Travel A list of noteworthy things in 2017 A short, incomplete rundown of what 2017 was like. With pictures.
Food Stockholm, a tale of food and peril So after more than two years of absence, I returned to Stockholm last weekend to visit my sister, her husband and two unruly but fantastic little Swedish kids. Contrary to my usual ways
bratislava Bratislava, beauty on the danube (official nickname) So we went on a weekend trip to Bratislava for my sweetheart’s birthday. As always, I couldn’t refrain from thoroughly documenting our endeavours. I will post a few updates in the
Impressions And so that was Sweden Back in Austria, back at work, but here are the graphic reminders of what a great time we had in Sweden. Enjoy by clicking on the picture below: I’ll be updating on
Travel Sweden, more than half-time I’m sitting here in Sweden at my sister’s notebook, trying to not keep pressing the wrong buttons on an utterly confusing keyboard. (Well, not that confusing really, but switch the “y”
cameraphone Almost summer That’s the advantage of having to walk from one godforsaken village to the other, you’ve got plenty of photo ops. Too bad all I had was my cameraphone.
Travel Country Roads Trainrides are always dreary business. It’s then that little things make your day. Like the conductor whose mobile phone went off right when he was checking our tickets. The tune of choice?
fish What I found out Last week, while waiting for a contemporary Swedish dance show to start, I suddenly realized that I know the word fish in five languages: fish Fisch fisk sakana piscis Must be the Swedish
Impressions Stockholm And here I am, back from Stockholm, and I brought with me a whole bunch of photos. You can either click the image above to view the set on Flickr or visit the
Travel Hej there Since yesterday I’m in Sweden (and will be so until Thursday), visiting my sister and her husband to be, enjoying as much fish as I possibly can and missing my girlfriend who
american_cemetery NC Pt.VII - The Cemetery The American Cemetery near Omaha Beach is quite impressive. It’s a vast area, and every single piece of grass looks like it’s been manually trimmed. When we visited, the weather was
d-day NC Pt.VI - Photo ops are timeless Along the Normandy landing beaches are many memorials commemorating D-Day in 1944. In case you’re unfamiliar with the whole scenario, here’s the Wikipedia entry on Operation Overlord, as the Battle of
France NC Pt.V - Beach houses I’m getting more unimaginative by the second. Hence the headline. We spent quite some time driving along the coast of lower Normandy. We stopped at a few places to have a cup
France NC Pt. IV - Beach House Fed up yet? Yes, didn’t think so. We spent a considerable amount of our time inside the car, but we made sure we only went to the greatest of places. Since another
France NC Pt.III - Les Andelys After exactly 12 hours of travel, we had reached the Normandy. The first place we decided to look at was a town called Vernon. It turned out that the guide we were using
alsace NC Pt.II - Le Schlucht We decided to save money by taking country roads instead of the expensive French motorway and made our way through Alsace, the region in Eastern France that’s still populated by German-speaking people.
border Normandy Chronicles Pt.1 I’m back. The vacation was wonderful, and because it only lasted a week, I will prolong the whole experience by posting photos of the trip on here for the next few days
normandy Goodbye Austria, hello France Today’s the day: We’re leaving for our one-week trip to the Normandy. There’s not a whole lot more to say than that I’m extremely excited to go on this
History Carinthia, medieval I’m back from the excursion, and I brought a shitload of pictures. Click here to see the batch on my site’s own gallery, or click here to admire them from within
Travel Gone for some For the next five days, I’ll be on an excursion through the nether world of medieval Carinthia. Naturally, I’ll be more or less offline. You can resume addressing your parchments to
Bible On books on trains On the trainride to and fro Graz I noticed, as always on trains, quite a bit about the reading patterns of some people. There was this one girl on the ride to Graz,
Impressions Lake dwellings and scorching heat Two days ago my girlfriend and I went on a little trip around Lake Constance, which incidentally is perfect for little trips. It’s littered with all kinds of touristy attractions, and there
Impressions USA - The Vastness Well, I’m going to cash in on my vacation once again, and provide you with another picture update of the Midwest. Impressed by the sheer vastness of it all, I set out
Impressions USA - The Boat Well, I also had time to find some motifs which weren’t plastic boxes filled with newspapers (Again, the click routine gives you a bigger picture): I encountered that boat in a little