We’ve never seen so many beautiful houses in ruins as we did in Braila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braila ). It’s true, we’ve never visited a city after a war. Here, it’s not about bullets though, it’s about tens of years of neglect because of a sick political system. Not direct aggression but passively induced carelessness. Fragile balconies force the pedestrian traffic away towards the middle of the road and the perspective becomes even more striking. Cuba comes to mind. We got familiar with Cuban images through music (Buena Vista Social Club); ironically enough, music is Braila’s claim to fame these days – the yearly canto festival “Haricleea Darclee”.
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