Category Archives: Travels

Pinky all alone. Photo of the Week #155

Shanghai is one of the busiest places I have been and yet… on The Bund a sunny day in December one can feel very free and on to new adventures! /anna

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Pandas! Photos of the Week #153

In the middle of China, in the province of Sichuan you find the city of Chengdu. And in the northern part of Chengdu is the Panda Base. I was at the Panda Base a couple of weeks ago to meet … Continue reading

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Seal. Photo of the Week #150

Let’s celebrate the 150th photo of the week and my return to the blog with a seal! I met this harbour seal at the northernmost tip of Denmark, Grenen, north of the town of Skagen a couple of weeks ago. … Continue reading

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Let it snow! Rome and the white masses. Photo of the Week #146

Rome and snow is an intriguing combination. That was the conclusion my sister and I drew last week after being met by closed doors at the Colosseum, the Forum Romanum, the Galleria Borghese and the Pantheon due to “emergenza neve” … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas – straight from the manger

Only in America… My favorite is the star over Bethlehem while the smoking king is a very close second. I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas – today I am enjoying it a tiny bit more since it is … Continue reading

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Have you seen this man? Photo of the Week #144

Someone is busy…  I caught a glimpse of him in the New York Public Library a couple of weeks ago. Just one day to go now. /anna

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Christmas Wreath. Photo of the Week #143

Last week when visiting friends in Boston I took a short trip to Salem. Just next to the house of the seven gables (which some of you may know from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel) I passed this wonderful little Christmas tableau. So … Continue reading

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Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna

When abroad I count myself among the museum devouring kind. I try to take as many scalps as possible not only to see art and collections but also to see how museums work and communicate to their audience. Occupational hazard. … Continue reading

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Finalizing the guide. Photo of the Week #140

This week I went to Vienna in order to finalize an audio guide for the museum I work in. We are opening an exhibition next week and I did a specific guide for that. “Vienna?” you may ask – but … Continue reading

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Ponderings about why history matters

I just visited a good friend in Potsdam outside Berlin. Last time I visited it was November, bleak November. This time it was summer and his terrace was full of all sorts of citrus trees, his ambition being to have … Continue reading

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