exploration makes a better world

Only 248 of 350 were open. 248 kilometers. Of slope. All in the same resort. They say it’s the oldest mountain resort in the world, host of the second Winter Olympic Games edition in 1928.

If it wouldnt have been for G.’s visit, I probably wouldnt have gone to St. Moritz too soon. I went [...]

My friend G. came for a week-end visit, so we took a walk through Zurich. It seems I only get to see the city when friends come over – which is cool, every time I discover something new.
Beautiful sunny day, trickily reminding of spring in the middle of January. The lake was quiet,
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just found out about the marillion version of the song “wish you were here”. check it out and see what makes it special. i loved the idea.

I wrote this small reportage for smugmug journeys, but since it is, actually, about …footsteps/shootsteps, i guess it belongs here as well, so - here we go…
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A walk through Sighisoara is like a journey back in time. The city was built by German colonists called “Sachsen” (Saxons), who settled in starting with the 12th century, [...]

my friend Nick pointed this out to me the other day. whether you close your eyes when listening or not, your choice. the video is nice too. i would try both variants. let nothing else matter, at least for a few minutes.

i found this song by chance, and it followed me through the last days of 2007. couldnt have enough listening. like a charm, it gets under your skin and then takes you off your feet:
[trilu-audio]http://www.trilulilu.ro/petreradu1/92cd6b2b7aa55a[\trilu-audio]
this is how i found TerniPe, a hungarian gypsy music band aiming to find and restore original gypsy music, “unaltered”. there [...]

exploring your home land can be at least as exciting as traveling the world. other emotions, but similar excitement. like kids discovering another hidden passage behind a seemingly harmless door, in the household - a brandnew gate to adventure.
usually, spots in immediate proximity to home remain fairly unexplored, by the principle - “can be done [...]

on new years eve i climbed a hill close to the city, to take pictures of the fireworks. it was cold and foggy; here is what came out under the circumstances. the big light in the first pictures is a laser beam from the restaurant on top of this hill, which earned it the nickname [...]

* for their impressive historic sites, well preserved and “showcased”,

* for the Danube,

* for the „Christkindlmarkt” - clean, civilized

* for the souvenirs

and products in general of good quality and taste (no plastics!)

* for the diversified street cuisine

* for kurtoskalacs

* for the civilized, clean atmosphere (e.g., in the metro)

Why i DIDNT [...]

From snowy Sighisoara, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
And my favorite Christmas carol:
[trilu-audio]http://www.trilulilu.ro/hosmy/ac2da6c6cde403[\trilu-audio]
See you in 2008!