Jiggity jig. Sackville is very pretty in August, albeit a tad muggy. I discovered a random roll of film from last summer on one of my developing sprees this year, so I’ve included a few photos in this post to reaffirm (to myself, more than anyone else) that the place to which I have returned […]
Read more "Home Again, Home Again…"A couple of weeks ago, Mink and I decided to make a somewhat spontaneous trip to Prague. I’d wanted to go there since my sister had told me about how awesome it is, and we don’t have much time left to travel in Europe before going back to Canada. I had no idea that Damien […]
Read more "Praha! (Part I)"99. Sketchy bar crawl in the tenth district Mink, Adrian and I arrived back from a lovely weekend in Serbia on Monday afternoon (the details of which are to come). Mink and I are in shock that we only have a few days left to make the most of living in Vienna – this month […]
Read more "A “Get to Know Your District” Pub Crawl"Prague and Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic; Rome (including a wonderful beach, Ostia Lido), Pompeii, Naples, and Venice in Italy; Ljubljana and Maribor in Slovenia by train, and through Graz in Austria on the way back to Vienna (and I definitely want to check this city out!). Tomorrow Mink and I fly to Belgrade, […]
Read more "In the Past Two Weeks We’ve Been to…"For this post, “Summer in the City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful seems an appropriate tune – it really is hotter than a match head in Vienna these days! Wednesday Bryno, Mink, Peter and I went to the Prater in the afternoon to go on some rides. Bryno is from Montreal, so he knows about the […]
Read more "Summer in the City"One more thing to cross off of my list! 67. See “The Third Man” Yesterday Mink, Bryno, Peter and I went to see The Third Man, the famous 1950 movie set in post-war Vienna. The Burg Kino still plays it multiple times a week. This trailer pretty much sums up the plot: The movie itself […]
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