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Is this just childish?
So there really is a place in Austria called Fucking.
Bad Fucking, to be specific.
Seriously! I saw it in the paper:
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Getting over me
Well, I just had an exhausting lesson. Mentally and emotionally. And it lasted over 2 hours.
So, there's this piece that EVERY violist has to play. Hoffmeister. Classical concerto. It's not "hard", and yet it is. Let's say it's tricky, and above all it's easy to play it awfully and boring as hell. It's not like something Romantic and lyrical where ( Read more... ) -
Splendor of Spring
It may not be quite spring yet, but it sure feels like it.
You know what's great about this city?
It's 52. Sunny.Beautiful day out there.
I've been sick this past week and still have a bit of a cold remnant, but after being so cooped up I couldn't resist that seductive sun.
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Viola Day!
Wow well yesterday was full-out viola day - intense, but VERY interesting and a LOT of great stuff taken out of it ( Read more... ) -
One month Atkins Anniversary - a new me!
Well I know it's been awhile since I've updated this journal, and a LOT have happened so far in this semester ( Read more... ) -
by the way...
Check it out!!
http://www.emcy.org/laureate/index.php?a=det&id=552
Listed as a news item on their website:
http://www.emcy.org/news/?A=DT&ID=215
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EuroTrip 2009 - the Spanish Explor-ition
Ok ok, maybe that was a bad play on words.
But here it is... or comes, rather. My (and Hannes') whole trip 2009, by car from Graz to Seville and back, all 5,681 kilometers. It looks approximately like this:
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Almost there! And still much to see
Cordoba -> Seville = 199 KM
Today's driving felt practically harmless - and luckily we'd stayed overnight IN Cordoba, so we were ready right away in the morning to march out and be good hard-working tourists.
We had breakfast in a very local-looking bar, a breakfast of "Tostada" with tomato and olive oil - simple but good!
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Ma-drid
In Madrid = 0 KM!!
Well, we might estimate we have walked about 8 km on this day, within the city... but for the first time in exactly a week, we didn't step a FOOT in the car! It was refreshing.
But our hotel was located a bit outside the main part of the city. Drive into town? No way! Public Trans! It was time for the underground experience...
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