vienna is calling

summer-resort at the grundlsee (09_2009)

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we spent some lovely days at the grundlsee. the lake had still 18-20°C. we discovered some outstanding mountainbike-trails.

more pictures you can find under:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37965&id=1317873063&l=7aaaea814f

last but not least ...padova

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assisi

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finally roma...

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orvieto

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todi

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impressioni di bologna

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sono a perugia;-)

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a room with a view!

meine zimmeraussicht - bellissima...

bauhaus_90th_birthday (22.-26.07.2009)

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the bauhaus was not an institution with a clear programm; it was an idea ...

only an idea has the power to spread itself so far! (mies von der rohe)

... and we followed this idea and visited berlin, weimar and dessau

wedding_rupcat_2006_2009

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es war sooooo scheeee!

lungau II

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lungau (04/09)

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at the moment i'm backcountry skiing with feri in the lungau, which is near obertauern. we have wonderful weather and great snow...;-))

just have a look ...

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vhoe in hintertux (04/09)

2009-04-05T21:08:00.005+02:00

from 3rd to 5th april we - the vhoe - had our 3rd skiing weekend in hintertux. we had two wonderful sunny days.

above: tomas, igor, tom, dominik, roland, syv, emanuel, claudia, daniela

"l' armata branca leone"

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emanuel, daniela, roland, tom, claudia, sylvia, igor, andrea, dominik, tomas, michael, thomas, walter

more pics...

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skiing in stuhleck (02/09)

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my dad celebrated his 60th birthday

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and therefore I made a litte retrospect. Here some of the pictures I showed...

1975... my dad, sabine and I

1975 ... I and my three wheeler

1976 ... maestro sylvia contucting the "kreuzberger musikverein"

1976...my mum, sabine and I

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1979...sabine, I and monika

1981...monika, sabine and I

1982...sabine, my mum, monika and I

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1973...a good year! ;-)

firenze_2008

2008-08-25T22:58:00.001+02:00

le due settimane sono passati veloce...purtroppo!

more ...coming soon!

h e l l o

2008-05-22T20:11:00.001+02:00

high time to send a sign of life after nearly a half year of blog communication abstinence. as you all can see i´m still alive and i´m fine.

i promise improvement;-)

wachau valley bike ride [11.05.2008]

2008-05-11T19:44:00.000+02:00

i biked with elisabetta, alessandro and leandro along the most beautiful stretch of the danube downstream around 40 km from melk to krems. first we took the south bank bike trail which has really nice river views and in spitz we took the ferry boat to the north bank bike trail which winds through picturesque villages and runs near the river.

very casual our alessandro

view from the south bank

elisabetta en-route

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skiing on the rax [10.05.2008]

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i know, most of you are thinking right now: just nuts hike up a mountain with ski on their rucksacks in the middle of may... maybe, but i tell you, we were not the only ones! we startet early in the morning and therefore we had the perfect snow to ski down the "langer mann". you can still ski below the marked alley to the waxriegelhaus.

our escort on the way up

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in the afternoon ... relaxing at home in breitenstein

25. vienna city marathon [27.04.2008]

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the hfa vcm runners

the holzforschung austria girls - our time: 04:02:19
we didn't achieve our aim and i feel a little bit quilty ... my training leaves a lot to be desired!!!

vhoe - hintertux [11.-13.04.2008]

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those people have somthing in common ... they are all vhoe members and they all spent a fantastic weekend in hintertux

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thomas

sylvia

claudia

moritz

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as a result of credulity and boundless reliance i wound up jumping over a 4m high precipice! thank you boys for that experience! luckily i had a lot of soft snow below for my "landing".

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moritz

tomas

guenter

igor

hamburg [04.-06.04.2008]

2008-04-24T16:19:00.001+02:00

finally i managed it to visit hamburg! and i liked the city a lot ... but not the weather - it was windy and it drizzeld most of the time and according to those circumstances it was COLD!

some facts:
hamburg is the 2nd largest city in germany and has the 2nd largest port in europe after rotterdam and the 9th largest worldwide. it has over 2.300 bridges more than venice and amsterdam.
hamburg has a number of prominent buildings from the past and present... see some of them below...

behind the warehouse district (Speicherstadt) is the area of hamburg's hafencity, which is europe's largest project of city development.

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the speicherstadt is a large district of warehouses from around 1900. some are still in use, but others have been converted to apartments.

