Curmudgeon is caught on the hop by a parcel – with customs fees to pay on a parcel from elderly aunt – and with exact change only the requirement of his postman. Continue reading From Pillar(box) to Post(man) – a parcel-based dilemma
Curmudgeon tries his hand at deciphering the match-making ads in his local Bezirkszeitung (district newspaper) Continue reading The Bezirkszeitung – A Guilty Pleasure
Soon to be fully vaccinated, Spring has dragged for Curmudgeon. A longer than expected online exile helped him get through a tricky fourth lockdown. Continue reading Have I been missing owt, not going out?
After three and a half years, Curmudgeon takes time to explain how he came to end up in Vienna – from a railtrip through Europe with his hotel room in Vienna being on the Gürtel through to his eyrie in the Döblinger Cottageviertel. Continue reading 1992 and all that
Curmudgeon queues for Queen and Country with his fellow British citizens. Will MA35 break him in Room 1.01? Will they bring up a misdemeanour from the 1990s? Continue reading Curmudgeon’s Trip to Room 1.01
The British are renowned as being a seafaring nation, ruling the waves (and sometimes their fishing waters) and currently apparently soon to be “free of their shackles” with a trade deal, and also pride themselves of their relationship with steam (or at least steam-based transport, with a list of firsts regarding steamers and steam locomotives). However their relationship with snow is a distinctly poorer and … Continue reading A curious relationship with snow
Speed grieving in the age of Covid-19 has reached new heights among Curmudgeon’s outlaws. Curmudgeon doffs his hat respectively. Continue reading Viennese speed-grieving in times of (impending) Corona lockdown
Curmudgeon kept himself busy through October getting Christmas boxes together. With a bit of luck they will be distributed just prior to lockdown. Continue reading A Shoe Box full of Treasure
Traffic lights are once again a talking point in Austria. Curmudgeon trips the corona lights – fantastic! Continue reading Ampel room for improvement? The baby elephant in the room
Curmudgeon and his wife are invited for lunch by Vienna’s Mayor, Michael Ludwig, along with the rest of the city. Continue reading Unleash the Wiener Gastro Gutschein
