fotografieren

Showing posts by tag

Wintereinbruch in Wien Mit Donnerstag dem 17. Jänner setze in Wien so richtig der Winter ein. Auch am Freitag gab es Neuschee und auch Schneeverwehungen. Ich habe ein paar Fotos vom Wienerberg in seiner weißen Pracht gemacht! Der viele Schnee sorgte vor allem im Osten für das übliche Chaos und entsprechend zahlreiche Berichterstattungen. Fotos vom Wienerberg im Winter inside.
Wochenende im Schloss Gabelhofen Nach einer Anreise aus Wien ist man in etwa zwei Stunden beim Schloss Gabelhofen angekommen. Dieses Vier-Sterne-Schlosshotel setzt dabei auf einen gelungenen Mix aus Moderne und historischem Altbau. In wenigen Minuten erreicht man zu Fuß die neue AquaLux Therme. Wir haben dabei ein Kombinationsangebot bestehend aus zwei Übernachtungen mit Sektfrühstück, einem Candlelight-Dinner und einem Tageseintritt in die Therme entschieden.
Herbst am Wienerberg Kalt ist es mittlerweile geworden hier in Wien. Umso größer ist die Freude die Sonne nach einigen Tagen Nebel bzw. Hochnebel wieder zu sehen. Dieses Sonnenfenster an einem späten Sonntagnachmittag haben wir genutzt um ein paar Fotos und ein kurzes Video zu machen.
RedBull Flugtag 2012 Der RedBull Flugtag ist 2012 wieder an seinen Ursprungsort Wien zurück gekehrt! Mit ihm auch 40 tollkühne Piloten aus ganz Österreich mit den teils liebevollen selbst gebastelten Fluggeräten und Showeinlagen. Ganz im Zeichen des Flugtags wurde auch ein Tiefflug einer Fokker 100 oder akrobatische Flugmanöver eines BO-105 Helikopters vorgeführt. Wir haben uns das ganze angesehen und Fotos und ein Video gemacht
Women's Run Wien 2012 Heute fand der Women's Run in Wien statt. In der Nähe des Donauturms liefen etwa rund 2200 Frauen in der 5 bzw. 8km Disziplin im Donaupark für einen guten Zweck. Auch Viviana war mit dabei. Ein paar Fotos und auch ein Video findet ihr im Artikel
Training für Zombieapokalypse Schon mal einen typischen Endzeitfilm gesehen? Ein paar mutige Menschen flüchten vor Zombies, Mutanten oder Kannibalen. Viele fallen den Verfolgern zum Opfer und werden selbst zum Bösewicht, bis auf wenige Helden, denen es gerade noch gelingt zu entkommen. Hast du dich nicht auch schon gefragt, ob du rechtzeitig flüchten könntest? Mit der "Journey to the End of Night : Vienna 2012" konnten wir dies - mit überraschendem Ergebnis - nun endlich testen!
Ancient & Modern Rome, Italy There was once, long time ago, a great empire: the Roman Empire. A great civilization that created a modern city that was looking for her equal. The name of the city: Rome. About 2000 years later, Vivi and I made a visit to the city, they say, all roads lead to. Read more about our trip with a tourist testimonial, pictures and a video.
Exploring the Holy See, Vatican There are many tiny states in the world. Some of them are within other countries. Such as San Marino or the Vatican in Italy. Eventhough it's a tiny city within a city, there is a lot to explore. Check out my text, pictures and videos from the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel (Sixtinische Kapelle), St. Peter's Basilica (Petersdom) and much more.
Sightseeing in Berlin Berlin is one of the most interesting cities in Germany. This is one of the reasons why I visited the capital city of Germany already for third time. Why I like this city so much? It's the atmosphere and the people, the history and the present. Take a closer look to my videos and pictures to get to know and understand this huge city a little bit better.
Lobau & Nationalpark Donauauen Schön ist es geworden Ende April und so nutzten wir das schöne Wetter für einen Tagesausflug mit dem Fahrrad in den Nationalpark Donauauen. Wir sind dabei von der Donauinsel bis nach Orth an der Donau gefahren und haben uns von der wunderschönen Landschaft inspirieren lassen. Fotos und Videos inside :)
Radfahren von Illmitz nach Podersdorf Am ersten richtig frühlingshaften ging es nach Illmitz im Burgenland zum Radfahren. War ein schöner aber sehr windiger Tag mit einem traumhaften Sonnenuntergang. Am Heimweg haben wir auch Fotos von der Ölraffinerie der OMV bei Nacht gemacht! Fotos von Videos vom Radausflug gibts natürlich auch :-)
Spazieren in Rohrendorf bei Krems An einem sonnigen Wochenende im März ging es rauf auf die Weinberge in Rohendorf bei Krems. Ich hatte meine Fotokamera dabei und ein paar Bilder vom Spaziergang gemacht.
