Posts Tagged water
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…
Venice Recollections (7) So long Venezia
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 10, 2010
Spent my last evening in Venice roaming around seeing things I had yet to see. Had the chance to also go up the tower on San Marco square and have a look at the view from above. I also ended up doing some last minute things on my last day after my Guidecca trip (which you read about in my last post). So here it is, the seventh and final post of my Venice Recollections. Read more…
Venice Recollections (6) Along the Guidecca
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on August 5, 2010
La Guidecca, the long island south of the canals. At first I had not planned on visiting this place, but many things made me change my mind and so here’s my take on it in my sixth post on Venice. Read more…
Venice Recollections (4) Nightwalks
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on July 24, 2010
I was pretty much on my feet every single night in Venice until about 11pm. Walking through the main island at night leaves you with a completely different impression than during the day! Here’s part 4 of my Venice Recollections. Read more…
Venice Recollections (3) Glass in Murano
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on July 24, 2010
Glass blowing tradition dates back many years. It has become one of the most unique features of Venice itself. Murano, the island where the practice was eventually moved to after potential concerns of the factories being on the main island was my destination a day after my arrival in Venice. Read more…
Venice Recollections (2) Around the canals
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on July 22, 2010
Join me on my walks around the main island as well as a Vaporetto ride along the grand canal in this second post on my Venice Recollections. Read more…
Venice Recollections (1) Arrival
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on July 17, 2010
The first chapter of my Venice travels. Here’s my journey to Venice including the arrival and crazy search for my hotel for the next three nights. 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…
Venice Recollections (0) A precursor…
Posted by Peter Marcus Bach in Travel on July 5, 2010
Just got back from Venice, extremely tired from the travelling, missed the train I had intended on taking. Resorted to the one an hour later, but that delayed my arrival in Innsbruck by two hours. Transit times kill you! Here’s a precursor to what’s in store for you form Venice! Read more…