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visible shivery... but i will come again;-)

skiing in obertauern [25.-30.03.2008]

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actually we wanted to go backcountry skiing, but because of the huge amount of fresh-snow it was too dangerous, so we decided to ski in obertauern.

... we left our marks ;-)

alpbach 2008 [16.-20.01.2008]

2008-04-22T14:15:00.001+02:00

we did it again ...skiing in alpbach. while the boys had still work to do on thursday, the girls already went skiing or relaxed at the boegler-hof. brigitta and claudia had organised some private skiing lessons, so I had an skiing instructor the first time in my life. it was an interesting experience ...you always can learn something new! according to christian my bearing is just fine, but i move my arms to much! i haven't noticed that before, but ... ok!

the skiing team 2008

we and our skiing instructor christian

sylvia & snow = like a duck to water

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such paparazzo ...

... "disagrees" with claudia! :-(

... she broke two of her metacarpal bones.

what i else did during christmas...

2008-01-06T13:35:00.000+01:00

... laying 100m² parquet - oak floorboards 12,5x100cm with a light bevel, brushed and oiled - in sabine's and mine secondary residence in breitenstein!

my sisters and me at work

as you see ... we had fun, although after a while all kind of pains (in knees, backs, hands,...) afflicted us! and luckily we had some more assistant hands...

peter ... the boss

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... roland ...

... and werner.

mhh???...

nearly finished.

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the result ... after only two days of work...

anna was in town...[02.01.2008]

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...und leider viel viel zu kurz!

new year's eve

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thanks to lizzy and jonsi

christmas in breitenstein

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this year we had a great tree - 2.7m high

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my family - sabine, mom, monika, me and my dad

a walk on the sophienalpe (vienna) and klosterneuburg (near vienna) [01.11.2007]

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waldviertel [october 2007]

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holidays september 2007

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my postings... a little bit late!

rax-hiking

graz - capital of styria

salzkammergut - biking and relaxing

Kirche am Steinhof [07.10.2007]

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The church is part of the Steinhof Psychiatric Hospital and is one of the most famous art nouveau churches in the world. It was built between 1904-1907 by Otto Wagner (1841-1918)

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the windows were designed and made by Koloman Moser (1868-1918), who was an important member of the Wiener Werkstätte

the four angels above the main entrance were created by the hungarian sculptor Othmar Schimkowitz (1864 - 1947)

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long night of museums [6.10.2007]

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This time we visited:

The original Vienna snowglobe factory

Kuffner Observatory

Kuffner-Sternwarte is a historical Observatory dating from the end of the 19th century. Moriz von Kuffner, former owner of the brewery in Ottakring, founded the Observatory as a private scientific institute in the year 1886.

The Great Refractor (270/3500) is the third largest refractor in Austria today. It was installed at the Observatory in 1886 and was used together with the Schwarzschild Refractor (156/2940 mounted in 1890) for early astrophysical work including photography.

The Heliometer (217/3000mm) was originally designed to measure very small angles on the celestial sphere. The Vienna Heliometer was the world´s largest instrument of its type. It was installed in 1896 and mainly used to measure the distances to stars. From 108 known distances in 1910, 16 stars were measured at the Kuffner-Observatory.

The Meridian Circle (132/1500mm) was the largest meridian passage instrument of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was installed in 1886. The telescope is equipped with one of the first impersonal micrometers for measuring star passages.
It is now the largest meridian circle in Austria and still one of the largest in Europe.

Ernst Fuchs Museum/ Wagner Villa

Built in 1889 by world-famous architect Otto Wagner, the villa was saved from ruin in 1972 by Ernst Fuchs and has been a private museum since 1988. The six magnificently decorated rooms open to the public contain the world's largest collection of oil paintings, drawings, copper etchings, sculptures and applied art by the master of Fantastic Realism. Stroll through the artist's former private chambers and admire the specially designed, hand-made furniture, intarsias and fin-de-sieclè stained glass windows

Josephinum

autumn in vienna

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vinothek la muhr [05.10.2007]

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address: Linzer Straße 142, 4810 Gmunden, Upper Austria
architect: werkstatt.architektur (Rüdiger Fritz)

frauenlauf 2007 [03.06.2007]

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frohen mutes und voller begeisterung gingen wir drei - brigitta, claudia und ich - in den frauenlauf 2007.
unserem coach feri, der brigitta und mich während des laufes betreute (claudia war einfach zu schnell, da kam man(n) auch nicht mit dem rad nach!), danken wir natürlich ganz herzlich!

