Porn for Women

I’m a woman - and I like porn

The other day a friend told me that women don’t like to consume porn. I told him that this opinion was wrong and also added a statement for women. Although it’s surprising, women watch this genre despite the fact that this type of movies, as some say, were created exclusively for men.

But, why do men have a tendency to think we don’t like porn movies? The genre itself is simple and basic, because normally the people who watch them are looking for quick excitement, nothing else. And sometimes, women need this offer too, just like men.

If it’s culture you want, I’d recommend you watch movies with a more complex argument. Porn movies have a superficial development of their screenplay and the plot is just “sex” in “somewhere”.

As I have read, porn is a genre that women should hate for obligation and tradition. Excuse me. It turns out that if a woman likes porn she is against the morally acceptable, against women. Why? I disagree with those reviews that say that women who see porn act against themselves. I gasp when someone tells me that I’m a traitor just because I am seeing a porn movie. In this moment, I just think about one thing: there are so many things that have to change in this world.

But that’s the controversy with porn around the world, from the city of Berlin that everyone assumes is so open and cosmopolitan to the small village lost in deep Germany. Maybe Berlin wouldn’t be an example of a city with no place for porn, quite the contrary as we smell modernity in every corner on the streets of the capital, full of extremisms and everything that breaks with a straight system.

Personally I have always believed, seen and ENJOYED porn as a fantasy but I also understand those who watch this genre for something as simple as it is, for learning.

The problem is that porn will be always a controversial subject. There are many porn related dilemmas that I don’t know what to think of. For example, does this genre kill sexual desire or, on the contrary, does watching porn encourage this practice in our relationships? For some porn can encourage sexual desire and for others it is just another relaxing entertainment.

The fact is that in the world in which we live today which is so liberal, so open, so permissive… why does society hamper something as simple as sex. Nobody seems to remember that the sexual act has been done since the beginning of our days and that without it, none of us would be here. So, why are we so embarrased about explicit sex?

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Carla Bruni and Woody Allen

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Woody Allen’s new muse

Posted by paris | paris | Friday 19 March 2010 11:39 am

Unbelievable but true! The French first lady is not only a model and a singer, but now wants to be the focus of the camera of our beloved filmmaker Woody Allen. Sarkozy is going to be so happy to be the partner of a multidisciplinary artist’s career! This news may cause many French people to faint because they don’t like to boast too much of their presidential couple. So we have two obvious questions: ‘What do the French think?’ and ‘What led the talented Woody Allen to choose Carla Bruni as his new muse when there are plenty of good actresses available?

The talents of Carla

Carla is not an actress! Her talents – which everybody evaluates with their own scale of values, are: hunting the man, playing the guitar and singing, posing naked and parading on the fashion catwalks. Well, she also has a tremendous capacity of greeting the Queen of England.

In fact, Carla admits that she does not have talent as an actress, but she does not care. She states that she can not miss such a great occasion. She accepted a role, but she does not know which. The truth is that until now she continues playing her role as “Carla”… Some say that she would be a great heroine of a femme fatale, but wildly glamorous and inaccessible. Woody says she can play any role thanks to her charisma and her facility to expose herself to the public. Surprise!

Is Woody blind or very clever?

In the press you can read that the filmmaker is interested in Carla for purely economical and administrative reasons: by approaching the presidential couple Woody might be looking to avoid the enormous taxes that the American filmmakers have to pay when they shoot in France. Filming will begin in the French capital this summer 2010…

The French must be more than disappointed, especially those who appreciate the director’s filmography (“Match Point”, “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona”, “Whatever Works”…), which usually features radiant blonde stars like Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton or Scarlett Johansson. Woody and Carla may surprise us!

Well, Woody is right when he says that Paris is a very inspiring and magical city, full of beautiful women! You can also discover the immortal charms of the French capital and the best bet is to rent Apartments in Paris: they are cheap and comfortable, all you’ll need after a long day of tourism.

