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From Pillar(box) to Post(man) – a parcel-based dilemma

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.

Have I been missing owt, not going out?

Soon to be fully vaccinated, Spring has dragged for Curmudgeon. A longer than expected online exile helped him get through a tricky fourth lockdown.

1992 and all that

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.

A curious relationship with snow

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...

Viennese speed-grieving in times of (impending) Corona lockdown

Speed grieving in the age of Covid-19 has reached new heights among Curmudgeons outlaws. Curmudgeon doffs his hat respectively.

A Shoe Box full of Treasure

Curmudgeon kept himself busy through October getting Christmas boxes together. With a bit of luck they will be distributed just prior to lockdown.

Ampel room for improvement? The baby elephant in the room

Traffic lights are once again a talking point in Austria. Curmudgeon trips the corona lights - fantastc!

Planning a night out to plan a night in

Curmudgeons noble attempts to hold a Stammtisch gathering the night of the bars reopening mercifully falls foul of common sense.

As Austria seems to be emerging from lockdown, the question is for how long

A somewhat hirsute Curmudgeon is still not ready to brave the crowds as lockdown is lifted and the first steps towards the "new normal" are taken.