Thursday Doors, 13/6/19: Drama, Ljubljana

It might sound funny to an English-speaking person when this city bus stop is announced: “Next stop, Drama.” But this is the name of Slovenian National Theatre which has occupied this lovely Art Nouveau building since 1919.

Drama is such a useful word. In our pack it can mean many things, including snow. For amore there are few dramas worse than snow. In the winter father often reports how many centimetres of drama has fallen overnight.

It was a rainy day so no wonder that these photos look as if having been taken in a leafy November, not this May. We rounded the corner and there it was. For a moment I wondered if it had always been as pretty. It’s good what a little distance can do. You start to appreciate more what you once took for granted.

The featured photo is the church next door though, Ursuline Church of the Holy Trinity. I prefer its doors to Drama’s. Serves it right for having nice but all same old white doors!

As for the current situation in the south of Tuscany: the car just showed 36 degrees C (96.8). Outside, not in. We will have to invent a season beyond summer.

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  First sighting, beyond some excavations. Yes, it’s almost like in Rome. Ljubljana was called Emona in Roman times.

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  The neighbour. I like these colours and shapes. This is my city.

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  I saw a number of performances in here, but not for a while. Let’s count the doors. Door one.

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  Door two.

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  Drama has one big and one small stage. Here somewhere is the entrance to the small stage.

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  Door three with an interesting curve.

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  En face, with the bar upstairs.

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  Door four. I like the splash of red.

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  Door five, from the hip.

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  Door six, with the statue of Oedipus by Stojan Batič.

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  Only now I see the writing on the wall: “To be or not to be.” Another hand added: “Pig.”

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  A bit further along the main road: Ursuline Church of the Holy Trinity.

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  Another door I really see for the first time, no matter how often I passed here.

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  Pretty. Yes, people ride bikes in the rain.

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  Look at this connecting feature! Never noticed it before!

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  A look back. Where did this mural come from? Drama is to the right. We were there and didn’t see this! 😮

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  Opposite. See, this is my Ljubljana, M.

For Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors challenge.