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Budapest Blog

Budapest Spring Festival

Year after year the arrival of spring is brought to Europe by the Budapest Spring Festival. Apart from the rich musical choices, unique exhibitions, excellent dance shows and a busy festival atmosphere awaits the visitors. The largest and most prestigious cultural festival in Budapest attracts many musicians so we have plenty of classical music, opera and jazz fans from all around the world.

More than 200 events

If you have planned to travel to the beautiful Hungarian capital between March 19th and April 5th, when the Spring Festival takes place, you must know you could choose among more than 200 activities. To avoid driving yourself crazy, we are going to make a selection of the best acts.

With regards to classical music and opera events, we recommend the orchestral concert of Joshua Bell and the Camerata Salzburg in the Palace of Arts Béla Bartók National Concert Hall on March 20th. Another must see act is Puccini’s ‘Turandot’ that will be performed on March 22nd and on March 28th in the Hungarian State Opera House.

If you are a theatre lover, you must go to see the ‘King Liar’ premiere, on March 19th in the National Theatre. There you’ll also have the opportunity to assist to Luk Perceval’s play ‘The truth about the Kennedy’s’, based on contemporary documents revisiting key episodes in the 160-year history of the Kennedy family, presenting the rise and fall of a mythical dynasty as a contemporary “royal drama”.

In the dance section, you can not miss an appointment with the best flamenco from the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía featuring Cristina Hoyos, who will perform ‘El poema del cante jondo’, based on works by Federico García Lorca.

Ideally you should just submerge yourself into the extensive programme and choose what suits you most. This is the perfect combination to enjoy one of the most beautiful European cities in the nicest season.
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Identity or Adaptation

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Identity or Adaptation

Mar 19th, 2010 by apartmentblogger

A baby is trapped in the belly of the mother since he is a draft of person. Depending on weather the baby is a boy or a girl the parents will decide to give it one name or another. From this moment on, the baby will never be free again: it will either be a man or a woman.

Through the booties, the colour of the walls and the clothes, the parents start teaching their kids what is socially expected for them and how they are supposed to behave – which is the same their parents taught them but with small variations. The children will grow and for their first birthday, a girl will receive dolls and a boy, will receive cars, balls, etc. These children may be satisfied with the role they have been granted, but in other cases they will not, and this is where the problem starts: the binary system in which we live, the seeds of their error.

One of the basic problems is generated by continuous parental expectations and their inability to be satisfied. But the conflict is even greater when the social minimum expectations are not fulfilled either. For example, when a boy plays with dolls and a girl plays soccer. Inevitably these brave children will have to face the system, which is already difficult, but it will be harder to face those they love the most and who unfortunately, expect more of them, their own parents.

They may be gay, transgender, bisexual, heterosexual, and so on. The ambivalence is not provided in the binary system. You may be one of them, if not your life does not fit within those parameters. The body or sexual ambivalence does not belong to a closed system… Concepts as “normal” or “nature” are constantly used as a pretext to fulfil the needs of the majority. So using a microwave is as natural and normal as making a heart transplant or manufacturing weapons and selling them to the third world. All these activities are less natural and newer than homosexuality.

The binomials of masculine body, feminine body or straight or gay mentality are only barriers that are imposed to separate people. Fortunately there are those who break these barriers and defy the established rules. It seems that finally, the most notable difference that separates two different types of people would be the ability to adapt to the society that imposes it.

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Stefan Zweig

The sensitivity of the writer Stefan Zweig

Submitted by admin on March 19, 2010 – 11:36 amNo Comment

I admire Stefan Zweig for his incredible masculine sensibility, for his overwhelming ability to express women’s feelings in a way that no woman could, and for his mesmerizing writing that makes you travel to the privacy of human beings in perpetual conflict with their obsessions, passions, anxieties and secrets.

Zweig committed suicide in Petropolis in 1942 with his wife, after a life devoted to writing, journalism and translation of other works. He was born in Vienna (1881) and had a Jewish education. He is a classic of German literature, a great genius whose sensibility marked his whole life, all his work and all his readers.

