What I know from Poland as Fat Thursday happens a couple of days later in Austria and is called a Faschingsdienstag. Both days are about eating doughnuts and announce the same thing: the time of crazy eating and partying is coming to an end, get ready for Lent. And even though most people don’t fast […]
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It is embarrassing to admit. This year in February, for the first time in my life, together with girl-friend we booked tickets and just went for a “city-break”. I have never done that before; don’t ask me why, I have no idea. “Just” is also a bit of an overstatement in that sentence. It took […]
In the last couple of days Austria is experiencing a really heavy snowfall. Vienna, however, resists and continues to be grey and wet. There aren’t many things worse then cleaning a dog covered in mud, so we decided to look for a place with snow. This time we decided for Mayerling.
I am quite aware I might be the last one to not have all the Christmas gifts ready. Last year I was so organised! By this time we already had everything bought, packed, and put in boxes for the easier transport, as we were having a big trip to Poland and straight to Germany. This […]
Welcome to the time of the year when the whole city smells of mulled wine and roasted chestnuts. Even if it gets dark at 4 in the afternoon the glowing lights make you fell like in a fairy tale. And then there are places where you can stuff yourself with food, wash it down with […]
Three or four months after I moved to Vienna my friend came to visit. As I moved with no prior knowledge of German I was still pretty much in the beginning of this rather bumpy ride. This is quite important for the rest of the story. What else can you offer your special guest if […]
On one of the last sunny and warm September afternoons we decided to finally check the Löwygrube. It is a big park located in the 10th district with one of the biggest dog zones in Vienna. The name came up on the dog group I am part of quite some times. I had it written down […]
1,3 billion tons of food get thrown out every year. One would say “oh but this is for the whole world”. Let’s look closer then: in European Union we throw away on average 179 kg of food per person. That adds up to 89 millions of tons per year. Even closer: In Austria we throw away […]
I believe I should offer you an explanation what is this blog about, who am I, and so on. I am in my 30’s. In the beginning of 2017 Vienna became my home and this year, after nearly two years of commuting between Poland and Austria I decided to quit my job. Time has come to […]
