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Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Bregenz June 4th 2010

Day two of the group trip began with a nice breakfast at our hotel. Breakfast here is certainly not like breakfast at home. At home, in a continental breakfast in a hotel, there is usually cereal, fruit, some kind of special bread or pastry, and not a lot else besides coffee, depending on the level of hotel one is staying at, of course. Here when one gets a hotel breakfast there are different kinds of bread, cheeses, and meats, plus fruit, juice, and coffee. I do not understand the fascination with salamis and bolognas for breakfast, but there is always ham, which is good too. We had a little time in between breakfast and when we would leave for the museum, so I used it to go to the cathedral in Rothenburg, St. Jakob’s Church, a ... read more
Altar carving
Pipe Organ
Shame Mask

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Lech am Arlberg January 14th 2009

So last night was pretty interesting. But telling the story requires some explaining. My room is one of many in this house where they rent rooms out to ski instructors and local workers, BUT on the main floor there is a strip club... (which used to be a very tasteful, family-oriented restaurant), clearly the owners had a change of heart concerning their profession. Anyway, my room just happens to also be lucky enough to be next to the room where 'the girls' get ready for their performance. SOOO last night I was innocentely reading my book in bed and talking to friends online when outta no where i hear loud footsteps outside and then someone kept banging on my door trying to get in! So I was pretty bloody pissed and opened the door to find ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Lech am Arlberg January 13th 2009

Well winter break is almost (regretfully) over with me having approximately 10 days left here in the Austrian Alps! Nothing but skiing, snowboarding and hanging with local friends. It'll be hard going back to Los Angeles and school (ugh) at the end of Jan, I get to deal with the classes from HELL. Since this is my first blog ever I'll throw in a few things about myself as i tell the tale of my winter wonderland vacation! But first let me give you a taste of the oh so fun classes I get to look forward to!= 1. Molecular Cell Biology 2. Physics A: properties of matter, mechanics, wave motion, and heat (the fact that its only Physics A indicates that theres a Physics B I get to look forward to in the Fall as ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Lech am Arlberg January 13th 2009

Well only Lech was available to put, but im actually in Zürs am Alberg, which is a tiny town right next to Lech. So its about halfway through Winter break and its been pretty eventful actually. The first week was pretty damn boring, but then around New Years it picked up. New Years itself was just.. well not so great lol. It was pretty awkward. I went with Nina to the Alrberg house and hung out with the Eglers. I ended up at a table with the Egler boys and some Scottish people who decided to start snorting Icelandic alcohol up their nose... So it was interesting haha. After the firework show on the 1st of Jan Christian came over and yes yet again we had a make-out fest. But thats it, and its all just ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Bludenz December 17th 2008

So a quick background update - whilst I was bringing home the bread and butter and building my shrine of Nadz J - Nadia was gallivanting around Paris and Switzerland, finding toilets with infestations in Paris and making love to a special someone called Charlie (the snow man yar). On the 13th of December 2008 (not a Friday but a Saturday) I decided to hop on to a plane cause i felt sorry for nadz the loner. She was dying without me and i felt sorry for the loner munchkin. She was missing me and finding it hard without my tender loving. So i got on at Schiphol airport for my flight to Vienna. I was flying with skyeurope and Nadia was always on the top of my mind. The flight was 105euros and I was ... read more
Me and my board
Nadia and me and the amazing view
Icicles...

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Bregenz May 17th 2008

Today I went to Bregenz, Austria. I saw the Bodensee, Switzerland, and THE ALPS!! ... read more
The Alps
More Alps
More Alps, Again

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Kleinwalsertal March 26th 2008

Joint graduate school meeting in Kleinwalsertal Having looked here at trabelblog.org for an entry for this wonderful place and not finding one was quite surprising! Because this place really deserves to be seen. Therefore the intetion was to describe some of the highlights of the trip. Getting there The trip from Muenster by train has been a really lengthy one. Strarting at around 7:30 in the morning we arrived at Oberstdorf train station at about 3 or 4 in the afternoon! And this was still not it. We had to take a bus. Wandering around with camera It has started snowing the day before and went on the whole night. But the next day the sun came out and the whole landscape became amazingly crisp and clear. So the goal was to find a skiing lift ... read more
icicles
A church in the valley
Spring, actually

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Lech am Arlberg December 29th 2007

Well, lots of changes happening around here. I am sorry it has taken me so long to catch up on the last month or so. I have accepted an internship offer with Accenture and will be moving to Karlsruhe in the next couple of weeks. Karlsruhe is in the SW of Germany inbetween Stuttgart and Mannheim. It is a fantastic internship and I am looking forward to beginning it and also doing some work travel around Europe. :-) So in between finding an apartment, Xmas, New Years, my mid year seminar, etc. Here I am. I'll try to update you on each as I have time to write. Hopefully NYE will come soon. Rachel and I had a blast. But first...our fabulous Christmas in Lech, Austria. My family flew into the Frankfurt Airport on the 20th ... read more
Sushi
Weinachtsmarkt
Rathaus

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg June 12th 2007

When we arrive in Feldkirch Austria we get on the intercity train for Innsbruck. The train ride is very scenic as we go by the highest mountains of our trip. There is a group of 8 retired Germans from Baden Wuerttemburg in our car. As we approach Innsbruck, the leader of the group gets out his map and cell phone in order to locate/contact their hotel. He has no luck on either front. He has been generally quite officious throughout the trip. Two local Austrians on the train proceed to help him - one phoning a friend to ask him to search on the internet. The leader of the group is very frustrated and perhaps embarassed by all this attention. Ray offers to lend him a street map of Innsbruck which the two Austrians pore ... read more
Natterersee Campsite at nite
Campsite gourmet breakfast

Europe » Austria » Vorarlberg » Lech am Arlberg April 21st 2006

I was in two minds as to whether to add a blog entry for a skiing trip. After all, skiing isn't Travel in a purist's sense, it's Holiday. And Austria didn’t seem to be exactly exotic, at least from a Brit’s point of view. On the other hand, for non-UK-based folks and for UK-based non-skiers, the photos, at least, might be of passing interest. In any event, by popular demand (= my sister, representing the latter group), here I am. My apologies in advance to my fellow skiers: I considered changing your names “to protect the innocent”… but didn’t. We'd elected to go DIY this year, rather than choose a package trip. How would we cope without the harassed-but-need-to-be-smiley-and-welcoming ski rep to check us off one mode of transport and onto another, to sort out lift ... read more
...more mountains...
...and more mountains
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