Wednesday, May 31, 2006

AUSTRIA - IMPERIAL VIENNA - 1975

LAND OF QUEENS, KINGS AND KAISERS


"MARIA-THERESIA dominates the museum square"


"KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM - The most fabulous collection of paintings from Brueghel, the Oldest, one of my favourites painters"


"PARLIAMENT - Not so relevant in Theresia's times"


"DAS RATHAUS - Definitely a nice place for a Mayor to work"


"BURGTHEATER - From an unused dance-parlour to a National Theater"


"VOTIVKIRCHE - Up to the Sky"


"HOFBURG - Emperor's Home"


"BURGGARTEN - Just a small part of the Kaiser's garden"


"STAATSOPER - Home to great conductors: Mahler, R.Strauss, Walter, Furtwangler, Böhm, Karajan..."

Monday, May 29, 2006

AUSTRIA - TIROL - AUGUST 1975

STROLLING AND SINGING

LIECHTENSTEIN - Crossing the Swiss border - Schengen "avant la lettre"


ARLBERG - Before the building of the tunnel


ST.CRISTOPH - Singing in the rain


INNSBRUCK - Goldener Adler Hotel - Home to celebrities


INNSBRUCK - "Goldenes Dachl" - The lodge of Maximilian the 1st


INNSBRUCK - Mariatheresienstrasse with a view of the northern mountains

Saturday, May 27, 2006

MORE SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 1975

CONTINUING THE DISCOVERY

LUZERN - The bridge before the great fire


LUZERN - Enjoying the pleasures of the lake


INTERLAKEN - Land of the Jungfrau


LAKE THUN - Another beautiful lake


MONTREUX and LAKE LEMAN - Beautiful Promenade


GENEVA - The Memorial and the Lake


GENEVA - The beach is on the left, from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Friday, May 26, 2006

SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 1975

DISCOVERING THE LAND OF CHEESE, CHOCOLATE AND WATCHES


BERN - Marktgasse - A beautiful street in a beautiful town"


BERN - The Parliament in the land of direct democracy"


WALENSEE - One of the many lakes to enjoy"


ZURICH - Happy people in the land of rich people


ZURICH - Lake Zurich sailing

Thursday, May 25, 2006

NORTHERN PORTUGAL - AUGUST 1975

JUST MARRIED!


"VIANA DO CASTELO - SANTA LUZIA"


"BRAGA - BOM JESUS"


"DOURO - The vineyards of THE GENUINE PORT wine"


"VISEU - Home of Grão Vasco and the Dão wine"


"VISEU - This was a TRAIN!?"


"COIMBRA - University - Law school"


"COIMBRA -This was also a TRAIN, crossing a main avenue"

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

LONDON SUBURBIA - AUGUST 1974


"OXFORD - With hundreds of years of history, you call it «suburbia» ?"


"OXFORD - Choose your College: from the outside, all look alike"


"STRATFORD-UPON-AVON - Too much ado about nothing"


"GREENWICH - Margot's follower, on a Pina Bausch choreography..."


"GREENWICH - Always on time"


"Portuguese M/S FERREIRA/MARIA DO AMPARO, aka Cutty Sark"


"KEW GARDENS - Nice place to rest"


"HAMPTON COURT - Said to be the greatest palace in Britain. That's probably the reason why Henry 8th took it from the original owner - Archbishop of York"

Monday, May 22, 2006

LONDON - AUGUST 1974

THEY ALWAYS RETURN...


"HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT - Difficult equilibrium!"


"TRAFALGAR SQUARE - Contemplated by Lord Nelson, despite his well known Nelsonian Blindness"


"PORTOBELLO ROAD - Saturday market"


"PORTOBELLO ROAD- one man show"


"NOTTING HILL - Many years before JULIA ROBERTS, but it would have been much better with her"


"BUCKINGHAM PALACE - Changing of the Guard - Sunday morning tourist trap"

Saturday, May 20, 2006

LONDON - OCTOBER 1973

THE START OF ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND HOURS FLOWN


"Penta Hotel entrance. Departure for discovery"


"Oxford Street - It's always rush hour"


"Strolling through Regent, Picadilly and Trafalgar"


"Tourists and Shoppers, no comments"


"King's Road - thirty-two years before José Mourinho and Chelsea F.C. win the Premier League"


"Care for some speech? Hyde Park, Speaker's corner - John..."