-
Vienna Day Four
Let it go, let it go… There wasn’t meant to be a Vienna Day Four, we planned to go to Budapest and the hot springs for the last two days, but the train was so expensive in the end that it didn’t seem worth it and with the stress of maybe missing a train and then our flight… well, we were wanting a holiday, so instead we booked another night in Vienna and took it easy. It meant we had time to go a little further out of the city centre to see the Palace. A trip to Vienna would not be complete without seeing the Schönbrunn Palace. I haven’t…
-
Vienna's Boardgame Shops
Another trip and another visit to the local game stores. While in Vienna, we decided to check out the local game stores to see if they had any interesting/fun/new games. We seem to have developed a tradition now wherever we travel — picking up at least 1 new game as a little souvenir. This trip was no different! First on our gaming tour was: Damage Unlimited Games Center The store was easily found just off the main high-street and is packed FULL of every kind of board, card or roleplaying game you can think of. There were several rooms each dedicated to a different aspect of the gaming hobby like a…
-
Vienna – Day Three
Gimme more, Gimme more! After yet another very lazy morning (we are on holiday after all!), we wandered over to Kunsthaus Wien, Hundertwasser’s museum. I remember all those years ago finding this treasure and having to go inside the museum to experience more. I’ve actually written all about the artist before, when we visited Magdeburg – so feel free to check it out there. Otherwise, just look at these stunning photos and put it on your list of places you absolutely cannot miss when visiting Vienna, however it was a lot more run-down then I remember. It felt like it needed a good old lick of paint. Then it was time…
-
Vienna Day Two – AKA the day we had two dinners…
I just can’t get enough… We went to see my family’s Stolpersteine (‘stumbling stones‘) in the morning – these are golden squares that are placed outside buildings commemorating victims of the holocaust – a memorial to those who were killed. My family history is super complicated and bizarre, even I often forget how everyone is connected with all these different cultures, religions and people, but I love being a mix of so many different people that struggled to find acceptance in society. I am in the middle of a post about my Jewish history, so check back soon to read that and I will go into more detail of these…
-
What to do and eat in Vienna – Day One
“Be’Teavon” (= Hebrew), “Es gezunderheyt” (= Yiddish), “Guten Appetit” (= German)! I’ve been to Vienna many times now. The first time was with my father – he still loves telling people the story: When I was about 13, I did the whole city by myself while he was at a conference and then in the evenings I would guide him around the amazing places I had found. I’ve since been here for work (Japanese media related conferences) and this time my brother Mark had a conference in the city and he got us a nice big apartment in the city centre on AirBnB, so off we went! Of course we to…
-
Friday Links
It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside… Yes – to all of this! I hate winter!! 5 things your massage therapist just doesn’t care about. Where are you really from? Stop Instagramming your food and just enjoy it! Be more private on Facebook.
-
Getting Naked in a German Spa
Let’s get naked… So, after Japan I’m pretty used to taking all my clothes off and bathing with many other people. I never really minded it in Japan, to me a body is a body and there’s not so much you can do about yours, so just get on with it and enjoy the baths. BUT it was definitely weird having dozens of Japanese ladies staring at me and watching my every move. Once a lady even came up to me and started scrubbing my back for me… I’d like to think I’m pretty chilled, but that definitely made me tense… Being brought up half-German and half-English, I wonder if…
-
Guest Post: My weekend chez Leather and Abel
Vanessa: From the first day at High School, I knew I’d be friends with Rayshum forever. We clicked straight away, spent all day moaning about our terrible college, watched Grease Lightening on sleep-overs and went out dancing whenever we could. You know what ladies are like at that age – we went through all kinds of crazy stuff and over the weekend Rayshum came to visit us in Berlin finally! Here is what we did: Rayshum: After endless texts to Vanessa over the past 18 months promising to come to visit Berlin, I finally managed to book my (last minute) flights to visit Jason and Vanessa. I was last in…
-
Sewing a cushion cover
It’s sew sew sew amazing! Our place is slowly starting to get a “L&A” touch to it. Our photos are up on the wall, paintings are going up bit by bit, are cupboards are full of clothes and every spare area is filled with boardgames. Now I’m eyeing up our boring cushions and I found an easy pattern to follow and a great video tutorial for an envelop cushion cover on Melly Sews. I wanted to use red, black and white and my actual plan was just to use two bits of material, however I was tired and had some pink bubbly to drink, so I didn’t really manage to…