August 2025 – the heart thrills
1 post published by Abellio during August 2025| 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
Posts about Fratelli Barbieri written by Abellio| 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
Milan, 18 March 2025 My wife and I recently went to an exhibition at the Gallerie d’Italia, a relatively new museum in Milan which is situated right next to the Scala. The exhibition’s title, “The Genius of Milan. Crossroads of the Arts from the Cathedral Workshop to the Twentieth Century”, didn’t really reveal what the … Continue reading SAINT ERASMUS AND HIS GUTS| the heart thrills
Milan, 28 February 2025 It was freezing cold in Vienna this last month we were there, far too cold for my wife and I to go hiking. So we spent our spare time visiting Vienna’s nice, warm museums. One museum we visited was the Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts; I don’t think … Continue reading ARRESTING FACES| the heart thrills
Vienna, 15 February 2025 Updated Sori, 10 March 2025 My wife and I have just seen an exhibition of Marc Chagall’s paintings at the Albertina in Vienna (we’re normally not here at this time of the year, but I have to give a course on circular economy at the Central European University). I’m sure it … Continue reading A TOUR OF CHAGALL’S STAINED GLASS WINDOWS| the heart thrills
