Browsing Month 'December, 2008'
It was a brisk, crisp walk to the Schloss Berg in Graz where the last in a series of public discussions on the commons was being held. The venue, Dom in Berg, a theatre carved out of a mountain (the Schloss Berg itself), actually in the mountain, provided an inspired setting for what turned out to be a pivotal, necessary and invaluable exchange of ideas and debate.
It was 1997 when I made my first visit to Austria during which time I was the house guest of Monika Jouvert (formally known by her family name as Wunderer) and her flat mates. Their apartment housed a large community of Smurf’s who would leave messages for their human companions, often busy in the very [...]
It gets dark here around 4pm so by 5 one can be easily confused if you’ve been in doors too long. It could be 10 and as cold as any night can be in central Europe. The city is lit up for Christmas and I love it… It is cheerful, inviting and the commerce is [...]
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