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Motorail from Vienna to Livorno – 2017 – Back through Austria and Slovenia.

Posted on 27th June 202027th June 2020 by mdgb

In 2017 we motorailed to Livorno and drove back with a somewhat snaking route via Südtirol and Slovenia.

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Oeingang, Provinz, Strecke
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Picture of cars about to be unloaded from the Motorail from Vienna

Across Austria by Motorail and back by car

Posted on 14th June 202014th June 2020 by mdgb

In 2016, with our first son just a few months old, we took the ÖBB Motorail from Vienna to Feldkirch and drove back across Austria.

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Oeingang, Provinz, Strecke
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Notes about my ‘hood – lockdown in Vienna’s 19th district

Posted on 21st May 202021st May 2020 by mdgb

A brief overview of my neighbourhood, where I spent seven weeks shored up.

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Grätzl, Wien
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Going into Stealthmode

Posted on 29th February 202029th February 2020 by mdgb

A prompt from an app piqued my curiosity to find a nearby Geocache.

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Lepschi, Strecke, Wien
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Land der Berge, Land der Ströme

Posted on 23rd February 202023rd February 2020 by mdgb

Sunday morning’s Wetterpanorama is an all-clear signal for the Austrian psyche.

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Glotzen, Provinz, Strecke
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The 8th habit of a highly (in)effective person

Posted on 7th February 20207th February 2020 by mdgb

Business books read and shelved are not meant to be kept. I am planning of giving mine away.

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Deppat, Wien
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Yellow! Taschenbücher

Posted on 4th February 20204th February 2020 by mdgb

there is a certain satisfaction to be gained from shopping locally that online shopping will never replace.

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Grätzl, Wien
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Tapetenwechsel

Posted on 3rd February 20203rd February 2020 by mdgb

A Sunday drive through the Weinviertel took me on a nostalgic trip back to Laa an der Thaya and Hollabrunn.

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Lepschi, Provinz, Strecke
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The mixing of Vienna Blood

Posted on 29th December 2019 by mdgb

A TV series and a TV film with confusingly similar titles – both watched.

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Glotzen, Wien
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Two views of the city

Posted on 24th December 2019 by mdgb

Two recommended blogs to read from long-term Britons in Vienna. Both look under the skin of life in Vienna, behind the facade of the “Best City to Live In”

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Hawara, Wien
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