Trip Report: Vienna (plus Bratislava)
in [Europe]
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From: Padraig Breathnach on 13 Dec 2006 19:44 this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: >Padraig Breathnach <padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote: > >> So far as I can judge -- the hair obscures the face. The location >> looks like Graben. Was she Japanese in appearance? > >Yes, and you're right that the hair does obscure the face a bit. >Probably the same person! When I heard her she was playing Liszt >("Liebesraume") and Chopin (Fantasy Impromptu.) It was all a bit rough, >but hey, as you see in the pictures, plenty people stopped to listen, >and that's all fine as far as I'm concerned. If she's still perservering >in all weather, more power to her. I took the pic, because I rather >admired the perserverence in trundling the upright into the middle of >the street. Perhaps not unsurprisingly, the piano was really out of >tune- almost 'honky-tonk.' I think she has new piano. If it was out of tune, I missed it. I was surprised at how good it sounded given the rough life it was having. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 13 Dec 2006 19:47 Padraig Breathnach <padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote: > this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > > >Padraig Breathnach <padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote: > > > >> So far as I can judge -- the hair obscures the face. The location > >> looks like Graben. Was she Japanese in appearance? > > > >Yes, and you're right that the hair does obscure the face a bit. > >Probably the same person! When I heard her she was playing Liszt > >("Liebesraume") and Chopin (Fantasy Impromptu.) It was all a bit rough, > >but hey, as you see in the pictures, plenty people stopped to listen, > >and that's all fine as far as I'm concerned. If she's still perservering > >in all weather, more power to her. I took the pic, because I rather > >admired the perserverence in trundling the upright into the middle of > >the street. Perhaps not unsurprisingly, the piano was really out of > >tune- almost 'honky-tonk.' > > I think she has new piano. Or it had a good tuning! :) > If it was out of tune, I missed it. I was > surprised at how good it sounded given the rough life it was having. Yes- more entertaining for me would be to see her play while being wheeled up the street. It might make it more difficult to earn money that way though! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://www.davidhorne.net/pictures.html http://soundjunction.org
From: Padraig Breathnach on 13 Dec 2006 20:52 this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: >Padraig Breathnach <padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote: > >> I think she has new piano. > >Or it had a good tuning! :) > I looked again at your picture: new piano. >> If it was out of tune, I missed it. I was >> surprised at how good it sounded given the rough life it was having. > >Yes- more entertaining for me would be to see her play while being >wheeled up the street. It might make it more difficult to earn money >that way though! > What makes me think of tumbrils? -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/
From: Otter on 13 Dec 2006 23:38 "VainGlorious" <vaingloriousDUMP(a)THIScomcast.net> wrote in message news:d6i1o2paniiihd0p2db8jht57vhmpke8bp(a)4ax.com... > > > A warning to Ugly Americans abroad: I am coming. You will never know > where I am or who I'm with. But I'm coming. And I'm coming for YOU. So > I recommend you treat our European brothers with respect and humility. > Because if I catch you, I will turn one minute of Ugly Americanism > into a fully ruined vacation - for you and yours. Please bear in mind that your exchange may easily be misinterpreted by on-lookers. I do not come from North America, but I am acquainted with the phenomena of which you speak. It's bad enough with one person/group without escalating it. For the good of all natural English speakers, my suggestion is that you refrain from any form of retaliation. Just let it go.
From: Tim C. on 14 Dec 2006 07:39
Following up to Padraig Breathnach <padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> : >, we had our bearings when we >disembarked. So we set out to visit Stephansdom and promptly got lost. LOL! Tell me about it. I lived in Vienna for 3 years and that happened to me regularly. :( -- Tim C. |