Visiting Paris The capital of France is probably the most visited city in the world. For many it is the city of love. Paris is certainly a beautiful city, but it is a veritable tourist mecca. Accordingly, the prices are set on tourism and people with a lot of money. A visit to the city is definitely worth. Here are a few photos.
The beauty of Warsaw Warsaw, the capital of Poland, was most certainly a surprise to me. Unexpectedly beautiful, modern and full of life. Even though getting there can be a bit tricky, it's worth a trip. The city has unjustly negative reputation. I was there with my friend Iwona, who came originally from the city and we did a lot of sightseeing togehter.
Big Berlin Berlin is definetly one of my most favorite cities I've visited so far. The capital city of Germany is not only a big city, it is living history and open for future aspects likewise. I've been several times to Berlin and everytime I had a great time. Berlin is not only large and spacious, Berlin is also, and many do not know that, relatively inexpensive. It takes at least three days to do the major sights. If you planning a trip to Europe, put Berlin on your list!
Gran Canaria Insights This holiday island, which belongs to Spain, has a lot to offer for everyone: Beaches, mountains, all inclusive or individual tourism, sport activities, a big city with history, dunes and green areas. As tourism is the main sector of the island there is no much that you could miss. Warm temperatures will welcome you as you get ready to explore this island located in the Atlantic Ocean close to Africa.
Road trippin' in Gran Canaria Our two days road trip on the streets of Gran Canaria (an island of Spain) was an amazing experience. To rent a small car as I did with a Toyota Yaris is affordable for nearly everyone as the price starts with 20 Euros a day only. The infrastructure is on a high level and people respect the rules more than less. See pictures & videos and the map of the tour through the mountains and the coast line.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria The last stop of Christopher Columbus before he crossed the Atlantic Ocean was in this lovely city. Almost the half of the population of the Canary islands lives here. We went there several times and had a great time.
Gran Canaria mountains & coast If you have the possibility of exploring the inner part of the island you should do it. It is the most interesting part of the island and less touristy than the rest. We did two different tours. One through the mountains and one along the coast.
Maspalomas & Playa del Ingles In the south of the island is the tourists' paradise. Beaches, hotels, restaurants, amusement parks, shopping centers and so much more. This could be a nightmare depending on what you are looking for. But right there you'll also find the dunes of Maspalomas, which are worth visiting!
Christmas Market in Bratislava We've been recently to Bratislava to see a good friend of hours at the Christmas markets (vianocný trh) of Bratislava. I took my camera with me for some shots from the main square (hlavná namestie), the Slovak National Theater and Cumil.
A trip to Virgen & Lienz, Osttirol Osttirol is a region in the Alps of Austria. It is a worth seeing place, even if it's pretty far away from Vienna or other bigger cities. We went there for a weekend trip to see Lienz, Virgen and Matrei during the Christmas season. Eventhough the Winter of 2011 is pretty much without snow so far, Osttirol was white and I managed to go skiing and cross-country skiing
Chicago - Home of the Skyscraper Four red stars and two blue strips. This is what you can find on the flag of Chicago. Those represent four big events such as the big fire in 1871 in Chicago and the Lake Michigan and Chicago river. For me Chicago is my favorite American city I have seen so far. Walking around in Chicago's downtown surrounded by massive skyscrapers where they were invented was great. Chicago is a must see in the US!
The beauty of Fall On October, 31st I went out to take some pictures right at the area were I live. It was an amazing Fall day with sun. In German we call such days "Goldener Herbst", which translates into Golden Fall. Check out the pictures in the blog and photo gallery
Schloss Neuschwanstein One of the most famous castles in the world is "Schloss Neuschwanstein". It's in the very south of Germany in Bavaria, just a few kilometers away from Tyrol Austria. It's remarkable appearance inspired Walt Disney when he designed the Walt Disney castle.
China Insights My first trip to Asia led me to China. I went there with my friend Iwona for 16 adventurous days. We flew over 6000km within this huge country and over 30.000km in total! We saw the cities of Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guilin, Yangshuo, Hong Kong and Macau and many beautiful places such as the Great Wall or the valley next to the Li-river.
Cuba An island full of myths, preconceptions and depression. One of the last countries that can call itself really communistic. Health and education systems are good in the country where Che Guevara is still a national hero, but this country is to suffer a lot. No real jobs, bad food and rundown houses and services...
