urban views

I guess you have seen this Ploiesti building in a lot of pictures on this page. I was told they are building it since 9 years... Oh, well, they managed to install the windows recently so here is a beautiful reflection.
Happy Wednesday!

Sky Watch - my first post

Today I decided to join this wonderful group of sky watchers. For the first post I chose some archive items, which, for whatever reason, never succedeed in being published before. Two of the pictures are from last spring, one from last summer. They all have one thing in common: they are taken from my balcony.
We have 26 C today! Yupee!
Have a great Friday!

winter in Romania

Before going back to my Austria posts, because there are some things that I'd like to share with you, let me just post freshly baked - or shall I say frozen?- photos from my Romanian window 5 minutes ago. Of course it snowed, and of course the roads are almost impossible to drive on. No winter services, although huge money are paid to these winter services companies... And the mayor still stays in office!...

Ploiesti

Good Saturday morning!
A photo from Ploiesti now, a city 60 km North from Bucharest. A little bit kitchy in my opinion, but hey, better than nothing :).
As for me, after so many weeks when I was waiting for this cold (announcing itslef by random headaches and sneezing), I finally got it - and it's no joy: shiverring with cold (but something like 27 C in the room), sore throat, headaches, totally under the weather... Even the coffee tastes bad...
PS: check also this archive to see Ploiesti last December. This way I remembered the race for Vienna for last year. Yes, I am counting now too: a week left till again in Wien. Hurray!

morning as usual

The train station at 7.30 AM means silence.

Lines, tracks and shadows.5 minutes later people start pouring. Trains arrive, hectic people go off and on. Sometimes I smile when I see that people visited Vienna, and they carry souvenirs... (Empress Sisi bag, Schloss Schoenbrunn).

Have a great, less hectic, day!

the flare

near Ploiesti.
the eerie surroundings, the heavy smells, the boom of the flare going deep down into my chest, the gloomy glitter of the steel pipes in the pale light of the dusk... don't ask why i like refineries so much!

traffic

Ploiesti.

fairy tale land

Ploiesti.

octopus

Ploiesti, Weihnachtsmarkt.

foggy

Ploiesti.

sort of Weihnachtsmarkt

Ploiesti.

winter fairytales

holidays are coming

Ploiesti. Foggy, for more than a week now. Sometimes I have the feeling I live IN a cloud (and this building is not so high, but nevertheless I can't see anything down). Got some nice photos thou; the fog gives them some story-book feeling :).
Wonderful office party last night (season is now officially open). I've been working with these people for almost two years now, and I still love them :).
And of course, still counting: 22 days till in Wien.

round

7 AM this morning. woke up and saw this big round moon hanging above the buildings across. freezing cold. i might as well sign this petition.