Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Cafes in Berlin

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It seems to me that cafes say a lot about a city. Here are some in Berlin: Under the railway at Hackischer Markt. On the river almost opposi...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Art in Berlin

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Berlin has a very vibrant art scene and last week I went in Berlin to see the Berliner Liste and 14th Art Forum, two big exhibitions where g...

A Backpackers in Berlin

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My heart did rather sink when I found the hostel in Berlin where I had booked a bed via Internet. The stairs looked the type of stairs that ...

Berlin: bricks and mortar

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Berlin. Full of whopping great buildings. The Brandenburg Gate must be one of the most photographed buildings in the world. It is busy and ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Just married

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Philipp and Miriam.

Cedrik

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After a week going slow in Hamburg I have recovered from the rigours of drawing/hosteling/traveling. I am looking after Cedrik while his fam...

Dornava: Braiding onions and singing

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One of the concerts of the Maribor Music Festival was held in Dornava Mansion about 45 minutes from Maribor. A bus was arranged for internat...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Maribor: Music with Atmosphere

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This photo was taken at a concert in Maribor called Musical Tide. It combined surfing images and music. Images by Jon Frank and music by Elg...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Sharing space in Maribor

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Maribor is not a tourist town (yet). There are few hotels and only two hostels so there is little competition and beds are expensive. A bac...

Painting from life

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Non-artists would probably be surprised to learn that a couple of hours of life drawing leaves you drained and weary. It is tiring because o...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Musical immersion

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The Maribor Festival was total musical immersion for me as I was there to paint musicians and I attended the rehearsals as well as the perfo...

Maribor Music Festival, 2009

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The Maribor Music Festival has been directed for the past two years by Richard Tognetti , Artistic Director and Lead Violin of the Australia...
Saturday, September 05, 2009

City of Maribor

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My train ticket between the Austrian/Slovenian border and the city of Maribor cost only Euros 2.50 so I knew Maribor must be close. It was. ...

Austria, then Slovenia

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Traveling south from Salzburg the train is only about 3 carriages long so it travels quite fast up and up over the alps. Past houses with ba...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

Salzburg

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Salzburg is extraordinary.I arrived on a hot train at about 4pm ... checked into the hostel, then walked in the direction of a park marked o...