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St. Peter’s Monastery, Salzburg

St. Peter’s Monastery hosts a large collection of minerals under the very roof of the church itself, collected over centuries by scientifically inclined monks. In earlier times the (Roman Catholic) church in Austria was very rich and active in economy, not only regarding salt from which Salzburg has its name, but also mining for gold…

Chestnut Booth

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Munich, Bavaria The snowfall that decorated the booth in this picture happened already last week. Together with the following frost it substantially slowed down street life in the center of Munich, to the extent that the street vendors closed some of their outlets because only smallest numbers of visitors wanted to stop and buy some…

Vivian Maier In The NY Times

Worth seeing: Through the Nanny’s Eyes. Update: Thomas added this link to a Vivian Maier fotostream in the German newspaper “Die Zeit”. Worth following. Her images and her life give certainly enough matter for contemplation, namely the artistic part. The recent discussions I have followed over the last years in my little corner of the…

Moon From The Office Window

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Munich, Bavaria Thanks to the winter and the so-called daylight saving time – more honestly to be called expenditure enticing time – it is still night when I arrive in the office, and sometimes the moon shows up over the vis-à-vis blocks. Nota bene: The sky was that incredibly blue in spite of my lowering…