Olive oil, pizza, and communists
15 de outubro de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Today was a grey, drizzly Sunday, not exactly perfect weather for exploring our neighborhood, but we did. Joe's phone shows he walked 5.3 miles, slow and steady, but he did it!
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Viajante Have a good start of your two weeks of teaching, Laurie! Hopefully when the weather clears up you will be able to take pictures of places you visit in Lisbon.
Viajante Interesting mural. Its themes (work, industry, liberation -- see the bird motif) remind me of a mural in the lobby of a large building on the campus of Purdue Univ., as well as a famous mural by Diego Rivera (who of course was a communist) featuring a portrait of Lenin, along with similar allusions to technological progress. This mural might have been destroyed, I can't remember.
Laurie Reynolds I think you’re right. Joe remembered that it was in Rockefeller Center, and Rockefeller was not amused by Lenin’s depiction. Rivera redid it down in Mexico, where it’s still on the view. Amazing what little tidbits are still in Joe’s memory!
Laurie Reynolds It was done by more than 20 artists, so it’s kind of got a scattershot theme. But it’s very pretty, especially bright in this drab neighborhood of ours!