RSSPosts with Tag: winter
Bremen to Hannover to Basel to Lucern
February 8, 2011 · Posted in train travel
Traveling back into winter and these Swiss houses seem built to appear in the winter landscape.
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Paris to Frankfurt to Bremen
February 3, 2011 · Posted in train travel
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I wonder as I look out the train window to see the green of grass mixed with the white of snow. Do I see winter continuing or spring beginning?
There’s a German/Italian man sitting next to me on the first part of this trip, from Paris to Frankfurt. [...] Read more
In Paris
January 28, 2011 · Posted in France
I slowly step off of the warm train, onto a cold platform, and towards one of the heaters placed in Paris’ Gare du Nord. I pause. I ponder. This is Paris in January.
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In Lillehammer (part 1)
November 21, 2010 · Posted in Norway
As traditional a small-town as Lillehammer is, it has a beautifully modern arts museum, built in 1994. I’m told that this painting by Frederik Collett is typical of the style that artists from this region were known for: the winter landscape. Collett lived in Oslo, but late each autumn, he could be seen running [...] Read more
In Samnaun
November 29, 2008 · Posted in Eurail
Samnaun is a ski resort in Switzerland. The ski season is is started by the Santa Claus World Championships. Samnaun is equally enjoyable in its quiet moments spent skiing and hiking into the snow-covered landscape. Read more
Innsbruck to Landeck
November 28, 2008 · Posted in Eurail
The train is populated with skiers heading into the mountains. Landeck is a popular train stop in Tyrol, Austria. Read more
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