Translated from the German: “The soul lives on.” In the Cemetery of the Nameless, Vienna, Austria, 30 November 2009. This image isn’t directly related to my NaNoWriMo novel, but I am getting to a place in my novel where I might start writing about cemeteries, and the Friedhof der Namenlosen has become for me aContinue reading “Photo blog 29”
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And now, a word from our sponsor: Some of Jennifer’s thoughts on Vienna
The list from the listmaker. I love making lists, yes, but I don’t feel the pressure Sam feels of having “the” list. Maybe that’s why I like Family Feud so much – it’s all about the list that’s true in the moment. So looking back on our Vienna trip, what are the things/events/activities that standContinue reading “And now, a word from our sponsor: Some of Jennifer’s thoughts on Vienna”
Vienna: final thoughts (almost)
Day 7 and final thoughts: We woke early our last day in order to enjoy a full breakfast and take our leisurely time getting out to the airport. On our way into the city, aboard Vienna’s CAT train, we’d flopped wearily into the nearest seat and leaned against the windows to watch the countryside flashContinue reading “Vienna: final thoughts (almost)”
Vienna: Day 6
Day 6 Thursday, December 3, 2009 We have had as solid a last day as I could have hoped for, made all the better for its spontaneity—while we knew the handful of things we wanted to fit in today, we weren’t sure we’d get around to them all or in what order we’d do them,Continue reading “Vienna: Day 6”
Vienna: Day 5
Day 5 Wednesday, December 2, 2009 I’m not sure how to briefly write about today, and it will have to be brief because it’s very late and tomorrow is our last day. In some respects, today actually felt like two days, one a trip down the Danube to tiny medieval villages and a vast BaroqueContinue reading “Vienna: Day 5”
Vienna: Day 4
Day 4 Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Tonight might be short because it’s nearly midnight already and we’ve had another exhaustive day of heavy walking and are looking forward to an early morning. Fortunately(?), full as our day was it contained relatively few individual activities—we stayed focused today. When we woke up we found it raining,Continue reading “Vienna: Day 4”
Vienna: Day 3
Day 3 Monday, November 30, 2009 Today has felt longer than it has been, partly because despite all our hopping on and off trains and buses today, Jennifer and I have put in more than our share of kilometers on foot and partly because it has been a day of adventurous misdirection. We started offContinue reading “Vienna: Day 3”
Vienna: Day 2
Day 2 Sunday, November 29, 2009 Jennifer figured out this evening that she’s been to the cinema in six different countries. She saw a film in San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico, while I was in Turkey, and I didn’t go to any theaters in Istanbul or Ankara or Izmir, so she’s one up onContinue reading “Vienna: Day 2”
Vienna: Intro and Day 1
I like to keep a travel journal whenever I go anywhere far from home — it’s a habit I was assigned on a college winter-term trip to Turkey eleven years ago, but one I’ve enjoyed keeping since then — and so I kept one last week while Jennifer and I jaunted around Vienna. But I’veContinue reading “Vienna: Intro and Day 1”
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