(In)Visible Street art

Recently I’ve been moaning about street art in London. A couple of weeks passed by though and I have to admit now that I was wrong. To some extent. I discovered street artists making the invisible visible. Read the full article on http://www.fm1721.com/2010/12/19/in-visible-street-art/

Letter to the TFL

What’s wrong with you guys, for fuck’s sake? It can’t be that difficult sending your two Overground trains per hour on time, can it? I mean it’s only two trains… Why can you guys not just offer a proper service? Read the full letter on http://www.fm1721.com/2010/12/16/letter-to-the-tfl/

What a postcode can tell…

Coming from countries like Austria or Germany I was used to postcodes describing whole districts, villages and even smaller towns. That’s different in the UK where postcodes have been introduced to locate single streets or even houses. That’s grand when spinning this thought out! Read the full article on http://www.fm1721.com/2010/09/28/what-a-postcode-can-tell/

Rather Hausverstand than common sense

When growing up in Austria you very soon learn what Hausverstand is. When coming as Austrian to the UK you might have the impression that they haven’t got an equivalent for Hausverstand in the English language. The British rather use common sense for getting along with each others. But let’s hold on a second. What exactly are Hausverstand and common [...]

WBPB – Weird British Party Behaviour?

I knew it from the beginning! The moment I left my hotel room I rented for the first ten days of my London experience on the weekend I realised what I’m going to be facing party wise: WBPB – Weird British Party Behaviour! Read the full article on http://www.fm1721.com/2010/07/17/wbpb-weird-british-party-behaviour/

UK or Europe?

Since living in the UK I was wondering whether the UK are part of Europe or not. Or better whether the British consider themselves being part of Europe or not. Who else would be better to answer this question than people who have been living on the island for their entire lives: the British. Read [...]

What’s the paradise?

I am back at home. Back in Styria. Austria. What a gorgeous place. A place of nature, peace and lots of other wonderful things. A place for living?? Read the full article on http://www.fm1721.com/2010/06/26/what-s-the-paradise/

Up here or down there?

After losing another two Europeans to Australia I’m wondering what’s so special over there? It can’t be the language and it can’t be the culture. It could be the weather or it could be the nature. Or is it something completely different? Read the full article on http://www.fm1721.com/2010/05/26/up-here-or-down-there/

Gordon, David, Nick? And the winner is…

…we don’t know. We only know that the tories have won most of the seats in Britain’s parliament but not enough for being able to govern the country. We know that Labour has lost a big chunk of their seats and that the LibDems couldn’t hit their election targets. And we know that Nick Clegg [...]