June 03, 2006
Scenes from Salzburg
So a rainy day in Salzburg was beautiful. The Birthplace of Mozart on this his 250 birth year was a lovely city. We visited his birthhome and then walked around the cobble stone paths and looked at the many shops at the Furst Cafe- Kondetorei where the Mozartkugl was invented and still being made by the greatgrandson. We crossed the river Salzach. There in the last picture you see two young boys running away from their mom and laughing. I like things like this because worldwide children are the same. Full of mischeif. Boys will boys is the saying back in the US. It seems that Vienna is having a late rainy spring after we had a nice warm begining. I hope it goes away soon. On the NBA front, The Miami Heat defeated the Detroit Pistons. Seems that the Detroit Pistons just dont have it in them anymore to pull out the impossible wins. Congrats to Shak and Co. It seems its their destiny to win but they still will face the winner of game 7 from the Pheonix Suns Dallas Mavericks showdown. Maybe one of them will play the spoilers or the victims. We'll have to wait and see. I didnt make it to see the game last night at 2am and I'm glad because it wasnt much of great game. Well talk to you soon.
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June 02, 2006
Fürst things First
In the year 1890...
the Salzburg confectioner, Paul Fürst, created the now world famous Salzburger Mozartkugel. He was awarded a gold medal for his product, which had already become famous, at the Paris Exhibition of 1905.
Norbert Fürst, the present proprietor of this establishment, still makes these fine chocolates today according to the old recipe and method handed down to him by his great-grandfather. For this reason, these can truly be called
ORIGINAL SALZBURGER MOZARTKUGEL --->click here<---
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June 01, 2006
Its a small world after all
So last weekend I saw buildings or monuments from all over the world. See if you can see what building is from what country.
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April 23, 2006
Milan, Italy Where the Italians are beautiful.
So Bonjourno! all my people! Those that still are checking in. Sorry for staying away for so long and as a friend of mine urged me to post because in the online world I'm dead and people won't look here again. As true as that may be and as right as he may be I'm still gonna post. Some times real life gets busy and my online life has to suffer what can I say.
We reached a big point our life. Monika and I have decided to go back to NYC. So at the end of July we will start a new life again in a familiar city to us both but under very different circumstances. This decision was as hard as our decision over a year ago for me to leave NYC. The great thing is that Monika and I reach our decisions together and talk about all aspects as well as the pros and cons.
So having said that, last week for Easter and for Monika's birthday
we took a trip to Milan, Italy. It was our second trip to Italy and I have to say once again the Italians have shown me that they know how to live. They are beautiful, polite, friendly and they know how to relax and just live life. In four days there I had a wonderful time and would tell anyone that has the chance to go to Italy for a visit. Here are a few photos of our trip there, one in the famous shopping center by the Duomo, on of a man in the Station Centrale, one of some businessman having luch during the time when everything shuts down, and one of me and Monika kissing on top of the Duomo. Hope you like these and I will post again soon. Thanks for checking in from time to time, Buona Cera...
