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Back to the Roots

2010-08-16T04:12:00.001-07:00

Holydays in Bad Aussee, Styria. Time to dress the old way..

Expo 2010 Shanghai - Austrian Pavillon

2010-05-18T04:26:00.000-07:00

2010-04-05T09:28:00.000-07:00

easter bunnys used to be younger in those days..

Wintertime

2010-02-10T03:06:00.001-08:00

For all the ones missing snow this year - try Austria! This pic was taken in Eisenerz - a perfect place for cross country and downhill skiing...

Merry XMas!

2009-12-21T04:06:00.000-08:00

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Welcome Serbia, Bosnia & Macedonia!

2009-12-18T01:49:00.000-08:00

From now on Serbian, Bosnian and Macedonian citicens do not need visa for traveling to EC countries. I hope that all our Serbian friends will use this new freedom and visit Vienna! I am very happy, because I know, that many young Serbians have NEVER been outside their country. This day will bring Europe closer together.

Merry Xmas!

2009-12-01T11:58:00.001-08:00

Don't forget to go to Cesky Krumlov/Czech Rep.

2009-09-02T06:31:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been to the Czech Republic? Make a try and go there, it is worth while. Taste the superb beer, the rich food (try powidltascherl, ducks and fried carp) and enjoy a marvellous landscape with lots of castles and the beautiful river moldau. If you need a hotel, I recommend Hotel Grand right in the middle of the old part of the town. If you like canoeing, you will love Cesky Krumlov, there are boats where ever you look...

Belgrade by night

2009-08-13T04:24:00.000-07:00

Did you ever go to Belgrade? It is worth visiting... And don't forget to eat Bleskavica - so do we on this pic taken at three o'clock in the night after the SANTANA concert on July 14. Mmmmhh...

Freedom for Iranean people!

2009-07-03T11:12:00.000-07:00

2009-06-29T06:18:00.000-07:00

All my support to the people of Iran. All my support to the brave journalists, human rights activists and artists who speak up up for their people even if this is a dangerous thing to do.

I spent a lot of time in twitter. One of the bravest was persian kiwi. He or she did not post for many days... We all hope he or she is still alive...

Mistelbach, Weinviertel, Austria

2009-05-27T10:21:00.001-07:00

56. Malaktion by Hermann Nitsch

www.nitsch.org

If you are in Austria, go to Mistelbach and take a look at this fabulous museum...

Waiting for spring to come...

2009-03-24T03:22:00.000-07:00

This year we have the longest winter EVER. In the end of march we have just 6 or 7° and it is windy and very unfriendly in Vienna.

A perfect time to go to museum or an exhibition. My recommendation for all who visit Vienna in the next weeks: Maria Lassnig, MUMOK (Museumsqaurtier). An excellent show with painings and videos made by an extraordinary artist.

http://www.mumok.at/programm/ausstellungen/

Open untill May 17 2009

Happy New Year!

2009-01-14T02:39:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody,
I hope you all had decent winter holydays! My friend Werner from Bogota, Colombia, visited me in Vienna and I decided to fresh up my Spanish. This is my New Year Resolution!
My travel plans for this year include Stockholm, Hamburg and maybe Paris.. Anyone wants to come along?
And for all those who plan on visiting Vienna - don't forget to look me up! Henrieta from Slovakia! Arlene and Gehan! Lotta and Tina! José and William! ALL of you great AFSers!
Hope to see you this year!
Barbara

We did it and it was great!!

2008-12-03T07:10:00.000-08:00

AFS Reunion in London, Nov. 29 2008

After 26 years we joined for Thanksgiving dinner in London...
(l.t.r.) William Doggart, Northern Ireland, Arlene Gregorius, Luxemburg/UK, Daniel Steiner, Switzerland, Manuel v. Ribbeck, Peru, Helena Rodrigues, Portugal, Linette Martinez, Panama, Lotter Moller, Sweden, Gehan Talwatte, Sri Lanca/UK, Tina v. Stritzky, Germany, José Salgado, Honuras/USA, Barbara Leitgeb/Austria.

It was great so see you guys after 26 years!
Love U all
Barbara

Just four more days...

2008-11-24T08:40:00.001-08:00

.. and I will be travelling to London to meet my old friends way back from 1982. Crazy!! It will be such a strange thing to talk to Gehan from Sri Lanka, now living in London, Arlene from Luxemburg, now living in London, Tina from Germany, Jose from Honduras, now living in Harvard and so on. WOW. I hope everybody else looks much older than I do!
Haha, just kidding, I am sure of that.
Today I also tried to find my friends Donna and John Webb from Wisconsin, US. Maybe I will get news from the States, I have not been in touch for a long time.
How I love internet...

Two more weeks...

2008-11-14T08:36:00.000-08:00

On Nov 29 I will travel to London to meet many old friends, all of them former AFS students who spent the year 81/82 in Wisconsin, USA. I can't wait to see them again! We did not meet for more than 25 years! It will be so strange and so great!

Hi everybody!

2008-11-07T11:18:00.001-08:00

I finally decided to put up a webblog to be able to communicate with my friends overseas. During the last years I have been working with so many people from so many countries: Serbia, Romania, India, Slovakia, Croatia, even Germany!! This produced some cultural shocks (especially the Germans), but also lots of great and lasting experiences and friendships. So hi to all of you, Dejan and Dusan, Pavle and Slatko, Slobodan, Anca and Densia, Henrieta, Volker and Wolfgang, hi everybody! I have been working over Skype a lot and amazingly it works just fine. So if you should n't use Skype yet, join! It is easy to use and easy to work with!
I discovered that during the last years my English turned into some strange mix of computer and marketing language. I remember even using the strangest words for certain features but as long as both sides used the same word for the same thing, we could communicate. Very interesting indeed!
Well ok! I hope that you will enjoy this blog.

Love Barbara