Japan Tour Time passes by and it's been a year now, that I've been to Japan. Almost exactly a year later, one of the biggest earthquakes in Japans history ever hit the country, destroyed buildings and killed thousands of people and even caused a nuclear meltdown. It's sad to write this article under such circumstances, but I would like to share the great experiences I had, while travelling in this amazing country
Weblog spring-cleaning! After a long time of being very inactive on my blog (even through technical reasons), I am very happy to announce to have three new galleries from last year online, such as: Paris, Alicante and Tokyo! Links to the photoblog inside this article!
South America Trip - Detail Part 2 Right now, as I am writing this, I am sitting on the airplane somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean back home to Europe. A long trip is over and after almost five weeks of traveling, I have seen a lot and opened my horizon even more. It is the second part of my detailed story and short resume of my trip in South America.
A few pictures of the trip I've selected some pictures from the first week travelling in Brasil and Bolivia. Sao Paulo, Santa Cruz, Bueno Vista, La Paz and Valle de la Luna. In this blog article you'll find pictures only - For the story please refer to the article "First week in South America".
South America Trip - Detail Part 1 It's now been almost a week since I am travelling in South America. Together with Viviana I am currently in La Paz, Bolivia - one of the higest cities in the world - But one after the other... See inside article for more details :) [Pictures will follow soon]
Japan - Day 16 The last four days in Japan I used to see some more sights in Tokyo, going to Nikko and Yokohama and meet with local couchsurfers in Tokyo to celebrate the cherry blossom and experience the night life of Tokyo.
Japan - Day 12 Although there is only one day in between from my last posting, a lot of stuff happend and I had time to write it down. I was at mount Fuji which was totally awesome! Afterwards I had a bath in an Onsen. Hit by the article for details
Japan - Day 11 Right now I am riding the Shinkansen (Japanese high speed bullet train with 270km/h average (!!) speed) from Kyoto to Mishima on my way to mount Fuji. I spent the last couple of days in Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka and Nara. I did a lot the last few days and I am a bit tiered now, looking forward for a relaxing hike tomorrow. See details for the whole article.
Japan - Day 4 This is a short brief article from my first three days in Tokyo and what I did so far. Currently I am sitting in the Shingansen to Kyoto. Click on the article to find out more!
Fotos der letzten vier Monate Nach langer Pause gibt's im Fotoalbum die elf neue Gallerien. Sie sind in den letzten vier Monaten entstanden und beinhalten unter anderem: Györ, Stockholm, Uppsala, Chicago, Minneapolis, London, Stuttgart und das dort befindliche Mercedes-Benz Museum und Bilder vom Couchsurfing Wintercamp in Budapest welches ich zu Neujahr besucht habe.
Zadar Adventures This story is about three Americans and one Austrian and his car heading south. The ambassadors of Croatia organized the fifth Balkan meeting in Zadar. Of course, I and some friends attended it. In fact, there were more than 200 people from countries all overof the world! We had a great time by roadtrippin' and partying all night long :-) - Sorry for posting this story so late, this all happend in May 2009 :-D
Exploring Cyprus Together with my friend Iwona, I flew to Cyprus. We arrived there very early in the morning. The first two days we stayed in the North, which is the Turkish part of the island and the other three days in the Greek part. Because we rented a car we could explore the whole lovely island. (By the way they drive on the left!) We saw the coastline and the mountains!
Istanbul, Turkey - Part 1 of 2 Napoléon Bonaparte once said: "If the whole world was a state, Istanbul would be the capital of it". Well he actually used Constantinople istead of Istanbul :-) So I actually had to visit the capitol of the world and I really liked it! I took about 900 pictures, but don't worry, I already selected the best ones. I couchsurfed again and I had a very nice hostess: Esra. She made my stay even better. This ist part 1 of 2 pages.
