Vienna, 28 September 2025 A week ago, my wife and I were passing by a florist during our afternoon walk down into the city centre when my eye was caught by one of the products the shop was selling. It wasn’t just the pretty display that caught my attention. It just so happened that I … Continue reading GROUNDCHERRIES, OR CHINESE LANTERNS| the heart thrills
Vienna, 24 September 2025 My wife and I have just finished a long weekend in the little town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs. We were actually using it as a base from which to carry out a number of very p…| the heart thrills
Vienna, 7 September 2025 My wife and I went to Schladming in Styria recently, for a few days of hiking. We did some lovely hikes on the mountains behind Schladming as well as along some of the vall…| the heart thrills
Vienna, 1 August 2025 That was a low point in my annual medical check-up: my calcium values. Going into the discussion of my lab tests with our doctor, my concern had been my ferritin levels. As I&…| the heart thrills
Vienna, 18 June 2025 It’s summer time! And summer time, for my wife and me in Vienna at least, means it’s time to go hiking around the city and beyond. And that means studying guides, electronic and hard-copy, to find new hikes for us to do. So it was that a month ago now I … Continue reading PANTALEON| the heart thrills
Vienna, 8 June 2025 My wife and I recently completed a four-day hike around the Danube, in the reaches of the river some 20 km upstream from Linz. We started in the village of Ottensheim, made our …| the heart thrills
Sori, 15 May 2025 For some time now, I’ve been intrigued by this tree, which I see fairly regularly in gardens at our seaside place in Liguria. I see this particular example when we walk alon…| the heart thrills
Milan, 2 May 2025 As in the case of my previous post, the little trip my wife and I recently undertook in central Italy was kicked off by an article in the Guardian which I read some four-five mont…| the heart thrills
Milan, 23 April 2025 It was an article in the Guardian that started me off on this post. The writer was describing an expedition of his into the countryside in Kent to go foraging. He mentioned hav…| the heart thrills
Sori, Easter Sunday 2025 I suppose every person on this planet will rave about a foodstuff made from the grain which got domesticated in their corner of the planet. I’ve seen Chinese and Japanese go misty-eyed about various rice-based foodstuffs. I’m sure Central Americans do the same for foodstuffs made with maize. Or Africans for … Continue reading BREAD| the heart thrills