The disappointments of the war

The outbreak of World War represented the end of the humanism for Zweig and at a personal level it was a moment when he fell into a deep depression. Like many artists of his generation, Zweig is deeply scarred by the atrocities in Europe, but with the support of the writer Romain Rolland, he went ahead.

The inhumanity and death prevailing in Europe at the beginning of the century traumatize Zweig so much that he focuses his attention on the search of human feelings. He gets into the souls of his characters, travelling through Europe and India, he becomes friends with Sigmund Freud, he translates Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Keats…

He wrote some poems, theatres, plays, and especially short stories such as Amok (1922), 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1927), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1927)…

The female characters of Zweig

In Zweig’s works, the action is not based on facts, but on the character’s feelings, where no one can access them. With him, we enter intimate areas where women fall in love with unknown men that leave everything, hide everything or reveal all.

We discover the contradictions of exemplary women from high society, who are transformed into heroines of their own conflicts from one day to the other. Human sensitivity would be the more present subject in Zweig’s work. He depicts how we can fall victims to the passions of the life, how a casual meeting can transform us, how the events impact us…

Zweig will not resist the Second World War. His disappointment is such that he flees to Brazil with his wife, where they committed suicide together. His last work, unfinished, is an autobiography called Navigators of the Ancient World, and it was a hymn to the European culture he considered lost.

We recommend you read one of his novels; they are short and so exciting that you’ll end up in a trip. On your way to Vienna, for example. This is the land of Stefan Zweig, where you will spend an unforgettable stay by renting Apartments in Vienna.

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Ghost in a Bottle

Genies in Bottles

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Mar 18

In the Disney movie Aladdin, the ghost lived in a lamp. In other fairytales, he lives in a bottle. Generally, you have to rub the bottle or lamp three times for the genie to come out, after which he will grant you three wishes. It sounds promising, but just like drawing rabbits from a hat or finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, I’m afraid genies only exist in books or films. Do they not?

Last week, a man from New Zealand sold two bottles containing ghosts for the small price of $2800 on the auction site TradeMe. They were bottled in July 2009, by an exorcist. The holy water is supposed to put them to sleep, and since the paranormal activity in the house has stopped since then, the seller concludes the ghosts are in the bottles. One of them is called Les Graham – Google teaches us this is a very ordinary and common name. This particular Mr. Graham is said to have died in the house in the 1920’s. The other ghost was an accident; it is the spirit of a little girl that appeared after playing with an Ouija board.

So, now the buyer is the lucky owner of two little bottles with a ‘real’ ghost in them. They are nice to put on a shelf, but according to the seller it’s also possible to set them free. Just pour them into a soup bowl and let it evaporate. But don’t come complaining later that they are bugging you! Especially the little girl, who might become even more mischievous and violent, warns the exorcist.

The result is that now New-Zealand is going bottle-crazy! A new auction offers a ghost in a can from the 1980’s, which was part of the promotion material for the ‘Ghostbusters’ movie. The price has gone up to $100. Another smarty-pants is selling ‘an old fart in a bottle’ for $50. He already has 6 bids. Less successful is the seller who offers a small plastic can with yellowish liquid (pee?) and the warning ‘Ghosts may appear’, since his auction is stuck at just one dollar. No captured ghosts to be found on Ebay, although we did see some hunting kits and ‘sensing rings’.

But in 2004, a casino from Antigua paid $64,000 for a walking cane that belonged to an old man. His ghost is said to go wherever the cane goes. It was the same casino that paid $28,000 for a grilled cheese sandwich which bears the image of the Virgin Mary. Seems like they just don’t know what to do with their money… Next time I bake a hamburger, I’ll study it carefully before I eat it.

Now, joking apart, I don’t believe in ghosts or genies or spirits. But if one day I was to find a lamp, and I rub it 3 times, and a wonderful chubby Djinn appears … I’ll ask him just these 3 wishes:

1. As many paid holidays as I want, for the rest of my life, starting with a two week vacation in Marrakech.
2. I would like to include a visit to the wonderful markets, where I can buy everything I want.
3. A fabulous stay in the best apartments in Marrakech, together with a group of friends!

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Erwin Olaf Madrid

Who is Erwin Olaf?

