Monthly Archives: May 2017

Sleek train down to Rome, which goes as fast as 300km/h when the quality of the track allows. From base camp off Via Veneto, around the corner from the American embassy, planned to just walk around and see what happens. … Continue reading →

The following pics and video extracts allow a peek at some of the things that could be seen in the course of a couple of days at the 2017 Biennale at the Giardini and the Arsenale in Venice. New Zealand … Continue reading →

By train from Vienna. Up the hill to Innsbruck. Through the yodelling country and the Brenner Pass, and down past the Dolomites and grape growers into Venice. We all know that Venice has lived for over a thousand years in … Continue reading →

In and around Berlin we had our fill of Grand Royal palaces. Winter palaces, summer palaces, palaces for the Empress, palaces for the kiddies, palaces to impress the neighbours. But in the end, as Frederick the Great said, “A crown is … Continue reading →

Returning to the 19th floor apartment of Uta and Andreas on Leipzig Strasse after three years was just like coming home. The Augustiner beer hall around the corner and the Brandenburg gate a ten minute walk away, Lidl downstairs for … Continue reading →