Yes, yet another Expo2020 post! Just scroll past if you are not interested, because this will be a proper photo bomb - Frida and I turned out to be the perfect exploration team, we managed to visit around 50 pavilions together! I think we both were rather surprised at the end of the day actually, when we counted the stamps in our passports! We did work hard though, arrived already at 11 am, and had a hefty tempo all day until 7 pm.
Let's have a look at which countries we discovered today, I still had a long list to tick off. I started with Slovenia:
Lithuania, who f.e showed the world's smallest Burj Khalifa!
Czech Republic, a pavilion I really enjoyed:
Seychelles, which presented the Coco-de-Mer, the world's largest seed:
And a painted sculpture of a tortoise, with some "interesting" drawings on it, ha ha!
Benin, another small pavilion which fascinated me. So much art!
Bolivia:
Montenegro:
Cambodia:
I have really tried to learn something new from each pavilion. In the St Kitts & Nevis pavilion I learned for example that Alexander Hamilton was born there:
Republic of Equatorial Guinea:
I loved this sculpture, by Leandro Mbomio Nsue - who understandably is called the 'Black Picasso':
The Central African Republic:
Ivory Coast, I had no idea they were such a large producer of chocolate!
Kosovo:
Grenada, where they grow nutmeg:
Sudan:
Mongolia:
Mexico, stunning pavilion!
Antigua and Barbuda, more art:
Senegal:
Peru, beautiful pavilion, both on the outside and inside:
Haiti, superbly colourful, such a happy pavilion!
The Holy See pavilion, great for selfies!
A really beautiful pavilion, I so enjoyed it! It promotes human fraternity, a theme highlighted by the two historical happenings: the visit of Pope Francis to Abu Dhabi in 2019 and the meeting between Saint Francis and the Sultan of Egypt in 1212.
This sculpture is called Fraternity, and it's by Giuseppe di Nicola. So lovely!
Slovakia:
Bulgaria:
Micronesia:
Kiribati - which we learned is pronounced "kiribash":
Palau:
One pavilion I got really surprised, and impressed by, was Syria. We got to listen to the oldest song in the world here for example:
The pavilion of El Salvador offered free tastings of coffee at the end of the visit:
Vanuatu:
Capo Verde:
Trinidad & Tobago:
Libya:
Eritrea:
Dominica, really confused as to why they had a viking-looking figure?!
Gambia:
Jamaica! Another pavilion full of music, colour and joy!
Tanzania:
Nepal, presented both Buddhas and Yetis!
In Barbados we met Rihanna:
Togo:
Algeria:
Serbia:
Angola:
Kyrgyzstan:
Nicaragua:
Somalia:
South Sudan:
Latvia, who displayed tons of different inventions, amongst them this non-reflective glass for artworks. Can you see the difference between the left and the right side of the glass covering this Rothko?
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