the public concerning the history

and cultural offers of the town. The following images, kindly taken by Jean-Luc,

provide you with an idea about the Lecture and about the town. Any remark from

your side is welcomed.  
Salutations
Giancarlo 

Esperanto / Volapuk

Dear Friends
with my surprise giving back a book to the Bayerische Staatlischebibliothek (BSB) I
remarked the exhibition Esperanto / Volapuk - Zwischen Utopie und Wirchlichkeit:
http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Einzeldarstellung.403+M562baccbf1d.0.html
The exhibition give information about the history and the inventor of Esperanto, the
structure of this language and shows books in Esperanto in the collections of the BSB.

The idea that Esperanto, as universal language, after an enthousiastic start and rapid diffusion in practically all the countries of the world, has declined because of the concurrence of English, is not right. The feedbacks on the subject I received indicate that Esperanto is more widespread than people imagine. It is among the hundred more spoken languages in the world, it is the 29th most used language in Wikipedia and this Thursday 26/07/2012 is the 125th Anniversary of the publication of Esperanto.

More info about Esperanto at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670
Any comment from your side is welcomed.
Salutations
Giancarlo

Marcel Duchamp

Dear Friends
as Jean-Luc correctly observed, last Sunday Galja, Jean-Luc himself and me were probably the last visitors of the exhibition dedicated to Marcel Duchamp at the Kunstbau of the Lehnbachhaus http://www.lenbachhaus.de/cms/ located at the Zwischengeschoss of the U2 Königsplatz station in Munich. The following images permit you of aproaching the work of this certainly eclectic artist. More information about Marcel Duchamp his life and his art under:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp
http://www.understandingduchamp.com/
Any comment from your side is welcomed.
Salutations
Giancarlo