Istanbul, Turkey - Part 2 of 2 This is part two of my article about Istanbul. In this part you will find more about the Galata Tower, the Galata brdige, and my experiences in Kadiköy on the Asian part. You will also find pictures about the Grand Bazaar and the Sultans Palace Topkapi. Last but not least, my overall conclution about my stay in Istanbul. This is part 2 of 2
Edirne, Turkey As I hosted Özlem last year in Vienna, I planed to visit her. She is a girl from Edirne in Northern Turkey in the border triangle with Greece and Bulgaria. I went there for a day by bus and did a small sightseeing tour and met some friends of Özlem
Edinburgh & Scotland In February I spontaneously booked a flight to Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. I didn't have an idea at all of the city until I was visiting it. As usual I was couchsurfing there again and it was great :-) The weather was actually better than it was in Vienna, even it was cloudy sometime, it was at least warmer :-) I also went out of the city to see the Scotish Highlands and Loch Ness
Eindrücke von Wien Am Sonntag, einem sonnigen Tag (seit langem!), habe ich mit meinen Couchsurfing Gästen aus Hamburg (D) und mit meiner Kamera und neuem Objektiv bewaffnet, einige Fotos von Wien gemacht. Neben den klassischen Sehenswürdigkeiten habe ich natürlich das Teleobjektiv ein wenig ausgereizt :-)
Hamburg in depth Two weeks ago, I was visiting Hamburg. One of the last big cities missing on my "Cities to see in Germany"-list :-) As I was always curious of Hamburgs harbor, I was really looking forward to see it as well! And it was worth it. As Hamburg is also famous for the Reeperbahn, I also went there. Like the last trips, I was again couchsurfing there with Tim and his girlfriend together with my collegue Iwona.
Miss Liberty - Das neue Pferd Am Montagnachmittag habe ich mir das neue Pferd meiner Schwester angesehen. "Miss Liberty" ist sein Name und ich muss sagen: Respekt. Ich bin ein wenig an Pferde gewöhnt, aber dieses Pferd ist wirklich sehr groß. Hab zwar ein Foto gemacht, die Aufnahme ist leider etwas schlecht geworden, noch dazu war das Pferd gerade nicht geputzt, aber was solls das Foto ist online :-) Untergebracht ist das Pferd in einem Reitstall in der Nähe von Krems
Bratislava & Devín Wie auch im Jahr zuvor, bin ich auch heuer auf den Weihnachtsmarkt nach Bratislava gefahren, gemeinsam mit Steffi. Waren zuvor noch in Devín, einem kleinen Ort unweit der slowakischen Hauptstadt an der March/Donaumündung. Am Christkindlmarkt war sehr viel los! Waren danach noch "üppig" Essen und auch in meinem Lieblings-Teehaus :-) Am späten Abend gings dann wieder zurück nach Wien.
Foto-Rally Am Samstagnachmittag sind Andy, Silvia und ich in Wien mit der Fotokamera bewaffnet durch Wien gehuscht. Teilgenommen haben wir nicht am ebenfalls an dem Tag stattfindenen Photomarathon sondern an der Foto-Ralley. Ist etwa so ähnlich, jedoch etwas "entspannter" und im kleineren Rahmen. Wie auch vor einem Monat in Bratislava gabs verschiedene Themen. Meine Teilnehmerfotos sind online
Bucuresti discovered On my "NikOnTour" mission to discover each country, which is member of the European Union, I was visiting Romania the last weekend. Again I couchsurfed and again it was great :-) I was guided through Bucuresti and I didn't had to care much. I was even in some small villages and hiking in the mountains. I took tons of pictures.
scenic.amon.cc Habe einen neuen Prototyp einer neuen Website fertigstellt. Die Positionierung der neuen Website liegt auf Auswahl von Fotos die ich im Laufe der Jahre gemacht habe und meiner Meinung nach besonders sehenswert sind. Die dort gezeigten Fotos werden aber noch ergänzt bzw. getauscht. Die Adresse des Prototyps ist scenic.amon.cc. Allerdings wurden noch nicht alle Browser Tests durchgeführt, wesswegen es zu unterschiedlichen Darstellungen kommen kann!
Sternen & Mondbeobachtung Entstanden ist die Idee auf einer Grillfeier, wir sprachen davon, warum der Mond scheinbar größer ist, wenn er am Horizont steht (was natürlich nur eine optische Täuschung ist). Es stellte sich heraus, dass es einige Astronime-Interessierte gab. Das Ergebnis: Heute fand eine gemeinsame Sternen & Mondbeobachtung statt! Christian, ein Kollege, stand uns mit Teleskopen, Rat & Tat zur Hilfe. Vielen Dank! :-)
Goldener Herbst Strahlender Sonnenschein, klarer Himmel und herbstliche Stimmung in Wien. Grund genug um mich mit meiner neuen Kamera auf den Wienerberg zu begeben um die Stimmung ein wenig einzufangen. Habe einige Fotos gemacht, die guten habe mal online gestellt, doch wirklich gut rüber kommen tun sie nur in voller Auflösung. Ich werde daher vielleicht das eine oder andere Foto hochauflösend online stellen, mal sehen.
