You only see what you know (Goethe)
The subject of today for #FriFotos is ‘new’. That reminds me of a phenomenon I came across on my city walks for several times: The guide-book told me ‘this’ is the ‘new’ town hall of the place but actually the building looked pretty old-fashioned. For example have a look at the Neue Rathaus von Hannover (New town hall of Hanover) depicted above which was opened in 1913.
The subject of today for #FriFotos is ‘sparkling’. I’ve decided to combine this subject with photos of Christmas decorations I have seen the last two years. The photo above shows some Christmas deco of Vienna. The depicted crowns fit well with the name of the street which refers to Habsburg family: Habsburgergasse.
Today I had a special question for my readers. I love to take photos on my train journeys. In time more and more pictures taken through the windows of trains found their way as photo posts to this blog. It is time to tag them. But which tag to choose? After a small talk with my followers on Twitter and Facebook, a new term has emerged: Railviews
Glancing through the photos of my latest trip to the Austrian state of Burgenland, I came across this pic. You know, some parts of the border regions are blessed with silence. This shot evokes in me a feeling of silence, as the symbolists would do in one of their works.
The journey is over. I have reached the entrance hall of my town’s railway station. So what did I learn by this special trip in December?
While travelling by train, I often think about typical elements of landscape and architecture one can see through the train window. Are there any elements you can associate with a particular country or area?
After using an InterRail pass for many days it’s time to sum up what tips I could put down for using such a great offer.
While planning my next day on my train journey in Dec 2011 some thoughts about dining cars came to my mind. Is it worth to think about which dining-car is on your planned train? Well, I think so …
There is a funny habit I have: Every time I come across a train schedule at a railway station I have a look at this piece of paper like a gourmet reading a menu. And than I make some notes which destinations could be reached from this railway station and which ones I’d like to see next.
Travelling a country by train is much fun.There is only one problem: What to do with your luggage while walking along a shopping street or visiting a museum?
As I love to travel by train and to visit museums it is no question that a museum next to a railway station would me make happy. So where are such museums near a train station?