nachdem ich meine trainlingsleistung im vergleich zum wien marathon verdreifacht habe ... sprich 3xlaufen war ... ich weiß, ein wahnsinnstraining!!! ..., konnte frau natürlich eine leistungssteigerung erwarten ;-). bitte, ... immerhin konnte ich meine zeit um eine 3/4 min am km verbessern. das heißt, 10km in einer zeit von 56 min (das entspricht 5, 42 min/km und 10, 54 km/h). vielleicht werd' ich ja doch noch zur läuferin! auf alle fälle haben wir drei vor, das wöchentliche lauf jour fixe aufrecht zu erhalten und sind bereits auf der suche nach einem nächsten laufevent.

ich mit meiner persönlichen pacemakerin brigitta ... war ausgesprochen angenehm!

alle drei gut ins ziel gekommen und froh mitgemacht zu haben

more pictures from dresden

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The original frauenkirche (church of our lady) was built between 1726 and 1743 and was designed by dresden's city architect georg baehr (1666–1738), one of the greatest masters of german baroque style. on 13th of february 1945, anglo-american allied forces began the bombing of dresden. the church impressively survived two days and nights of the attacks. the dome finally collapsed at 10 a.m. on 15th of february and the blackened stones would lie in wait in a pile in the center of the city for the next 45 years. using original plans used by builder georg Baehr in the 1720s, reconstruction finally began in January 1993. the foundation stone was laid in 1994, the crypt was completed in 1996 and the inner cupola in 2000.
more information about the frauenkirche and bombing of dresden in world war II

faculty of computer science

2007-06-07T20:50:00.000+02:00

the new building of the faculty of computer science (noethnitzer strasse - tu campus), with more than 3100 students, were built 2003-2006. architects: code unique architekten und architektengemeinschaft ulf zimmermann

new synagogue

2007-06-07T20:07:00.000+02:00

the new synagogue in dresden was completed in 2001 and designed by architects wandel, lorch and hirsch. it was built on the same location as the synagogue by gottfried semper, which was destroyed in 1938 during the kristallnacht. it's the first synagogue to have been built in the former east germany since world war II.

the new structure is a daring modern cube construction and the site of the original building is still marked by glass splinters in the ground.

main railway station

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dresden's main railway terminus, built between 1892 and 1898 to a design by ernst giese and paul weidner, is the third largest in eastern germany after berlin and leipzig. it is also one of the most impressive late-nineteenth-century railway stations in europe. linking dresden with berlin and prague, the railway played a significant role in the city's industrial and economic growth in the first half of the twentieth century. but during World War II the station also was badly damaged. in the post-war period it was poorly maintained and finally reached a state where remedial conservation was required. the redevelopment has been started with the competition in 1997, where foster & partners came off as winner, the construction period has been lasting from 2001 until now. the first element of this redevelopment to be carried out was the reconstruction of the 30,000-square-metre roof, a task made more urgent by the degraded and unsafe state of the old steelwork. the entire structure has now been restored to its original condition and sheathed in a translucent skin of teflon-coated glass fibre, produced by skyspan europe gmbh (rimsting am chiemsee). this new roof transmits 13 per cent of daylight and significantly reduces the stations reliance on artificial lighting.

mandarin ducks [dendronessa galericulata]

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vw all-glass assembly plant - glaeserne manufaktur

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... a perfect show!
architect: gunther henn
construction period: 2000-2002

an exciting thing ... w12 engine ;-)

"zitronenpresse"

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one building along the bruehl's terrace is the royal art academy, built in 1891. the imposing neo-renaissance structure has a remarkable glass dome, in german called zitronenpresse (lemon sqeezer) crowned by a gilded statue of nike.

facades

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lost in dresden?

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seems like that ... but no, not really!

dresden - niesky - saechsische schweiz

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on tour ... claudia, peter, franz, georg and sylvia... from 16th to 20th of may 2007

kinder, wie die zeit vergeht ...