Van Gogh, Schiele, Picasso & Co Trafen einander am Samstagabend zir "Langen Nacht der Mussen". Nach 2003 war ich nun zum zweiten dabei. Besucht habe ich diesmal die Albertina, ArchitekturZentrum, Toblerone Ausstellung, Leopold Museum, Museum Moderne Kunst, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Dabei habe ich viele Werke namhafter und werdender Künstler bestaunen können. Danach habe ich mich mit Andi und Paul in einem Lokal getroffen.
Dominik on a time travel Wer wollte nicht schon immer wissen, wie er wohl zum Beispiel 1956, 1958 oder 1988 in einem Jahrbuch ausgesehen hätte? Mit dieser recht lustigen Website kann man sein Konterfei mit wenigen Handgriffen auf Zeitreise schicken. Die Website spielt auch die damals aktuelle Musik und die erzählt ein wenig über die damals aufkommenden Trends.
Tofino & Nanaimo As nearly every Canadian recommeded me to visit Tofino, I did. To get there you have to pass the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Tofino is a small town with only 1600 inhabitants and it's famous for it's beautiful beaches and I guess also for it's sunsets. I was hitchhiking from Victoria with a German as it was really difficult by public transport. On the way back I stopped in Nanaimo.
Victoria Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia with a population of about 80.000 people. It's much smaller than Vancouver city, but also somehow charming and relaxed. To get there, I took the bus and the ferry to Vancouver island from Vancouver city. I had a good impression of this lovly city, but to be honest, for "summer", it was very cold. You might discover this matter of fact on some of my pictures :-)
Squamish Squamish, a small town with almost 15.000 inhabitants is about an hour to drive in the north of Vancouver city. My host from Vancouver, Marika, invited me to join her and her friends to a festival and a hiking trip. We spent a nice time on a kind of reggae festival surrounded by beautiful mountains and a big calm lake. We stayed in a tent and on the next day, we went on a hiking trip. It took nearly a hole day, but it was great!
Photomarathon in Bratislava Am Samstag sind Silvia, Andreas und ich nach Bratislava gefahren. Dort fand am Samstag der Photomarathon in Bratislava statt. Innerhalb von sechs Stunden waren exakt zwölf Fotos in der richtigen Reihenfolge zu schießen. Klingt jetzt weniger schwierig als es tatsächlich war, da die Themen sehr abstrakt definiert waren. Das Ranking wird erst in einigen Wochen bekannt gegeben. Habe das erste Mal an soetwas teilgenommen.
Bulgaria: Sofia & Plovdiv The past weekend, my friend Iwona and I flew to Bulgaria. We were couchsurfing in Sofia and a great hostess: Gergana. She was showing us around and even cooked for us. She also recommeded us to visit the city Plovdiv the second largest city in Bulgaria, which I didn't know before. It was worth going! I kept a good impression about the country or especially about the Bulgarian people
Neue Kamera: EOS 450D Habe mir heute eine neue digitale Spiegelreflex gekauft. Nach dem meine alte, nach rund 40.000 Fotos auf einmal nicht mehr wollte und auch ein kurzer Blick ins Innenleben nicht half, entschied ich mich für die Canon EOS 450D. Dem Nach-Nachfolgermodell meiner alten 350D. Habe schon ein paar Fotos gemacht, sehr genial. Kenn ich mit den neuen Features noch nicht aus, aber ich habe am Wochenende ja Zeit zum Üben :-)
Hot days in Budapest Together with Iwona, I went to Budapest. With almost 35° celcius it was really hot, but not only the temperature :-) Together with Niki and Darek, we had a nice time and just enoying the city and some clubs! Today I feel a bit dizzy, I guess it was too warm for me or I am getting sick :-( Anyway check out the pictures Darek took!
Klettern in Purkersdorf Eine Kollegin aus der Wirtschaftskammer organisierte privat ein Kletterevent in Purkgersdorf. Da ich bei ähnlichem, bereits im Jahr zuvor teilgenommen habe, entschloss ich, wieder mitzumachen. Es war zwar doch etwas kräfteraubend, aber sehr lustig :-) Zusammen mit sechs weiteren Kollegen seilten wir uns zwischen Bäumen ab und mussten teils sehr schwierige Hindernisse überqueren. Verletzt wurde dabei, abgesehen von ein paar Schürfwunden, niemand.