This admirable provocateur artist was born in Holland in 1959. He is a famous photographer, known for his works about sex, beauty, desire, violence, freedom, and critique towards the hypocrisy of the society. He takes care of every detail in every moment: perfectionism, pure and simple. Everything is where it should be. His work is endowed with a great visual beauty. All his works are impressive and full of an admirable sensitivity. Many of them enjoy a very special humour.

‘Chessmen’ is the series that launched him to international fame. It’s very surreal, with that special touch that characterizes him. We have to highlight these naked fetishists’ bodies. In recognition for his art, he was awarded the first prize in the “Young European Photographer Competition.”

This peculiar genius also works in the advertising world. He has done various commercials for well known brands such as Nokia, BMW, Levi’s, Camel, etc.

This fascinating artist works with black and white, colour and has also immersed himself in the digital world, with short films, video clips and movies such as “Tadzio” (1991), “Grip” (1998), “The most beautiful Kisses” and his first film, “Captain Tom” (2005).

One of his highlight works is “Mind of Their Own”, which shows disabled children between 6 months and 26 years old. He uses very bright colours. Their eyes are very penetrating.

We should also talk about the incredible series called “Mature” dealing with women between 60 and 90 years as models posing almost naked and in very erotic poses.

Other very good works are ‘Fashion Victims’, where he worked for famous brands and he showed very slender bodies; ‘Royal blood’ shows members of royalty who have died in a horrible and unfortunate way or ‘Paradise’ has gruesome images of clowns, crazy looks and lust.

‘Rain and Hope’ is another of his great works made between 2004 and 2005. They show everyday people in the sixties that look like they are standing at the time. His characters seem a bit lonely and sad. They seem taken from one of the films of David Lynch, with whom he has collaborated with several times.

Erwin Olaf is working with the Espacio Mínimo Gallery in Madrid. If you want to see more of Erwin Olaf, you can rent Apartments in Madrid and enjoy his incredible work.

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Helmut Newton Berlin

Helmut Newton, the photographer who loved women

According to Helmut Newton, the feminine body is a naked sculpture among the skyscrapers of the urban space, a figure of white skin with high heels, painted nails and half black stockings. His work is erotic, provocative and even violent. Accordong to this Australian photographer born in Berlin (1920-2004), the woman is much more than a fashion mannequin and a sex symbol; the female body is an aesthetic that is renewed again and again in front of his objective…

One who does not know Helmut Newton should not know who Coco Chanel is either, another fashion icon fascinated with female forms. Newton published for prestigious magazines like Vogue, Elle, Playboy, Marie-Claire, so you’ve surely already seen one of his fashion photographs. They are erotic and provocative images. His photographs sometimes seem like movie images where men’s sexual fantasies come true, like two women kissing or one slapping the other… This is always done with elegance, glamour and a touch of classicism. He takes black and white images as well, offering light contrasts, lines and fantastic volumes.

We recommend you pay attention to fashion and nude photography; visit the Newton exhibition until May 16th at the Photography Museum in Berlin. The German capital houses also the Newton Foundation.

In female circles, Newton has been widely criticized because of the image he transmits of women. Many think they are macho, that they lack dignity and have been reduced to an object of male perversions, where women are exposed as ham whose taste would be for the lewd and the voyeur. But the woman is multiple, she has not just one face and Helmut Newton spent his entire life photographing her and creating an ode to the female body.

Take advantage of a stay in Berlin to discover the fascinating art of this talented photographer, who shows women as they are: a treasure of nature that arouse inspiration to anyone. Invite your partner to Germany, rent Apartments in Berlin and savour the simple things

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Turkish Baths Istanbul

Turkish Baths, the best pleasure in Istanbul

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Travelling to Istanbul and not enjoying a relaxing Turkish bath is like going to London and not trying a typical English breakfast, a sin! The Turkish baths, known as Hamams, are the quintessence of Turkey. While the pearl of the Danube collects eastern and western scents to combine them together in a unique essence, the Hamam could be the Turkish equivalent of Western spas.

