Greetings from St. Johann Tirol, Austria

St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, originally uploaded by TwoCrabs. Over the next few days, I'm redesigning the look and mission of our blog. Because we're moving from London back to the United States, this web site will no longer serve...

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Salzburg, Cidade Natal de Mozart ? Salzburg, Austria

Jump to the full entry & travel map Salzburg, Austria Saí de Monaco no domingo às 8 horas da manhã, em direção a Salzburg. Às 9 horas, fiz conexão em Ventimiglia para ir até Milão novamente. Cheguei as 13 horas e almocei lá. Às 14 horas peguei o trem para Verona, chegando às 16. Peguei o trem para Innsbruck às 17, chegando depois das 20 horas. Comi uma pizza na...

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The hills are alive, with the sound of music... ? Salzburg, Austria

Jump to the full entry & travel map Salzburg, Austria Salzburg was amazing, hey well every place we have been to was amazing but Salzburg didn't disappoint!!! And the scenery is just so beautiful, ah breathtaking.It had snowed a few days before we arrived and some of the mountains had white peaks. This was definitely a city where Trent and I had two different agendas, mine was to go on the Sound of Music tour and Trent's was to go...

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Just when you think it's all over ...

... and there'll be no more channelling out for wiring or pipes, or moving of radiators, or lime rendering, or plastering, or removal of ceilings, or general builders' mess making ... Just when you think you might just be on the home strait because you've got four rooms looking pretty damned good ... Just when you've cleared up more dust than you thought could possibly exist in the entire world and at last you can walk about without leaving white footprints ... ... and when you've finally...

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Our move so far...

I'm sitting here at 9pm on the Sunday, ready to go to bed. I have a raging headache. I think it's because there's so much to remember and my head is busting from its seams. Saturday morning, as per arrangement (SHOCK!), the removal van arrived. It was a grizzled old man and his young black sidekick. What an odd pair. The dogs surprised us by not trying to take their heads off. In fact, they didn't even bark. I shut Specs into the bathroom, so the move could carry on around her. Heidi was put...

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Austria takes the GOLD!!

How appropriate that Austria won the Gold Medal! I'm going to Austria on Thursday!! YAYYYY AUSTRIA!!!Fischbacher super-fast; Vonn slowed to bronze"WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) -- Andrea Fischbacher got Austria's "Wunderteam" back on track by winning gold Saturday in the Olympic super-G, denying Lindsey Vonn a sweep of the speed events.Taking advantage of a tricky course arranged by one of her coaches, Fischbacher navigated her way down Franz's Run in 1 minute, 20.14 seconds." See HERE for...

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10 Do's and Dont's in Tet

For many of us younger generations, Tet always had been something very important to our families, to our culture and to our people.  However, we often don’t understand certain things that the older folks in the family usually say and do during these 3 important days of the Lunar New Year.  Just like many of the young Vietnamese living oversea, I have been through the age of wondering and struggling to find out the real stories and reasons behind each activity and behavior that the...

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the coldest village in Austria

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What To Buy A One Year Old

First of all, I'm sorry. My life has been frantic lately. My work life, out of control. You hear people saying 'my Monday morning was so crazy that when I looked at the clock it was already 5pm' - well, I look at the clock and it's already Thursday, which is my Friday, so don't be feeling too sorry for me.I haven't had time to write, think, or most importantly read your blogs (so sorry, but in the meantime, congratulations on that birth/new job/move/mole removal - I will catch up soon). There...

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A week in Austria

Well, not really. In fact, we were in that very northern, mountainous part of Italy called the Sudtirol. But it might as well have been Austria. The people speak German (their mother tongue - they only learn Italian at school), the landscape and architecture look like a scene right out of the Sound of Music, the food is Austrian and the people are, well, not Italian."Do you prefer to speak German or Italian'" I asked the hotel owner."Lieber Deutsch", was his reply.The Frenchman, in his oh so...

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