Lake Neusiedl Tour The past weekend, our Hungarian friends from Fidelitas organized a tour arround lake Neusiedl. It was quite awesome :-) Our friends from Brno (Czech Republic) came along too! The first night, András was showing us around in Sopron! We did a 110km distance on the first day and on the second half-day a 40km way over some small mountains. We started in Sopron (Hungary) and were going clockwise around to Fertöd (also in Hungary)
A weekend in Budapest The past weekend I went to Budapest (Hungary). As there is a cheap connection, it was very cool to revisit some friends, especially Niki. As I didn't have any plan at all, we were just hanging around in the city and I liked it :-) We were in a nice pub, a couchsurfer was giving a farewell party! The next day, we spent some time in the park on Sziget and in the evening we met some friends oft Niki
Vancouver Vancouver is one of the nicest cities I visited on my trip through Canada. It is Canada's third largest city anyway. I spent plenty much time in Vancouver and the region, as my cs-hostess and her friends organized many parties :-) I actually had two hosts there, because I didn't excpect that I get two postive answers from two requests I wrote. It was really nice to be there!
Viel unterwegs! So jetzt gibts mal wieder einen Blog-Eintrag. War jetzt viel unterwegs mit "meiner Amerikanerin": In Grinzing, im Prater, auf einer Strandparty am Segelstrand usw. Heute gehts dann auch noch in die Disco mit Stefan und Petra :-) Mittlerweile gibts auch schon ein Foto
Niagara Falls Not very far from Toronto - just a few hours - you can find the Niagara Falls: Horseshoe Falls and American Falls. Those world-famous falls are in fact not very tall (58 meters), but edge length is long: 792m and 363m. The name "Niagara" pronunciation is said to originate from an Iroquoian word Onguiaahra meaning "Thunder of Waters"
Türkei zu Gast Dieses Wochenende habe ich drei Gäste via Couchsurfing aus der Türkei bei mir gehabt. Habe (sofern es das schlechte Wetter zugelassen hat) Wien von seiner besten Seite gezeigt! Konnte dabei selbst wieder viel dazu lernen :-) Wurde dazu "motiviert" auch möglichst bald in die Türkei zu reisen. Hab schon mal ein paar Flüge geprüft, aber noch nix günstiges entdeckt. Aber mal schaun, hab ja Zeit :-) Außerdem werde ich nun durch ein Nazar-Amulett (nazar boncugu) geschützt!
Toronto Toronto, the financial capital of Canada - The city center has almost an American look and feel. Most of the big and tall skyscrapers are new and impressive. Watching Toronto's skyline, especially at night is just awesome. People in Canada mentioned, that this city is a boring one - I can't approve that. First of all, I had a cool host (but he is actually from Australia). We discovered the citys night life and we were invited to a pancake party - of course with maple sirup :-)
Montreal Montreal, my first stop on my tour through Canada. I flew there directly from Vienna and after eight hours sitting in the plane and six hours in a different time zone I reached my goal: Canada. I started in the "cultural" capital city in the province Quebec, the frensh part of Canada. Montreal itself is almost balanced with english and frensh speaking people, so it's not a problem to not speak frensh. The first day there was like my hole trip: Sunny, hot and beautiful.
Canadian Friendship On this trip I made so many new friends and I would say thank you to all of them. Like thank you for hosting me, thanks for showing arround, thanks for offering a ride and last but not least thank you for your good company! I supposed to travel alone, but in fact, I never was. So this blog entry is a kind of dedication for all of those new friends I now have. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of all of my new friends - Even within 2.500 pictures :- (
Quebec City One of the oldest cities in North America is Quebec city. It was the last but definitely not the least city on my trip through Canada. The city is the only city in North America with an intact old town and stronghold. I've couchsurfed My-Linn and celebrated the 400th years anniversary.
Trois Rivieres I had a brief stop over in the city of Trois Rivieres. The reason why I went there was to visit one of my former Couchsurfing guest that I've hosted in Vienna: Katlyn from Quebec. My plan was to visit her sister later in Quebec city and luckily Trois Rivieres was on the way.
Ottawa Ottawa, the capital city of Canada. The city is shared by the provinces of Quebec and Ontario and is English and French speaking. I managed to get there by the first of July to celebrate Canada day together with my CouchSurfing host Deanna and her friends.
Calgary Calgary is the capital city of Canadian province Alberta. I spent there only a couple of hours, so I had only a brief visit in this city. Even though I had the possibility to meet a local. Annie drove by with her bicycle when I asked for some directions. She showed me around in the city center and invited me for dinner.
Rocky Mountains & National Parks I booked a tour starting from Vancouver. To goal was to see most of the great national parks of Canada such as Banff or Jasper national park. It was definitely a great tour. The trip lasted a couple of days. It was pure nature as its best. We had to wash in cold rivers and sleep outside. No electricity, no mobile phones - simply true nature!