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December 30, 2005
Skiing
I just came back from a mini vacation with Monika. This is one of the only photos I took and it was with my phone because I couldnt risk bringing my camera on the slopes with me. We went skiing for 4 days. I had only gone skiing once before last February. You can see pictures and some videos of me falling all the way down the slopes if you -->click here<-- and --> here <--So that being said on day one of this weeks trip I was scared and going down the slopes very slow but after some tips from Ramona and Monika I began moving a little faster and feeling a little more relaxed. By the end of Day two i was feeling really comfortable and begining to feel like I was in control of the skiis. Day three Heinz and Babsi joined us for the day and I was able to show off my ski skills. After Heinz expressed his amazement I decided to show him that I was as skilled a faller as I was a skier and I did a full flip forward and landed on my ass. I couldnt repeat this move if i tried. Heinz had to fish my hat out of the deep snow for me. After a break Heinz, Babsi, Monika and me decided to try our luck on the "Black" courses. These are supposed to be difficult and one is an unfinished course. These courses are realy steep !!! That just means that they don't smooth out the snow and it gets really bumpy and wild. Well we did these a few times and I have to say any fear that I felt involving skiing vanished. The only fear I had was that this mini vacation was going to end. Day four brought Monika's parents to pick us to take us home but not before Papa joined me and Monika on the slopes!! It was a nice day of skiing , eating and laughing then a long drive home. We stopped at MariaShutz for the best and biggest Krapfen in the world. You can see photos of this place when I first visited in February also if you --> click here <-- I had the best time on this trip and I'd like to thank Alex and Ramona for taking us there and spending the first day skiing with us and Robert and Brigitte (Mama and Papa, Monika's parents)for picking us up. and of course Monika for going skiing when she wanted to go to the hot springs. ;-) We did have a sauna in our hotel and we used it every night after skiing all day. I can't wait to ski again!!!
Here are Alex's photos from our first day of skiing. --> Alex's Photos <-- He is such a good skier that he can bring his camera and not worry about falling and breaking it. Of course his camera isnt as big as mine. ;-)
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November 13, 2005
Bratislava
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October 14, 2005
Countryside Scenes
At least once a week Monika and I ride bike from St. Polten to Wein. I really enjoy the tranquillity of these rides and the scenery is amazing too.
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Countryside Scenes
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Astrid "Obi wan Kanobi"
She is a "forcefull" rider and co-worker of Monika's that joins us in our bike rides sometimes. She patiently awaits in the back of us until we hit the big hills. Then look out as her youthful and well trained limbs pull her a head and leave us in the distance cursing under our breath.
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Susanne
Susanne, another one of Moinka's co-workers who joined us on one of our bike rides.
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September 26, 2005
Chess in Linz
This Past week I went to Linz with Robert and Brigitte Wunderer, Monika's parents on a day trip here are just a couple of shots I took. I have been working on my website and just yesterday I started building the bar for the Piano room. I haven't been posting much, sometimes I get discouraged because of lack of feedback.
If you click on the comment link just under the photos or under the posting ie. comments(0) then you can leave a comment so i know that you were looking at my photoblog. If anyone is reading send me a hello?
Any how, I will keep up with my postings and writing what I am up just incase someone is reading. Today I am going to the University to register for german courses there that start in October. I can't believe September is almost gone and fall is upon us. Saturday Monika and I went to see a dance performance the other night at Tanzquartier and then went to a cool little lounge called Danube (yes like the river.)
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Linz and Chess
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September 08, 2005
Mama and Papa in Tullnerbach
This was break time.
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Mama and Papa in Tullnerbach
Today I biked up to Tullenerbach a small town about an hour away via bike to visit Robert and Brigitte Wunderer, parents of Monika, Robert and Alex. They invited me over for lunch to be followed with the building of their new winter garden house. I was supposed to arrive to help the unloading of it but the delivery man was a half hour early so i missed that. Brigitte had a delicsious lunch that I have the recipe for now but can't remember the name. Its pasta mixed with eggs and ham with the cheese of your liking baked over. Then Robert came home and we got started on our project. It was fun building this "green house" and we had some challenging moments but worked around them. A common problem when building things or putting things up is the moment when you realize that you aren't working with right angles. At on point we were having a hard time fastening one part of the green house to the outside wall of the house and Robert measured a triangle formed by the house and two sides of the green house to formulate using an equation that reminded me of geometry class in highschool that we didn't have a right angle. Well we figured it out. I had a nice time in Robert and Brigitte's nice country home. They have a nice natural swimming pool in the back too!
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September 03, 2005
Medival Times
I went to a medival festival last weekend at Bad Ischl. It seems the world today has taken a step back and become a bit barbaric. Wonders never cease and just when I think I've seen it all something else happens to shock me. The media is there to sensationalize it all.
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Medival Times2
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Medival Times3
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