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    • Weekend Activities: Walk in the Alps

    Spent the weekend in Salzburg. First of all, to meet Lisl and Sameel with whom we had stayed in Brisbane. It was so nice to see them again. On Sunday we took the opportunity of fabulous sunny weather for a hike up the Nockstein near Salzburg with Heidi’s parents. We were rewarded with a beautiful panorama of the Northern Alps.This is one of the really nice things about Austria. Heidi and I renewed our vow to get out in the mountains more often.And we found mushrooms while walking. It has been a while since I found so many. That was a perfect dinner for five people.

    • September 17, 2007
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    Floating Ideas on my birthday

    We went to dinner at Midori. Pretty neat asian place beneath the Schlossberg. Miso soup, noodles. Very nice.Best thing though was the lamps above the corner tables. Lots of notes attached to the lamps. Many ideas, quotes, poems, maybe shopping lists in a multitude of different languages.

    • September 10, 2007
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    Happy Birthday

    Don’t you get bored after 30 birthdays?A day like any other.Except for the Birthday Muffin in the morning.And the phone calls, messages, E-Mails.

    • September 10, 2007
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    Weekend activities. This week: Boiler replacement.

    The total lack of warm water and the recent drop in temperature forced us to replace our warm water boiler. With the professional help of Herbert and Stephan. The DIY heart of mine jumps with joy and pride looking at our new archievement. However, the soup we retrieved from our old boiler was quite a view. To think that we washed ourselves with this and felt clean afterwards…

    • September 2, 2007
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    Scotland 2007

    These are a couple of pictures from our Scotland trip. In two weeks we covered most of the country and drove around 2500 kilometres.Prestwick/Glasgow – New Lanark – Edinburgh – Haggis – Slochd Mohr – Loch Ness – Fort Augustus – Uruqhart Castle – Fort George – Culloden – Inverness – Rogart – John O’Groats – Dunedin Head – Ullapool – Gairloch – Ruadh Reidh – Sheep Dog Trials – Fort William – Glencoe – Loch Lomond – Glasgow – Stirling – Highland Games and back.See all the images here

    • August 14, 2007
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    Some like it warm on summer evenings

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    Another highlight of summers in Graz: Film classics at Franziskanerplatz. This years seris started with “Some like it hot”. Still a hilarious comedy after all those years. Fun times.
    Did I mention that the showings are free? Just take a seat. Wonderful warm evening. Photo is borrowed from Metroblogging Graz because the dog ate my camera.

    • Juli 3, 2007
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    Relaxed Working

    This is me (my feet) at Starbucks Vienna. Using some extra time between meetings for the finishing touches for my presentation at Lowe GGK. They happen to be 50 metres up the road from Starbucks. How convenient.

    • Juli 3, 2007
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    Concert on Schlossberg

    Had a wonderful mellow summer evening when we went up the Schlossberg to listen to the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra in the Kasematten, a wonderful event spot in the remnants of the Graz Schlossberg fortress. Just sat down along with many other people outside the concert venue. A very pleasant way to spend an evening in Graz. In fact, Graz in summer is close to perfect. Heidi, obviously, also enjoyed it.

    • Juli 1, 2007
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