The Turkish bath is a place to relax, where you combine the wellness with some body treatments. Here several elements are combined: the dry heat, the moist heat, the cold, the massages and the peelings.

In fact, the word Hamam means “the place that heats”. These look a lot like the former Roman baths, not only in their structure, but also in their socio-cultural function. Though now a bit of this tradition has been lost, much of the Arab social life used to be developed in the baths; moreover, it was common for the bride to celebrate her bachelor party at the Hamam.

Usually in the Turkish baths men do not mix with women as in most of the Western spas. The Turkish bath is like a wet sauna, but with a closer practice of the Roman bath: one must first relax in the warm room – a room heated with hot air; then you go to an even hotter room, called hot room and then you dive into a cold pool. Then, you receive a full body wash and a massage; to finish, you access the cooling room where you take a further period of relaxation.

There isn’t a limited time to enjoy the hamam, but it is not advisable to extend it over an hour, as it is more than sufficient to regenerate the skin and to relax the mind. The Çemberlitaş Hamam is one of the most famous of Istanbul; it has a privileged location in the historic city centre, situated very close to the incredible Grand Bazaar.

If instead you want to enjoy a swim with the whole family, the Suleymaniye Hamam is the only traditional mixed Turkish bath. Other examples of famous baths are the Galatasaray Hamam and the Cagaloglu Hamam.

Discover the largest city of Turkey, located at the Bosporus Strait and do not miss a chance to visit one of these hamams. Your body and mind will thank you. And to get an equally comforting stay, rent the best Apartments in Istanbul. You’ll feel like a sultan!

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Bullfight in Ronda

Eric Fischl shows ‘Bullfight in Ronda’ in the CAC Malaga

March 17, 2010 By: malaga Category: Malaga

Though it is true that the bullfighting has as many detractors as followers around the world, it is also true that when the bulls are transferred to the art world, nobody has anything to object… Quite the contrary! The first solo exhibition of one of the most important figurative American painters of the second half of S. XX has finally come to Spain. Eric Fischl is presenting an exhibition called ‘Bullfight in Ronda with watercolours and large paintings in the CAC Malaga.

The New York painter was inspired by a run on the Goyesca de Ronda Bullring in 2007. In fact, this exhibition summarizes many of the keys of his painting. Today, Fischl is the most quoted figurative painter in the American market.

The show includes a total of ten works where the artist reveals how he understands bullfighting through paint. In the paintings the backlights in the bullfighters stand out and only he provides a single emotion to contemporary painting.

Fischl’s unconformist character has his works take him to new ways of experimentation, so nobody was surprised when the artist got stunted before the bullfight in the Goyesca in 2007, with an incredible line-up that counted with the Rivera Ordóñez brothers, Francisco and Cayetano, and with the Colombian bullfighter César Rincón. That was how the painter ventured to draw on the world of bullfighting, so far unknown to him.
His paintings are closer to photographic frames than to predictable and balanced compositions. In ‘Bullfight in Ronda’ the figures can appear blurred or bullfighters may cross in front of the main figure.

To recreate the bullring, he selects a viewpoint where he sets the characters, preventing the development of a landscape. Fischl, besides a painter, is also a sculptor and a photographer. Discover this versatile artist at the CAC Malaga until April 4th. Andalusia awaits you in a festive atmosphere, because the Semana Santa is coming closer. Immerse yourself in the warmth of its people and rent Apartments in Malaga to discover the perfect accommodation.

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Effects of Love Paris

Love is like a drug

Posted by paris | paris | Wednesday 17 March 2010 12:23 pm

Every day our friends the hormones reveal us astonishing discoveries. Women release three chemicals substances called dopamine, oxytocin and vasopressin both when falling in love, as when taking a dose of cocaine. Feelings and drugs have the same euphoric and relaxing effect and, above all, they promote physical and emotional stimulation. Pleasure has many origins and forms!

When you say that you need love, or that you miss your partner, it seems that you are expressing the same desire as you would if you needed drugs. Both want an immediate dose of satisfaction caused by the hormones that are activated under the influence of cocaine or by loving someone. While you look at your partner’s eyes, you hug him/her or you have sex with him/her, the oxytocin is spinning in all your blood.

