Monthly Archives: October 2014
Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov is one of those towns that is full of tourists. It is quite picturesque; the Vltava River winds through, forming such a tight curve that the old town is almost an island, with the castle rising up and above on the opposite bank. The hilly terrain amplifies the higgledy-piggledy arrangement of the tightly […]
Wien, ganz anders
Another month of intensive Deutschkurs has come and gone with dazzling speed. My big takeaway from this round is that I need to work much harder on building vocabulary. Learning increasingly complicated grammar is one thing, learning it with an inadequate vocabulary at my command adds a whole new layer of frustration and annoyance, mostly […]
a bit of self-reflection inspired by a landing card
I have in the past year declared myself as “Unemployed” when passing a border. This has happened three times; once while driving into Canada, and twice while entering the United Kingdom by air. I don’t recall any other nation asking about this at all. This may, at first glance, seem like a stupid idea. One […]
lange Nacht der Museen
Saturday night was Vienna’s Long Night of the Museums. Over one-hundred-twenty museums were open from 18:00 to 01:00, and a 13€ ticket got you into as many as your could manage. In six and a half hours I managed: Josephinum, a collection of medical wax models the Tooth Museum, right around the corner from the […]
the Vienna pigeon index
I’m back in Vienna for another one-month intensive German class. Classes are held right across the street from the Staatsoper on the Ringstraße, and if I arrive a bit early, I sometimes kill time in Schiller Platz (there’s a statue of Schiller) in front of the Academy of Fine Arts. Despite it being within a […]
Cheese Skipping 
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