World Travel – TOKIDOKI (NOMAD)

FRANKFURT, GERMANY: 1944

Published on September 17, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel4 Comments

Alte Oper (Old Opera) House. Completed in 1880, but destroyed by bombs in 1944. It was rebuilt slowly and reopened in 1981.

Standing since 1983 in Zeil Promenade: “David and Goliath” by Richard Hess.

“whoever gives up his freedom to gain courage will lose both in the end”

15sep17 Frankfurt, Germany

FRANKFURT, GERMANY: BLOWING BUBBLES

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15sep17 Frankfurt, Germany

SALZBURG, AUSTRIA 🇦🇹: ROCK ME AMADEUS

Published on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

I saw this in a window, but I don’t know why. Jean Claude Van Damme is Belgian.

To mark the seventh Salzburg Art Project, the English sculptor Anthony Cragg has installed an approximately 5 metre-high sculpture made of patinated bronze on the Makartplatz. The title “Caldera” is a geological term denoting a volcanic crater, which in English also carries poetic connotations. Here the artist is exploring space and matter, suffused with the energy and emotion unleashed by dramatic processes. And, not least, he is alluding to the bowl-like location of Salzburg itself. http://salzburgfoundation.at/en/salzburg-art-project/anthony-cragg-2008/

Salzach River runs between the Old Town and New Town.

Kollegienkirche (Collegiate Church). Completed in 1707.

Mozart’s birthplace. He was born here on January 27, 1756. The family lived on the third floor from 1747-1773.

The oldest delicatessen store in the festival city of Salzburg has been in operation since its establishment as a colonial goods trader in the Getreidegasse over 350 years ago. The lovingly maintained antique shelves guarantee a sense of nostalgia. Four generations of the Kopp family have now run the business since 1919. https://www.salzburg.info/en/travel-info/infos/r.f.azwanger_az_10646

Dreifaltigkeitskirche. Completed in 1702.

13sep17 Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹

VIENNA, AUSTRIA: EINBAHN

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St. Stephens Cathedral in all of its Gothic Glory

Wustenrot is an insurance company that happens to be housed in a gorgeous architectural wonder in the city center. The statue in front is of Johannes Gensberg, a.k.a. Gutenberg, the inventor of the modern printing press.

Josef is a political prisoner who was jailed in 2014. He was arrested in an anti-fascist demonstration against the right-wing group Akademikerball.

It’s not just Vienna. It seems like just about every city throws up this slogan somewhere.

Mozart lived in this building between 1784-1787

Older piece from Puerta Rican artist Alexis Diaz, standing the test of time off of Favoritenstrasse.

From Colombian street artist, Stinkfish.

The wear and tear brings even more character to this piece by Miami-based Evoca 1.

11&12Sep2017 Vienna, Austria

SIBIU, ROMANIA 🇷🇴: STAIRS

Published on September 2, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

31aug17 Sibiu, Romania 🇷🇴

SIBIU, ROMANIA: “POSTA”

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31aug17 Sibiu, Romania

BRASOV TO SIBIU, ROMANIA: TRAINSPOTTING

Published on August 30, 2017 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

I don’t have any idea what I’m doing or where I’m going. As my destination becomes blurrier and blurrier, my bags have to get lighter and lighter. So, I left my beloved Birkenstocks (Chicago 2015) at Kismet Dao Hostel in Brasov and caught a taxi to the train station. Bought a ticket for Sibiu and contemplated my directionless life by putting some heavy thoughts on postcards to friends and taking photographs of everything around me.

On the train I stared out the window and took more photos ~ my way of processing thoughts that I can’t put into words.

30aug17 Brasov to Sibiu, Romania

BRASOV, ROMANIA: WE TRANSYLVANIAN NOBLES…

Published on August 29, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel5 Comments

We Transylvanian nobles love not to think that our bones may be amongst the common dead. I seek not gaiety nor mirth, not the bright voluptuousness of much sunshine and sparkling waters which please the young and gay. I am no longer young; and my heart, through wearing years of mourning over the dead, is not attuned to mirth. Moreover, the walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements. I love the shade and the shadow, and would be alone with my thoughts when I may.” ― Bram Stoker

28aug17 Brasov, Romania