The chemistry of love

Following a study by psychologist Arthur Aron from the New York University, we know that by just looking at your partner’s photo, your blood fills up with dopamine: the same hormone that is produced when we eat chocolate, have sex or take drugs. It is also said that the real infatuation is recognized when we release phenylethylamine (an organic compound from the same family as amphetamines) in the brain.

Will love then be reduced to a simple chemical process? The hormones seem to have the answer to everything! And when the flame of passion turns off, is it because there are no hormones? No, but because your body gets used to the substances, as can become accustomed to a certain dose of drug, which over time is not enough to overcome its lack. This is when the relationship becomes more quiet, which means that both partners have to work harder in the relationship…

Paris will offer the most concentrated dose of pleasure that you’ve ever met. The scientists noted: sharing good things conducts to the happiness, enhances the immunity and makes relationships last longer. A stay with your partner in the French capital may be the healthy and surprisingly economical choice, especially if you rent Apartments in Paris.

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jim hodges venice

Nature and love with the art of Jim Hodges

March 17, 2010 By: veniceblogger Category: Venice

Many artists create pieces that are only understood by them. This is not the case with Jim Hodges, an American talent who’s work catches our attention because of its simplicity, its nature poetry and its ode to fragility. This simple artistic language will move you and you have until April 5th to see it at the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in Venice. It is “Jim Hodges. Love, eccetera.

Contrasting work

This artist is usually defined as a bipolar character because of his minimalist and baroque style at the same time. His works can be made with various materials and sophisticated colours or can be reduced to a simple cobweb or a picture of a tree trunk. He likes the simple means such as paper, cloth flowers, music partitions, broken mirrors with which he makes collages, sculptures, sewing… But since the late 80s, his favorite medium is drawing.

His art provokes emotion and sweetness, he talks about love and about sublime things, like death, disease and temporality. His artistic resources express the beauty of simplicity and fragility, an aspect reflected by the 60 works that can be seen in this sample in Venice.

Nature is his muse

The main inspiration of Jim Hodges (1957, Spokane, Washington) is nature: the fusion with nature and its shapes. Maybe his art results easy and relaxing to you and the exhibition will leave you with the feeling of having received a massage. Jim Hodges enables you to appreciate the beauty of things as they are, without looking beyond the natural.

Before travelling to Venice, the exhibition was in the Pompidou Centre in Paris, revealing the prestige of this artist in the contemporary scene. Take advantage of this event in Venice to spend your holiday in Italy, the cradle of art history. Nature and love are also gathered in the city of canals, a cocktail that will be explosive if you rent apartments in Venice.

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Las Ramblas revived Barcelona

La Rambla will revive in March

Mar 17th, 2010 by apartmentblogger

Who has visited Barcelona and has not walked along the most famous and bohemian pedestrian street in town? Any time during the day or night several thousands tourists will be meandering along the Rambla soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying the activities of this mythical venue. But maybe the original spirit of this street has disappeared in the last few years. That is why the ‘Rambleros, rebels with a cause’ project has been started, in an attempt to see the Rambla turn into the dynamic cultural centre it used to be from the end of the 1960s through the mid 1980s. The “Rambleros” want to restore the essence of this avenue by reasserting the freedoms, social changes and revolutions typical of that era.

From March 1st until March 28th, visitor can enjoy exhibitions, shows, round tables, music and literary activities.

A big marquee with no end of shows
A big marquee, with room for 400 people, will be installed on the Rambla de Santa Mònica, close to the ‘Drassanes’ Metro, and will be packed with activities, shows, discussions and exhibitions on the Barcelona avenue’s recent history.

Music, magic, dance, clown and puppet shows will all be performed in the marquee, which will include artists who made history with young, up-and-coming stars. The marquee will also be holding exhibitions on ‘Posters and banners’, diaries and magazines from the period and the Rambla’s legendary venues, like the Cúpula, Venus and Barcelona de Noche. There will also be a night dedicated to Gato Pérez, a fundamental figure in Catalan rumba.

