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Hard to believe that it's been already one month ago that I've been to Venice on the occasion of the 57th Biennale. Time passes so fast. But it's a ...
BASEL - time to wonder, time to wander
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Note: Before it drives you completely bananas, you can turn off the music, that's supposed to guide you through my 24 stops slide show, on the first ...
57. Biennale in Venice - A Day Trip to Padua - Saturday
vor 7 Monaten
Today it proved - again - that staying in Mestre has many advantages: To get away from the weekend's hustle and bustle in Venice (as if Venice is a ...
57. Biennale in Venice - A Week in September - Friday
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Today was my last full day in Venice since I'm planning an extra-trip for tomorrow - let me surprise you - and Sunday I'll be heading back to Milan ...
57. Biennale in Venice - A Week in September - Thursday
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This is my seventh time to Venice - the last three times were on the occasion of the Biennale. This takes away the urge of doing all the heavy duty ...
57. Biennale in Venice - A Week in September - Wednesday
vor 7 Monaten
No visit to Venice would be complete without getting lost in this web of narrow alleys and "sottopassegi", the low gateways that nobody recognizes as ...
57. Biennale in Venice - A Week in September - Tuesday
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I will never forget the moment I arrived for the first time in Venice: twelve years ago - first stop of a rail trip to Cinque Terre (by the way ...
57. Biennale in Venice - A Week in September - Monday
vor 7 Monaten
So this morning I took the train from Milan via Pisa to Venice Mestre station which is on the main land - in the 'real' world. Of course Mestre is ...
Weekend in Milan - an 'aperitivo' for the eye
vor 7 Monaten
Squeezing in an art weekend in Milan while on my way to Venice. What - do I think there won't be enough art waiting for me at my final destination? ...
Proje4L/Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art - Istanbul's best hidden Gem
vor 8 Monaten
Coming to Istanbul, everybody is standing in line to see the antique masterpieces at Hagia Sophia, the Topkapı Palace, or - if they venture away from ...
vor 10 Monaten
My earliest encounter with pop music was in the early 70s - practically short after dinosaurs quit roaming the earth. It was the heyday of Glam Rock, ...
The Language Learning Trilogy. Part 3: I don't claim to be an "A" ...
vor 10 Monaten
I can remember neither the moment nor the occasion - but there was a point when I clearly saw my life's biggest goal. No, I don't need to see a 1000 ...
The Language Learning Trilogy. Part 1: I don't claim to be an "A" ...
vor 11 Monaten
I love to learn foreign languages. Big problem: I hate joining learning groups, at least those around the corner where everybody is starting from ...