Author Archives: Sophie Lenz

About Sophie Lenz

I like: towns, books, web 2.0, web 3.0, linguistics, computer sciences, autumn, gin tonic, sarcasm, trains, Harry Potter, blogs, theories & concepts, square numbers, purple, green & turquoise, llamas, polar bears & owls, verbs & prepositions, agglutinative languages I don't like: spiders, heat, celery, handicrafts, TV, adjectives, salsa music, chickflicks, beach holidays, ironing, clubbing, motorcycles, slow people, the countryside, whiskey, talking on the phone

Day 3: 21st district – Am Stammersdorfer Friedhof

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Sophie Lenz

It’s not an easy destination that I chose in district 21.       My dad died when my mum was two years older than I am now. To help her cope with the grief, her younger brother, a theologian, made … Continue reading →

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Day 2: 22nd district – Donaustadt (Dunaváros)

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Sophie Lenz

Getting off the U1 at Rennbahnwag, it takes me a few minutes to adjust. Then I recognize the place. I am in Budapest. And not randomly somewhere in Budapest, but on the Buda-side, walking down Bártok Béla út, somewhere way … Continue reading →

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Project July

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Sophie Lenz

On July 3rd, I was having Pfirsichspritzer at Café Leonardo in Alterlaa in the 23rd district of Vienna. I got there because a few days earlier, I’d come across a quite inspiring speech on the TED-website: Google-engineer Matt Cutts presented … Continue reading →

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Day 1 – 23rd district: Alt-Erlaa

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Sophie Lenz

I wasn’t able to verify nor falsify the urban legend that the apartment-complex Alt-Erlaa has more inhabitents than Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland. Anyway, apartment complex is a bit of a euphemism anyway. The four buildings are enormous, but it’s … Continue reading →

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