Posts Tagged Austria
Innsbruck Departure, Thank you for the memories!
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Life in General, Travel on August 31, 2010
It’s been three months. I arrived in cold weather with mountains covered in snow. I have spent my last days in sunny summer weather with the snow gone. Fun times in Europe have temporarily come to an end and it’s time for me to leave. Read more…
A collection of the European diet
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Food, Travel on August 30, 2010
Feeling hungry? Feel like some nice European food? Read more…
Innsbruck Nightwalk – Techniker Street
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 29, 2010
Night photography is one of the topics that I am interested in. I brought my DSLR camera with me to Innsbruck with the intention of trying out some night photography. I got distracted by high dynamic range photography halfway through my trip, but here’s a few night shots of the street I lived on that I managed to take (seriously still need to read up on nighttime photography a bit more and venture out again). Read more…
Shopping in Innsbruck
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 29, 2010
I found myself going to town in Innsbruck quite frequently on Saturdays to grab food as the places near my accommodation had their day off. Spent several hours each time walking through town and exploring the malls. Here are three of the major malls in Innsbruck. Read more…
Outdoor activities on the 47th degree of latitude
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 21, 2010
Extreme sports enthusiasts, you’d love to read about this. A new adventure park in the Oetz Valley has just recently opened and I had the opportunity to visit it in my second last week in Innsbruck. Read more…
Hiking in the alps – The Stubai Valley, Austria
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 21, 2010
Apart from the Northern Chain, I also went on a hike a bit further away in the Stubai Valley to see my very first glacier from as close as I could possibly get to it within a day. Read more…
Hiking in the alps – The Northern Chain (Nordkette)
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 15, 2010
Weekends in high places, I mentioned that previously! I certainly used the opportunity of being in Europe in summer to go hiking up the alps. The Northern Chain (“Nordkette”) is the mountain range north of Innsbruck and on a good summer’s day, you can hike up there for some awe-inspiring views. Read more…
Overlooking the rooftops of Innsbruck
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 13, 2010
In Innsbruck Altstadt, there is a tower, a lookout point for tourists, who wish to see the city. If all the shops are normally closed on a Sunday, what else could you do! I caught up with a colleague over the weekend and we decided to hang out in high places. Read more…
Vienna in June – Water Chapter
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Engineering, Life in General, Travel on July 13, 2010
The final chapter of my Vienna trip, which details some of Vienna’s water-related infrastructure that I had the opportunity of seeing. Read more…
Vienna in June – Culture Chapter
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Food, Life in General, Music, Travel on July 9, 2010
We move on from the walkabout chapters written a while back to the third of four Vienna write-ups, the Culture Chapter. Read more…