Canada: A Mari Usque Ad Mare From the middle of June until the 7th of July I spent a cool time in one of the biggest countries on earth: Canada. A country full of undisturbed nature, nice and helpful people and big cities. With only 33 million people living there for a country of the size of almost 10.000.000 km2, you can easily explore wildlife. I met so many cool people, discovered so many new things, I experienced adventures - Overall: It was awesome!
Bright Brussels The past weekend, Iwona and me were Couchsurfing in Brussels. We were visiting all the famous sights like the Atomium in Belgiums capital city and the "Center of Europe's Power": EU Parliament and the Commission. UPDATE 11.06.2008: Hole story including Impression, Sights, Center Of Power, Conclution and of course pictures online!
Dublin Dispatches As I retured home today from Dublin, I feel a bit exhausted. To be honest, I didn't expect to sleep so well in a 16 bed dormitory room: All of my roommates were very careful and silent - I just came home late :-) Anyway I already uploaded my pictures from Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. UPDATE: Story of Dublin completed, check it out now! :-)
Charming Cascais Very close to Lisboa, about 25 minutes to go by train, is the charming town of Cascais. The beach to the Atlantic Ocean is realy beautiful! As the temperature of the water was a bit to cold at the beginning of May I didn't swim. Anyway, I spent only a few hours there, I think it's worth to visit it again!
Lovely Lisboa In May I visited Portugal's capital city Lisbon. It's a lovely little city with a charming spirit. I think you can spent many days there without getting bored: The city center, the Belém Tower, the Expo area and places close to Lisboa. As I was couchsurfing there, may friend Mike was already waiting at the trainstation :-)
Moving Madrid At the beginning of May, I visited Spains capital city: Madrid. With about five million people living there, it is one of Europe largest cities. Madrid was partially built by Austrian Habsburger and it's not possible to miss that fact. Anyway, to be honest for me a day in Madrid was enough, as I did not find it so charming
Girona, Sant Feliu de Guíxols & Tossa de Mar On the 4th May I went with Aurora the north-east of Barcelona. The first city was Girona, a nice very old city, which reminded me a little bit to Florence. We spent there a couple of hours while enjoying life :-) After it, we headed to Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Tossa de Mar next to Costa Brava and it was really beautiful!
Beloved Barcelona In the end of April to Wednesday the 7th, I went to Barcelona. It was longer than planed, but to be honest, I enjoyed every single day. My hostess, Aurora, was nearly perfect and very nice! We were also visiting the Costa Brava close to Barcelona (seperat story). In those days, I saw a very young, active and dynamic city and it is a must-be place to visit. I took hundreds of pictures, it was hard to pick out only some of them for the galleries and the blog.
JVP Jourfixe Am Dienstagabend fand das regelmäßige Jourfixe in Soufies Bar statt. War wieder dabei und habe ein paar Fotos gemacht. Kurz vor der Segelstranderföffnung gab es kein besonders Thema, es kamen dennoch zahlreich Leute
Imagens de Lisboa Here are three pictures I took today in the capitol city of Portugal: Lisboa. The weather was really nice and I must say it is a cute city! See you later, so long, from Portugal, Dominik
Nik's tour: An Austrian Announces This is my frequently updated blog entry in which I report about my journies all over the world. You can also access this article directly by entering the URL http://tour.amon.cc/ or hitting the "nik's tour" button in the "Aktionen" area. At the moment, I just assembled a list of places I have already been to, so check this article out more often for updates ;-)
Discrimination of Youth - Seminar in Brno (CZ) Marc and I attended the international seminar "Discrimination of Youth" as delegates of Austria for the JVP. We were there from Tuesday till now, in Brno, Czech Republic. Many people from all over Europe (like Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, ...) also joined this event. It was my first experience working together with so many people from different nations. We did also some sightseeing trips in Brno and in the neighborhood. UPDATE: Story & pictures online
61. Národný Beh Devín - Bratislava Christoph, Silvia and I were running at the 61st Národný Beh (a Slovak National run). The day began very early: 5:45. I slept only approximate three hours! The competition over 11.625m from Devín to Bratislava was a nice one, also the weather was quite good! Surprisingly, I was better than I thought, because I had a cold and wasn't able practice a lot. It took me 64 minutes to finish the race. After the run, we were having lunch and a walk in the park! In the evening we were invited for dinner
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité & Ordem e Progresso Last weekend I had guests from Lyon (France) and Sao Bento do Sul (Brasil): Benoît & Mike. It was fun and hopefully interessting :-) I organized a "small" 30km sightseeing tour in Vienna for the most important sights: Schloss Schönbrunn, Prater, Belvedere, Stephansdom, Parliament, Hofburg, Kärnterstraße and so forth. We were having lunch at Wieden Bräu and café at Frauenhuber.
