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Bella Ciao in Margaretenstraße
There is a large window in the apartment I’m staying in which faces south. I leave the blinds up and early in the morning light appears from the rising sun. It starts with a deep crimson line and slowly brightens into yellow, gold and orange with a pink tinge. And then it’s daylight. I walk…
Perchtoldsdorf, Niederösterreich
Through a series of unusual events and accidents I find myself en route to Perchtoldsdorf, a village on the outskirts of Vienna. This involves catching the number 60 tram from Westbahnhof to Rodaun and then a long walk. The journey is fascinating in itself, travelling through centuries of the built environment. Traces of buildings from…
A Day in Vienna
As I walked along Sechshauser Straße to the local shops I noticed a Stolperstein in the pavement in memory of Salomon (Sigi) and Ottilie Reinstein. It did exactly what it is designed to do. It made me stop and think. I stood there for some time looking at the stone and the door and the…
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