Venezia and Carlo Scarpa November 8, 2009

Hello gang, this is unfortunately my last trip of the year.  For those of you that have not heard, I must return to the states because of visa issues.  The state of Switzerland will not allow me to stay here as an intern because I already have my degree (never thought that would cause problems, only [...]

Renzo Piano in Bern and Basel November 8, 2009

Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland.  This huge museum, much larger than I expected, is the second building I’ve got to see by Renzo Piano.  The entire museum is dedicated to the life and works of Paul Klee, famous artist that came about between the two World Wars.  It also featured works of fellow artists [...]

Switzerland: Zermatt and Bern November 8, 2009

Welcome to Zermatt, the cozy little village with the most picturesque view of the Matterhorn, Switzerland’s most famous of all the Alps.  Mom and I came here the weekend after Munich (she went to Salzburg, Austria inbetween, doing the Sound of Music tour and also finding it to be her favorite European city, schweet).  Most [...]

MUNICH_Oktoberfest and Mom’s Visit November 7, 2009

Hey gang, I know it’s been awhile, but updates are coming, probably too many at once, but here’s this one for now.  At the end of September I went to Oktoberfest with a friend from the office.  It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and since it was the last weekend of the Fest for [...]

Jill and Nick in Switzerland August 1, 2009

Hey everybody, it’s about time for another update.  These past two weeks, Jill came to visit me for her break from the projects in Africa.  We had a great time, traveling, eating out, cooking adventures, and also had a pretty architecturally significant visit as well.
Our first trip stayed pretty local, and we saw the Rheinfall.  We went [...]

Zürich, Switzerland June 21, 2009

Welcome to my new beginnings as an architect intern here in Zürich, Switzerland!  I am working for the office Kämpfen für Architektur, a firm specializing in zero-energy, sustainable design.  I am mostly working on residential projects for rich clients, which is amazing, but the firm also works on smaller office buildings.  I will be here [...]

All Things Must Pass – Cesky Krumlov – My Final Trip July 17, 2008

CESKY KRUMLOV – it may be small but it’s second most visited city in the Czech Republic.  I saved this city for the end of the trip, because it was the Czech city I was most excited about while studying Czech Republic, and I didn’t want to have a spoiled trip in the cold of Winter [...]

HAMBURG!!! (Germany Tour Part V-Conclusion) July 17, 2008

Hamburg – A city in perfect tune with the sea.  I only wish I would have spent more time here than in little old Hannover.  Hamburg is one of Germany’s largest cities (after Berlin and Munich) and was such a perfect mix of city and sea (like Germany’s Venice) and had, I thought, the nicest [...]

BREMEN! So small but so beautiful! (Germany Tour – Part IV) July 17, 2008

BREMEN

Bremen Hauptbahnhof

Beautiful flowers and windmill over the stream on the way to old downtown, so perfekt!

Altstadt, here at last.  This was such a beautiful city, but a city so simple and perfect it’s more like a fairy-tale place that you would like to settle down and have kids at.  So small and ideal, with that [...]

HANNOVER!!! “The Perfekt Sprache”(Germany Tour Part III) July 17, 2008

 
Hannover, where I finally slowed down a bit, let my feet heal up, and watched 2 of the most intense football games so far!  I was in Hannover for nearly 3 days.  Every evening I went to an outdoor restaurant and watched the day’s football game, night 1:  Germany vs. Portugal (3-2), so there was much [...]