MS Bigdays & JVP Jourfixe & CS Stammtisch Am Dienstag hatte ich von der früh bis am Abend volles Programm: Beginnend mit den Microsoft BigDays die bis in den frühen Abend dauerten. Bin danach mit dem Auto zum JVP Jourfixe in die Innere Stadt (Wien 1) gefahren und danach gings weiter nach Ottakring (Wien 16) zum Couchsurfing Stammtisch. Habe dort auch wieder Matej aus Bratislava getroffen, den ich ja zuletzt in Budapest sah :-)
Budapest Reloaded Friday afternoon: Andy B and I went to Hungary. It wasn't the first time for us, but we wanted to visit my guests I hosted in Vienna a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, either Budapest changed since 2005 or I visited a different city last time, because I don't remember it being this nice! This time I wasn't going to do a big sightseeing tour like I usually do. We were in a Turkish bath, relaxing in the city, lots of talking, and partying until...
Ein Tag in Bratislava Am Sonntag bin ich in der Früh quasi direkt aus Krems nach Bratislava gefahren und habe mich mit Sona getroffen. Haben ein wenig den Tag verstreichen lassen. Waren zuerst einkaufen im Aupark Zentrum und danach Mittagessen. Wenig später gings dann rauf zur Bratislava hrad und dann zu einem Kriegsdenkmal in der Nähe. Gefolgt von Kaffeehaus und später meinem Liebslings-Teehaus in der nähe der Österreichischen Botschaft. Nach dem Abendessen bei Pizza Mizza gings wieder nach Wien... (Fotos inside)
Do you know Copenhagen? At the beginning Copenhagen wasn't on my list "Places I'd like to visit soon". The main reason going there was in fact of the cheap flight to Denmark. But soon, Copenhagen turned out to be a really cool place! As Denkmark was my first state of Scandinavia I was looking forward to it how live is up in the north...
Visiting Malmö (Sweden) When I realized in Copenhagen, that Malmö is just 40 minutes away by train, I spontaneously decided also go to Sweden and so I did. The train was crossing the sea by "Oeresundsbron"-bridge, it's the worlds longest combined car/train cable-stayed bridge. Malmö, Swedens 3rd largest city, is a lovely city by the sea. It's very old and historical and nice to visit!
Schifahren am Hochkar Am Sonntagabend gings zum Hochkar zum Schifahren. Mitgekommen sind Iwona L und Christoph E. Da die beiden in Brigittenau (Wien 20) wohnen sind wir Krems gefahren. Das Wetter war echt herrlich und der Schnee in Ordnung. Wir konnten wieder die vergünstigen Tagesschipässe nutzen und sind den ganzen Tag unterwegs gewesen. Am Abend sind Iwona, Christoph und ich noch in Krems auf einen Café gegangen und danch Pizza essen, ehe es wieder nach Wien ging. Hier ein paar Fotos...
Couchsurfing Meeting Saturday night, I went to the monthly Viennese "Stammtisch" with my CS-Surfers Niki (Hungary) and Darek (Poland), as well as Iwona L, Christoph E, his girlfriend Silvia V and Andreas B. It was really interessting again to meet so many new people. Regrettably I couldn't stay longer, because the next day started very early in the morning, so my friend Andreas helped out somehow and guided Niki and Darek saftly to my place! My guests were very sympatric persons, hope to see them soon.
Sebastian Kurz neuer JVP Wien Landesobmann! Sebastian Kurz mit 95% zum neuen Landesobmann der Jungen ÖVP Wien gewählt! Am 26. ordentlichen Landestag wurde dem neuen Team an der Spitze der Jungen ÖVP Wien eindrucksvoll das Vertrauen für die nächsten Jahre ausgesprochen!
Athens - A place to be I've been to Athens, Greece, from 22th to 24th february for a small trip. I stayed at my couchsurfing host Elfi, a student from Crete. She really took care of me and showed me her beautiful historical city from a greek point of view :-). I've already uploaded the pictures to my photoblog (separated into 3 parts) and I have picked some photos out of them to this blog. UPDATE: Story about my weekend in Athens is online
Trip to Kraków Because of a special offer of an aircraft company, a former collogue from work, Iwona, and myself booked a flight to Kraków. Not for nothing Kraków is known as the culture-capitol-city of Poland. There are many nice places, the famoust and europe biggest market square "Rynek", the Wawel-castle or Juliusz-Slowacki theater or just some of them. We spent three days in this beautifull city and met some people from couchsurfing at a local CS-event.

fotografieren

Since the beginning...