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Wild garlic: a delicious wild herb available in early spring

Wild garlic

When the winter comes to its end, the desire for the spring to come becomes stronger and stronger. The snow melts, tiny little green leaves pop up the ground. It’s wild garlic, and for me it is the real sign that spring is knocking on the door. Where does it grow, and how does it taste? Wild garlic (Allium Ursinum), or also called Ramsons starts growing in February-March and gets flowers between April and June. Here in Austria it grows [...]

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Celebrating Christmas in Vienna

Christmas market Rathausplatz

Yesterday the most commercial, but also atmospheric season of the Year started again. Yes, I talk about Christmas. The lights of the large Tree in front of the Rathausplatz are lit. Even though most of the Christmas markets in the city will not open until the 18th, it is still the start of the Christmas season in Vienna! Driving home for Christmas And Christmas in Vienna means a whole city full of decorative lights and the smell of gingerbread and [...]

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A foggy autumn day in Vienna

yellow leaves fall vienna

Today it is All Saints, and in Austria this is an official day off. The weather forecast for today said that it would be foggy in the morning with the sun coming though in the early afternoon. So I thought, let’s go on walkabout in the outer districts of the city to make some photos. I rang a colleague, and off we went! Photographing at the Alte Donau First I went to the “Alte Donau” in Floridsdorf, where I hoped [...]

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