Exploring the unlikely intersections of walking, photography and making
On September 29, 2014 Gail and I were leaving Mistlebach in Austria on the second last day of our 600 kilometre walk along the Prague-Vienna Greenway. Two years earlier on that same September 29 date, we were departing St. Jean Pied de Port in France on the first day of our walk along the Camino... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. October 16, 2014 The inescapable soundtrack for our visit to Vienna is playing on a zither. It’s the theme to The Third Man, a movie set and shot in the ruins and gloom of post World... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. October 10, 2014 After 600 kilometers of non-stop walking across two countries, our last six days spent in Salzburg and Vienna were a welcome reward. We still walked but now it was a casual, slow movement,... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. October 2, 2014 A mere fourteen kilometres to the Vienna city limits. Only nine more from there to get to the nearest Vienna metro. It seems so short, this being the last day of our walk... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. September 30, 2014 It is our second last day on the Prague-Vienna Greenway. On this solemn day, overcast and cool, we make our way across rolling hills of corn, onions and the ever-present squash. The tidy... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. September 29, 2014 The next two days of walking would take us from Mikulov and across the Czech-Austrian border. Leaving Mikulov, we continued on our Cold War signálka roads towards Valtice. This part of the road... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. September 27, 2014 Mikulov is a city no less interesting than its cousins, Telč, Tabor, Salonice and Znojmo. But this hilltop town suffers from an unromantic approach. No crowning a hill to reveal a picturesque village... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. September 27, 2014 It is not that we wanted to set a new record for kilometres walked in a day. Walking should be a pleasure and, for Gail and me, that is in the 20-25 kilometre... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. September 26, 2014 How fortunate that Znojmo should be a brief 11 kilometre walk from last night's rest stop in Šatov. Set on a hilltop, small stone houses and steep streets cling to its edges, rising... Continue Reading →
A series of posts following David and Gail as they walk 480 kilometers from Prague to Vienna in 2014. September 23, 2014 The 34.5 kilometre from Vranov nad Dyji to Šatov offered one of the more varied set of experiences along the Greenway trail. Winding along the Dyji River valley past rows of tiny cottages... Continue Reading →