Yearly Archives: 2014
Good-bye, Hewlett-Packard
Today I got rid of the least satisfactory desktop computer I ever bought, an HP Pavilion Slimline s5280t. If you have one of these loads of crap, and it’s still running, buy a new replacement immediately and transfer everything. If you … Continue reading
St. Stephen’s, Vienna
Between tours we had some time to explore St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The current form of the cathedral dates to the mid-14th century, a combination of the Romanesque and Gothic styles. The first church on the site was consecrated in 1147. The … Continue reading
Driving Around Vienna
Well, not entirely – but a good deal of our “Vienna city walk” was done on a bus, hence the odd things that sometimes appear in my photos. You’ll only see the ones I could reasonably salvage. If you just … Continue reading
And I Didn’t Have a Camera
Returning from the gym on Easter Sunday, in the course of an errand I was driving down San Pablo Avenue near the 580 overpass, instead of rolling straight home on the freeway. While driving, I saw a truly wonderful sight. … Continue reading
The Wachau Valley and Dürnstein
Having left Melk Abbey around noon, we sailed on down the Danube toward the Wachau Valley. This was the first day we had had unfettered access to the soi-disant “sun deck,” and of course it was overcast, although by the … Continue reading
Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey is a famous Benedictine abbey in Austria, in the town of Melk on the Danube River. (Well, famous to the cognoscenti; I never heard of it before the trip.) I can’t give you the panoramic photo from across … Continue reading
The Old Quilt
We visited my sister right after Christmas. Among other things she was recovering from a fall which chipped a bone in her foot, so we didn’t get out much, but we had a good time anyway. Jim and I went … Continue reading
