In which Zach makes his way east from Salzburg to the heart of the Austrian Alps, makes a new friend, and goes mountain climbing up a frozen snow-filled stream.

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It’s bedraggled and after two days already seems like the stiffness is going out of its joints. But for only 7€ to defend me from the nonstop downpour thar has been coming down in the beautiful Austrian city of Salzburg, it was worth it. The silhouette of Mozart emblazoned on the side is a cute […]

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I’m really starting to wish I had brought my laptop with me. There’s a definite dearth of open wifi access points in the buildings we’ve been staying in thus far rendering my iPod touch moot. I thought I could get by with just borrowing my friends’ laptops but since there’s no wifi in the housing […]

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Yesterday was the last day of the Musica Sacra Festival, the international music exposition involving a dozen choirs sharing their culture and religion with the German people. I can’t believe how quickly time has flown past since we arrived in Frankfurt, then Münich on the morning of the 21st. We have a few more concerts […]

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Back in March, before I got caught up in planning my trip to Egypt and completely lost track of my blog’s former punctuality, my dear English friend and former fellow trainer at Ayn al Basha came back to Jordan after a 6 month leave. As Nicholas and I were catching up, it turns out that […]

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I think I’ve set a new record so far for non-updating in the month of May. I feel like I’m either getting lazier with the blog or just getting busier in general and the two are definitely proving to be mutually exclusive. Having done the amateur blogging “thing” for the past 3 years now (mid […]

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