Sunday 28 February 2010

Spring shadows in Vienna ...




This week has been rather spring like in Vienna. The parks have been full of people sitting on the benches with their faces towards the sun and joggers have crowded the paths along the Danube.

Have a great Sunday!

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Thursday 25 February 2010

Modern art in Málaga



When in Málaga I love to pop in to CAC Málaga to see the exhibitions. Here it is ERIC FISCHL´s bullfight in Ronda paintings. The colors are just incredibable!

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Corner view Málaga: Street photography



Ladies talking under umbrellas and ladies taking a stroll on Plaza de la Constitución in Málaga last Saturday when it was sunny ....

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Sunday 21 February 2010

Shadows on the plaza



That is, on Plaza de la Merced in Málaga yesterday because the sun was shining :)

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Sunday 14 February 2010

Happy Sunday ...


This little pink fiat was parked around the corner from my new place in Vienna, the ninth district, which I havn´t seen too much of yet as the weather is still not for some nice city walks. This shot counts a this week's shadow shot ... you see the shadow under the car, don't you?


Have a nice Sunday and happy Valentine's Day.

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Wednesday 10 February 2010

Corner view Vienna: Repurposed


This week's corner view is about showing something in your home that you´ve found another use for. We moved apartment two days ago and, well, I've been kind of occupied unpacking and finding out what this apartment has of essentials and what we need to get so that we can feel at home.

So, yesterday I went out buying some stuff like coat hangers, clothes pegs, tea towels, tea mugs,


and these two white pots and learned that Email in German is enamel in English ...


For no other purpose than that I really like dragonflies, I had to bring home some of these porcelain ones too. Now I just have to find something to hang them on :-)

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Sunday 7 February 2010

Sunday shadows ....


It hasn't been really sunny this week so here is another shot from the last time it was sunny (but also freezing) here!

Have a nice Sunday!

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Wednesday 3 February 2010

Corner view: Sweets


The one with the brown glazing is mine :-)

I am in Vienna and, yes, I  have tried a Sachertorte, but no, I like a doughnut better.

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Monday 1 February 2010

Architecture in Vienna

January´s challenge in the Vuelta al Mundo (round the world) flickr group was architecture in your city. I have been coming to Vienna quite a lot for the last seven years so I have seen and also photographed many of the famous old buildings.

As I will be spending a lot of my time in Vienna this year it has been, apart from the photography, a very nice opportunity to learn a bit more about the city and its comtemporary architecture.


The city centre is very much dominated by old beautiful buildings, but here and there you find a modern building or two, like in the Museumsquartier, a large cultural complex of new and old buildings in a rather nice blend, I think.


Outside the city centre you find areas with huge residential building blocks, most of them built during Vienna's socialist period, late 1920'es and beginning of the 1930'es. Karl Marx Hof is propably the most famous of them and considered the longest residential building in the world measuring 1100 m.


A few stops from the city centre with the U-bahn brings you to Copa Cagrana ... well, I think this place is great in summertime. I will definitely return when everything is green again. In the background you see some of Vienna's tallest buildings, the Donauturm a.o. and also the Uno City, the UN Vienna Office.

PS: You can see my entire architecture set here ...
and you can see more architecture around the wold though Jackie Rueda´s blog post.