Personal Blog of Verena Artinger

leaving

ok. i wake up at 6! AM to go to the main post office and check that package thing. i am short before a nervous breakdown when the friendly woman tells me that i just have to go to another post office and pick it up. bad thing: this one doesn’t open before 10, exactly when [...]

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day before leaving

ok. this is the last day before my departure and i am soon getting mad. so much stuff to prepare and so many things to do before i leave. luckily i have some hours to relax at “zum schneider” with dominika and bettina. after that i had to figure out how to find a lost [...]

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polls, polls, polls

ok. i added a polls widget to the sidebar. below the flickr pics. i don’t know how to put anything above the flickr pics. :( i will have a poll every now and then when i want to ask you something about my travels. so please participate. your vote matters ;) thx, verena.

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buying a backpack

i thought it might be a good idea to start my travelblog already when doing the preparations. i went to paragon tonight for the second time. they close at 8 so i don’t have much time after work to go through all the backpacks. honestly, i think gigasport (the biggest sport store in graz) has [...]

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a hiphop tour with grandmaster caz

i will write more soon. in the meanwhile a video of grandmaster caz, he performed live for us…

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harlem after raining

when i stepped out this morning from my apartment building i recognized an unfamiliar smell. it was an after-rain-fresh-air-smell i have never experienced before in new york. it smelled a bit like graz. from wet concrete, trees and a bit of grass. like it…. except when passing by a fried-chicken-place. then it smelled different.

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everything is illuminated – heart of the city

i have taken on my most favorite hobby from three years ago. concerts! a short reprise on last evening’s jay-z and mary j. blige concert: i don’t know why i like this whole rap thing that much, but i just do. first: a great mary j. blige, but damaged a bit by the not really [...]

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song of the week…

great job mr. ashcroft.

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europe in manhattan

when searching for an apartment you always get to know some people. so today i planned a photo tour with a guy from brazil. i like to meet new people. just for the fun of it. but as i learned three years ago, that can be tricky. i am not sure how often i walked [...]

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rabbits having fun in new york

i like this video a lot. new york feeling.

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