My travelpage

I love to see many places of our world - usually I like either to visit friends in interesting places, or to get to know the development aid projects I care for personally, or to experience intense and beautiful nature (that is often very different from home), or to get to know other cultures and new people.

Normally I prefer being close to the local population to living in a high-class hotel a great deal.

Have a look at a few photographical impressions of my 'recent' tours to:

Amsterdam (to visit Manfred) (September and November '07)
Scotland (with quite some time of it on Islay) (August / September '07)
Silesia/Poland (December '06)
Croatia & Maribor (September '06)
Silesia/Poland (July '06)
Sweden/Norway (September '05)

Troll in Norway's capital

...and a fountain in Wigelandsparken, same city...

...a very impressive "cat" near the station...

The castle

... and finally the town hall of that city...

...the Picasso-statue in Kristinehamn...

... evening mood at Lake Vänern ...

Lilla Färjan, the world's smallest ferry ever

Landscape, in the south of Sweden

Sweden's oldest bishop seat, Husaby

Landscape in Hällingsjö - fantastic!

...and finally typical houses at the seaside...

Romania (December '04)

Aerial view of Sibiu's old town
...and some group of houses in the old parts of that city...
...a very well-known bridge of the city...
The old tower there
... view to the walk along the battlements of the larger of Cisnadie's churches...
...another, smaller church in Cisnadie...
...seen on our evening walk - "moody" clouds and all...
draw well in Carta
Landscape along the river, same place.
...again, the village of Carta depicted in the background... (one can also see the old Cistercian monastery there and - in case one tries real hard - the mountain peaks of the Carpates in the distance!)
Ferryman, ferryman, ferryman, get us across!
...and finally in the museal village "Astra"...

Ukraine (October '04)

Impressions of our journey overland.
...and again a shot taken during the drive...
...the old town of Lutsk...
...and the new parts of that town...
The (Roman-Catholic) cathedral of Lutsk
...and again, seen from the other side of the square...

Andalusia (September '04)

...come along here...
(the fotos are assembled on their own page)

Gothenburg (Sweden) (August '03)

Detail of an old house in Gothenburg...
The so-called "fish church", Gothenburg's fish market which was built up in the for of a church
And the modern Opera house of the city...
A view along one of the Canals in the Old Town there...
...and to the other side, towards the docks in the harbour...
The building of the Music University there...
Landscape impressions several kilometers south of the city...
Another view still...
And some detail thereof...
One of the many forms of public transport in the city...

United States (Minneapolis & The "West") (August '02)

...come along with me ... ;-)
(the higher number of pictures called for their own page!)

Poland (Silesia) (October '00)

...seen during a walk in the city of Zabrze...
Market place in Cracow
Ads from former days (Cracow - detail in the market hall)
View of St. Mary's church

Maledives islands (September '00)

...islands, seen from above...
...a *huge* fish met during snorkelling...
...the local fauna depicated on a modern work of art...
View from the wooden walk to the hotel island of Bodufinolhu

Riga (August '00)

Riga from above
...the so-called "Schwarzhäupterhaus" in the city...
Art nouveau here as well...
the steeple of the cathedral (wherein is the highly famous organ)

Holland (July '99)

the national "sign" of the Netherlands...
Masts as far as you can see...
inside Dominikuskerk in Amsterdam
...most loved way of getting around, even at the seaside...
...a typical old lane at the island of Texel...

Tunesia (Sept. '98)

famous brick-architecture of Tozeur
the breath-taking landscape at Chebika
in the desert of the Sahara
a group of the so-called "Ghorfas"
a view from inside-out
desert antilopes
Troglodyte houses at the Matmata mountainous region
Same...in close-up...
impression at sunset

Hungary and the Sovaque Republic, mainly "sousterrain impressions" (July '98)

inside the aragonite-cave (SQ)
a hall we crossed while walking the Baradla (Hungarian/Slovaque border, 21kms in total!)
inside the "béke-barlang", "peace-cave" (Hungary again)
...beautiful thin "stone-spaghetti" growing down from the ceiling...

Taizé (summer '97)

inside the church of reconciliation
the old iron cross on the hill

Australia (Aug. '96)

the famous Sydney-opera
numerous 'roos' at Pebbly Beach
a possum at night high up in its tree
way up to 'the rock' (Ayers Rock) at dawn - See the Olgas at a distance!
a dried-out riverbed
the old bridge in King's Canyon
an incredible sunset near the Olgas (Northern Territory)
Pelican
Snorkling in the Great Barrier Reef

Republic of Ireland (Oct. '95)

Republic South Africa (Dec. '94 / Jan. '95)

The bay of Capetown!
one of our numerous concert-places
country of ostrich-farming
country of enormous fruit-yards
inside the world-famous Cango caves
in the Karoo (semidesert)

Albania (Sept. '94)

...the country of the many bunkers (one per adult inhabitant!)
a sign of Islamic faith - the old mosque in Tirana
the wilderness and beauty of the landscape in Tropoje (Northern Albania)
Tirana street impressions (children, homeless and exhausted)
That building is in use! (...see the aerial!...)
the main marketplace in the capital

India (Spring '94)

a view of the lake of Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu State)
the office of one of our development-aid projects
Friends from Silukkurvapatti
What a variety of delicious fresh fruit!

Lithuania (Easter '93)

found in the center of Vilnius...
a view of the capital from above
walking in the dunes (!) near Klaipeda at the Baltic sea
Klaipeda dunes again

Another few photos of my home country Austria to show you impressions apart from the normally visited tourist attractions:

Vienna-pictures:
- Art Nouveau at the 'Karlsplatz-metro station'
- a house with Art Nouveau decorations
Landscape:
- Schneealpe
- a lake in the mountains (Lungau, Salzburg)
- Hinteralm