Trieste (2)

I can never remember if it’s today or tomorrow that a young friend of mine celebrates his birthday. To err on the…

Trieste (1)

Scores of people come to this ancient seaport town each year to pay homage to James Joyce, who wrote his Ulysses   here….

Vienna (4)

Ever heard of the Austrian Friedrich Stowasser? Yes, you have. You just know him under the name Hundertwasser, the short form of…

Vienna (3)

“We rarely see tourists here,” said the friendly woman at the neighboring table at a cafe.  “Are you looking for something specific?…

Vienna (2)

As if their litte-red-riding-hood outfits aren’t torture enough, the flight attendants at Austrian Airlines have to listen constantly to Johann Strauss waltzes…

Vienna (1)

Dear vicarious travelers:

As promised, here are some observations from the next leg of my trip, a stay in Vienna.

(Internet is infernally slow…

180 degrees

Wikipedia tells me:
In film making, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another…