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... wir hatten unser 15jähriges maturatreffen. am 12.05.2007 trafen sich leider nicht alle - aber doch die meisten - der 8a & 8b des jgs 1992. ich würde sagen, wir hatten eine lustige unterhaltsame "spätnachmittag-abend-nacht". es gab viel zu erzählen ... vom familien- bis hin zum kontostand ;-)

...schön, dass sich auch ein paar unser damaligen lehrer zeit nahmen: brigitte szabo (eh. schindelegger), ernst berger, roman ehold, ferdinand hansl, gerhard hafner und prof. nitzlader

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gottfried: noch zu haben ... verteilt auch gerne seine telefonnummer, erfolgreich im beruf (omv), in wien lebend

wilfried: verheiratet, zwei kinder und haus am land und hat einen job der zu ihm passt bei emi-music

sylvia: nicht verheiratet und keine kinder, jedoch vergeben und forscht rund ums holz

eva: verheiratet, ein kind und lebt in der schönen stadt salzburg

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petra: hat leicht lachen ...heiratet in kürze und zieht ins salzkammergut

petra: verheiratet, assistiert an der tu wien und lacht, obwohl ihr derzeit der wohnungsumbau zu schaffen macht

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daniela, karen und sigrid; in diskussion: der wohnungsnachbar und dessen nützlichkeit

tanja: verheiratet, forscht in seibersdorf, nennt ein reihenhaus ihr eigen und sucht gerade die richtigen holzbretter für ihre terrasse

keine ahnung warum da alle lachen ... wird wohl nicht die bemerkung meines beruhigenden kontostandes gewesen sein?!

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karen und sigrid oder doch sigrid und karen... manch lehrer hat immer noch probleme sie auseinander zu halten. keine ahnung warum?
karin: biologin, single, war die letzten jahre in deutschland und hat jetzt ihre erste richtige anstellung in wien gefunden
sigrid: verheiratet, zwei kinder, ist assistentin an der akademie der bildenden künste und sucht gerade verzweifelt eine hollywoodschaukel im stil der 80er jahre ... wer noch so ein ding hat, bitte melden!

petra... voll in fahrt ... eine frau lehrer halt ;-)

daniela konnte auch keiner so leicht stoppen. sie redete und redete und redete,... :-)

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roman: nein, hat noch keine kinder, er fand bis dato auch die berge kärntens interessanter ;-) nach wie vor sehr sportlich unterwegs, lebt nun schon einige jahre in villach, hat jedoch noch keine kärntnerische spracheinfärbung

gerrit: verheiratet und ist seit ungefähr 4monaten stolzer papa. hat seine heimat im mühlviertel gefunden und programmiert geldautomaten

norbert: verheiratet, einen sohn, ist auch uni assistent und schreibt gerade an seiner habil

natalie: verheiratet, ist derzeit in karenz und widmet sich voll und ganz ihrer tochter sophie (8 monate jung).

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petra bekommt im juni das zweite kind

daniela - man sieht, sie kann auch zuhören

sigrid vertieft im gespräch mit prof. hafner

norbert, natalie, michi, tanja und petra

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mario: beziehungsstand ?, arbeitet in seibersdorf und wird in kürze sein studium (mathe und dg lehramt) abschließen, ob er dann wirklich lehrer werden will, wird man sehen

thomas: ich bin ganz stolz ... hat ein holzhaus:-), wird im jänner 2008 heiraten und ist beruflich sein eigener chef

gottfried: head of the international affairs

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roman ehold mit enno, der übrigens das treffen tapfer überstand!

christoph mit sohnemann und mario

eva und enno

thomas und mario ... gelacht wurde viel

weitere bilder findet ihr auch auf natalie's webalbum

hats off!

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I couldn't resist buying this hat... ;-)

vienna city marathon [29.04.2007]

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... and the hfa-boys and -girls took part ... altogether we have been 14 runners ...
3 relay teams, 1 half marathon and 1 marathon runner.

still smiling ... but in reality nervous, because i wasn't fit at all!

... looks rather sneaking than running ... but anyhow i did it...

... and afterwards we celebrated all our victories at peter's deck...

... as well as brigitta's birthday. now she has the perfect running shoes for her next run;-)

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the hfa girls ... christa, claudia, sylvia and brigitta

some of the hfa runners

finally ... ice cream :-))

dachstein (14.-15.april 2007)

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backcountry skiing on the dachstein massif.
the dachstein massif contains several limestone peaks (the main summit is called hoher dachstein (2995m)) and marks the border between upper austria, styria and salzburg.
we had gorgeous weather and snow conditions! :-)

"the skiing squad"
feri, sylvia, alexander, bettina, ulli, martin, benni, beate, guenter

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... und aus! ;-) ... rien ne va plus! ;-)

happy easter, hyvää pääsiäistä, frohe ostern...

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my office has changed a little bit... i'm now surrounded by eater-bunnies ...

... and happy easter-cows!

wish you all a happy egg hunt!