Two important exhibitions will take place in the Rambleros Project: one is from the artist Manel Barceló who will be recreating activities from that period; the other one will be the tribute to one of the most reactionary and transgressor characters: the painter Ocaña, an icon for homosexuals and transsexuals, who fought for their rights.

If you want to know the Ramblas and live their real spirit, forget the tourist paellas and any kind of lure that doesn’t have to do with the true nature of this venue. Become a real Ramblero and book Apartments in Barcelona, the ideal and cheapest option to stay in the beautiful city.

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Sauna Vienna

A sauna in Vienna – without your clothes on, of course!

Submitted by admin on March 17, 2010 – 10:30 amNo Comment

Vienna, its opera, its dances, its ancient boulevards and its famous Eve concert: thanks to its imperial charm that carries a hint of former grandeur, the Austrian capital attracts more than a tourist. However, there are few who dare to go out of its historic center, described in every corner and in every tourist guide. Of course there is the obligatory visit to the Schönbrunn Castle. And for the more adventurous, a walk along the Danube will be a great trip. The tourists’ opinion after a romantic weekend in Vienna usually is: “It’s beautiful, but a bit posh!”

If what you want is to discover the true essence of the Viennese, simply leave the first quarter – the historic centre.And now take a new look around.There are nude people… in the intimacy of a sauna.

Do you dare?

We usually forget that 1 – Vienna is a city located in the centre of a region full of hot springs. 2 – People go absolutely naked to the saunas in Austria and 3 – the gender-mixing is the norm. Men and women of all ages meet together in a few square meters, warming up, sweating together, without clothes. And even without a towel. The Germans and the Nordic people are used to it, but the idea still strikes the Italians, the French, the Spanish, the English, the Portuguese, the Belgians and the Hungarians (although these are true experts in thermal baths). Is Vienna really posh?

You’ll find dry Finnish saunas with herbs and spices, Turkish baths that are often at the centre of popular thermal resorts with outdoor springs – where you can wear swimwear-. You can go to the Römertherme or Oberlaa hot springs in Baden, a town about ten kilometers from Vienna: they are two springs connected by tram and highly appreciated by the inhabitants of Vienna. Amalienbad also has a fabulous pool, an art deco gem situated at the height of Reumanplatz and where we can find a few saunas. Then warm yourself up, relax and discover the totally naked Viennese saunas. Rest like a Viennese and rent apartments in Vienna.

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Hospital Gowns

Hospital gowns that show your backside – up for discussion

There are two unforgettable scenes in cinema history that have been nailed to the viewer’s retina… One appears in the delightful Argentine film ‘The Son of the Bride’ starring Ricardo Darin. After suffering a heart attack he walks disoriented along the hospital corridor, and when he turns around, we see his backside, thanks to these very embarrassing hospital gowns. In the ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ movie, Jack Nicholson, who plays a womanizing sixty-year-old man, lets us see his ass because of the same hospital gown open in the back.

This suit, which still prevails in most medical centres worldwide, has been discussed. The UK wants to distance itself from this general trend and its sanitary authorities have entrusted fashion designer Ben de Lisi to give hospital fashion a total change. No more walking around the hospital corridors showing all kinds of asses. The new gowns will prevent the patients from feeling exposed because they open and close from the sides, instead of the back. The patient’s dignity will be protected because they can be fastened by themselves (which could not be done with the traditional gowns). Besides the comfort, the designer added a point of glamour, since the new touch is smooth and also incorporated four different colours: pearl blue, dark blue, pink and sand.

Bring pyjamas from home

The other countries we must wait to see what happens with these hospital gowns. In Spain, some communities have made efforts to dignify the clothing of the patients. But you can also bring your own pyjamas, which is allowed in most centres.

We sincerely hope that you do not have to go to the hospital when you go to the Spanish capital, but include a pyjama in your luggage… so you will avoid showing your backside. Enjoy your visit renting Apartments in Madrid, a different way to find the best accommodation.

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