Notes from Bucharest?
Public ways surfaces – eg pavements and roads? The unique feature roads and pavements seem to share here are aesthetics of emerging uneveness, movements and holes. Specially as a skateboarder, its a helpful idea to notice surfaces you move over – or better – about to move over. In Bucharest, public surfaces have moving bits – specially when these are made from relatively small slabs. randomly appearing holes. While holes tend to be random, here they Feel random in the sense that a surface might Seem smooth and in a rather healthy shape – yet contain holes. (Usually, when there are holes in surfaces, the state of general disrepair around could give an indication. Not so in Bucharest. It's a different kind of attention that's being required to moving over surfaces. The randomness is in the type of surfaces holes might be – Any kind.) Also, there are intended holes, mainly on roads. They seem to be for placing poles, (flag poles?) – not sure. Uneven surfaces that are hard to detect – even in day light. Since there are surfaces which were mended with various shades of dark to light grey, when these become wavey – its sometimes hard to see it coming.
Makes rather curious walking experiences after/during rain.. ;)