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impressions of london

Posted in Europe, London, Pictures, UK on December 3, 2012| 2 Comments »

Had a couple of great days in London and here are some impressions:

London in 2012

Big Ben and Churchill

London School of Economics (LSE)

Tower Bridge

The Shard

Buckingham Palace

St.Paul’s Cathedral

Fish and Chips

Cookery Book for the Working Classes

View of London from Paramount

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trip to london

Posted in Europe, London, Pictures, UK on November 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

From Nov 29 to Dec 3, I will visit England’s capital. Here is a preview:

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barcelona

Posted in Europe, Fall, Pictures, Switzerland on October 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

All too rarely I use this blog to share some photos. But my recent trip to Barcelona provided me with a bunch of pictures that may be worth presenting.

The Alps seen from the airplane

Street in Barcelona

Typical house front

Sant Felip Neri

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mainz

Posted in Germany, Pictures, Summer on August 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It has been quite a while since my last post. The reason is that I spent the last couple of days in Mainz, Germany. A very pleasant city, I have to say:

Mainz – Rhine riverside

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berlin to zurich

Posted in Berlin, Germany, Pictures, Switzerland on February 24, 2012| 1 Comment »

Certainly a good decision to choose Swiss International for the trip to Berlin. The airline’s service is outstanding, its punctuality notorious, and its prices (sometimes) not much higher than what its rivals charge. Besides, you get a piece of Swiss chocolate on each flight.

Here is a bunch of pictures I took on my way back to Zurich:

SWISS Airbus A319

Inside the airplane

Superb combination: beer above the clouds

Aerial perspective while approaching Switzerland

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impressions from berlin

Posted in Berlin, Germany, Pictures on February 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »

As promised yesterday, here are some further impressions from Germany’s capital:

Strasse des 17. Juni, commemorating the uprising of East Berliners on 17 June 1953

Waiting for the city train

Some random bicycle

Pint of Guinness in a bar

Window meets art

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sights of berlin

Posted in Berlin, Germany, Pictures on February 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It has been a while since my last blog entry, mainly because I spent a few days in Germany’s capital city Berlin to visit friends. Truth be told, the city is great. But it is quite different from what I expected Berlin to be.

First, it is not as ‘alternative’ as you might think. Yes, it is multicultural and cosmopolitan – especially young Spaniards have found a new place of residence here. But overall, Berlin is not all too different from other German cities.
Which directly leads to my second point: Berlin is not that cheap any more. Rents have increased rather drastically and most other things cost about the same as in other parts of Germany.
Third, Berlin’s citizens are not particularly impolite. Quite on the contrary, I have not met so many nice people in a city since my last visit to Munich. All in all, a very exhilarating experience to see that things can actually be better than expected.

To provide you with some impressions, I took a whole bunch of pictures. We start today with some of Berlin’s famous sights.