Was in Solothurn last week-end, a quite nice but not overwhelming little town. Didn’t see much of the baroque it was supposed to burst of, but maybe it’s me. nice trip, though. Came back towards the evening, and the light was so warm outside, sun about to set, that I decided to jump on the…
i had no business in frankfurt. I shouldnt have been there today. But of course i got lost. on the way back from Goettingen. Jane didnt want to speak to me at all, she didnt even start since yesterday. I am very angry with her, very upset. So i missed some intersection, in high traffic,…
i dont want to leave goettingen tomorrow… for several reasons…
Its been more than a month since Tuvans wedding.. Already… Tsbeen a busy month. First weekend after flew to london to meet a friend, didn’t stay in london at all though (that’s why, vivekananda, I couldn’t meet you, but will next time), rented a car and went down to stonehenge (not as impressive as on…
Tuvan’s wedding was a blast. Well, I missed the wedding itself completely, because I missed the plane, arriving late by 10 minutes, and they couldnt get me on it.. so the only way was to catch a late connection through germany, and i arrived in the middle of the night.. one hour after the wedding…
aug 1st is the swiss national day, more importantly, day off. since they probably ordered nice weather, i took the opportunity and my new scooter for a tour in the area. went down to Zug, a nice little town by an (of course) omonym lake, then off to ruetli, where the treaty between the old…
took my new old car on its first 400km trip thru europe. freiburg, germany, is a small nice colorful romantic town, then thru the black forest mountains to donaueschingen, which has the danube springs, so i paid respect, then to stein am rhein, an extemely picturesque little town where the rhein comes out of the…
its good that i waited a few hours before announcing the whole world that i’m going/coming to NY for the last two weeks of august. coz it got cancelled, due to an overbooking of 2 immovable days, when i have to be in germany. the last two. oh well. in the good old romanian way,…
Went to Zürifäscht yesterday, i.e. Zurich-Fest, Zurich-party, organized every 3 years. Crazyness, 700k people in the center of a 350k city. It got transformed in a city-entertainment-park, with lots of food, drinks, drunks, and adrenaline-pumping rollercoaster-like devices. Wheehee. Luckily I met two friends-of-friends, with whom I had a nice time. Big wheel, good food and…
lucerne is to my mind so far the most charming city in switzerland. for potential visitors, include “in the package” a trip to one of the two mountains, Rigi or Pilatus (check at the tourist office for the weather/view, pilatus tends to have its head in the clouds). this saturday went with (other) two friends…
meaning Konstanz – Lindau – München. that’s what i saw in the weekend, accompanying my friends who left :(.as a bonus, the monastery in Ottobeuren, a seemingly Godforgotten place somewhere in Bavaria, but only seemingly, coz it has a HUGE baroque monastery. mesmerizing!there are so many nice places in this world it gets scary if…
For weekends like this it is worth working like crazy. Went with the two friends who are visiting to meet two other friends (all from romania) in lausanne, and spent a wonderful week-end on lake Leman, in a region called Lavaux. Recommended: Lausanne-Evian boat trip, then boat trip along the coast from Lausanne (Ouchy) to…
mhmm.. just realized it, i am in an emory-nostalgic mood these days. miss y’all. a bit. and while thinking about it, i wondered if it is correlated to the fact that i have some dear friends over, having a good time. get the correlation? thought of sharing that, and encourage you to go meet at…
met 2 very dear friends in germany yesterday, they came from romania, i went from zurich, met in-between to visit some bavarian spots, 2 castles (neuschwanstein & linderhof) and a resort, garmisch partenkirchen (ski fans might recognize the funny name).neuschwanstein (=”new swan’s stone”) castle is the highlight – apparently it was the inspiration for disney’s…
was in Nurnberg, Germany, for work, 2 nights, both quite late, but last night at 11 i asked myself: so will you sheepishly watch tv till you hardly fall asleep, or will you take a short walk thru a nice city who knows when you’ll have the chance to see again?i didn’t see much, but…
took a short 1-week surprise vacation between projects, went home to romania. cant believe it’s over and i’m back about to start again.. one noticeable thing i did was visit the european culture capital 2007, Sibiu, Romania. Pics below: http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2009111308.swf?AlbumID=2941750&AlbumKey=wDBxu&transparent=true&bgColor=&borderThickness=&borderColor=&useInside=&endPoint=&mainHost=cdn.smugmug.com&VersionNos=2009111308&width=640&height=485&clickToImage=true&captions=true&showThumbs=true&autoStart=false&showSpeed=true&pageStyle=black&showButtons=true&randomStart=false&randomize=false&splash=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smugmug.com%2Fimg%2Fria%2FShizamSlides%2Fsmugmug_black.png&splashDelay=0&crossFadeSpeed=350.
home for a week. took vacation between projects. that and the unusual heavy tropical rainfalls coming daily around the same hour in this area would have been the subject of this very short post till about 10 mins ago, when i found out about cannes. romania had 2 entries in the festival. one movie called…
went to Gstaad today. just to check it out, had heard of it. seemed strangely empty, although there were some people on streets. everything closed, of course, except for a boulangerie and a couple of restaurants.. pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/gstaad
On the way back from zurich to the village on the other side of Confederatio Helvetica where I am still located for this project, I stopped briefly in Fribourg, a nice old town in shades of grey, with an impressive cathedral (like most towns here). Pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/explorish/fribourg. i live close to Lausanne, but i…
Bruxelles & Bruges, i.e. Belgium. Joined my sister in Bruxelles, where she and “the gang” were visiting a friend who lives there. Had a great time with them, revisiting the two cities mentioned + Oostende, where we managed to keep the Romanian tradition of going to the seaside on may 1st, to “inaugurate the season”.…
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