I made a first visit to this sanatorium in September 2021. I found two things that I really liked: a beautiful stairwell with beautiful blue glass tiles and this small room. I do not know what its function was. This building on the mountainside overlooked one of the beautiful lakes of the North of the country but this kind of loggia, yet very beautiful, overlooked the back. Anyway, it seems that his last function was to store chairs! During this first visit, there were twice as many, along the entire length of the room. Unfortunately, as with all the last places visited during this trip, a material damage prevented me from taking a good wide-angle photo. The wide angle was here a sine qua non condition to capture the essence of the room. Indeed, to be able to show this framing, I had to position myself in the door frame, with the tripod in the back room. I went back in November 2022. I was very apprehensive about this visit because I know that these places have their own lives. They can be barricaded, demolished, monitored overnight. So from one year to the next... I really wanted to redo this photo, so I hoped that it would always be perfectly abandoned. If you see this picture, it is because this second visit was a success! So there were half as many chairs... Go find out why! I told you that these places had their own lives... This sight amputated of a few chairs initially disappointed me, but in the end, I prefer it. It removes a symmetry that I did not necessarily like and lightens the photo.

This synagogue is located in a Jewish cemetery in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital. It is in fact the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. It is partly active, so it is very easy to enter. The same goes for the synagogue which can be easily found while strolling through the cemetery. It dates from the end of the 19th century. I don't usually give as much information about a place but this one is known so the title of the photo was enough to find it. It’s a beautiful ruin as I like them with colors, textures and above all, a good hole in the roof which allowed the vegetation to return. Small detail that is important, the two stars of David on what was the main door clearly illustrate the fact that we are in a synagogue.

Memory of my first trip to the Balkans in 2016… 5,500 kilometers solo and an extraordinary stage: a bay with six abandoned hotels in Croatia. I spent a whole day there. A true paradise. Concrete, nature and all with a view of an azure sea. In this photo the vegetation has returned so much that the view is obstructed but it is to my greatest happiness. I prefer green to blue! The geometry of the window and the false ceiling tiles add to the interest in this framing. Not to mention the fact that I'm a huge waffle lover. Still missing chocolate and whipped cream though... I still lick my chops every time I see this photo!