ABOUT ME a short info

I was born in the Austrian baroque-city Schärding am Inn, at the border to Bavaria/Germany.
A small romantic town, famous for the beautiful, historical downtown-area and the two beer-breweries.

INTO THE WORLD - BUT NOT SO FAR YET

Early in my live I had the urge to see behind the horizon and to get to know people and countries far away. One of the reasons might have been a trip through Europe when was 18 years old, a trip which lead me to the phantastic bright midsummer-night of Narvik (Norway) and to the south to Malaga (Spain).
And so after a short stay in Vienna I moved to Salzburg, the city of Mozart. There my duty of the military-service gave me - besides wasted time - also the opportunity to be on stage of the Salzburg Festival as an egyptian soldier in Verdis opera Aida (close to Mireilla Freni and Placido Domingo) - conducted and directed by Herbert von Karajan.
Salzburg didn't only bring me closer to the classic music, it also developed my love to the nature. When ever I had the opportunity I spend time with my friends at one of the beautiful lakes or on a steep path in the majestic mountains.
I "found" even more mountains around the heart of the Alps, Innsbruck in Tyrol, my last destination, before I crossed the big ocean.

NOW IT GETS FAR

And it got really far away, to be exact to Phoenix, Arizona - granting a wish of my former wife.
The state in the southwestern USA, famous for the breathtaking natural wonders - the gigantic Grand Canyon (photo) and the bizarr Monument Valley where many of the famous cowboy movies were made.

Arizona, a land of Extreme with summer-temperatures up to 120 degrees F and popular skiing-areas in the winter, a land of history with many indian tribes, a land of future with modern computer-industries, a land of romantic with the most breathtaking sunsets.

And a land, which belonged once to the spanish colonie Mexico, and was a part of the Austrian Empire for this reason, as the Habsburgs liked to use marriages with other empires to expand their influence. So my new home country was at this time, at least historically, a part of my old home country.

This country is so versatile and rich of sights, that you can't avoid to get effected, and I take many chances to "explore" this country.
Short trips (see 'Trips & Hiking' in EXTRA) give me the opportunity to escape from the daily live in Phoenix. My 4-wheeler brings me aside of paved roads - into the kingdom of coyotes, bears, elks, rattle snakes and wild horses - to the land of indians and cowboys.

MY FAVORITES

• ANIMALS:
  • Horses ("...some call me the Austrian Cowboy")
• MEALS:
  • T-bone-steak from the charcoal-grill with foliepotatoes and salad
  • Wiener Schnitzel with fresh, warm potatosalad (like mother made it)
• DESERTS - almost everything, but my favorits are:
  • Eruption, a huge piece of chocolate-cheesecake (right pic) at the coffee-shop of the Cave Creek Coffee Co.
  • Original Sachertorte from the Hotel Sacher in Vienna ("...just the mailing-costs are so high")
• DRINKS:
  • Italian doubleshot-espresso (from Illy)
  • Jack & Coke and red wine from France
• HOBBIES:
  • horseback riding, preferable with my friends Sam and Jack
  • Photography
  • Traveling, hiking, daytrips into the nature (see EX TRA)
  • playing guitar ("...I don't play well, but I like to play") and the Native American flute
• MOVIES:
  • The Matrix (the original)
  • Out of Africa
• TV-SERIES:
  • Ally McBeal (...bye, bye Ally - last seen on May 20th, 2002)
  • M.A.S.H.
• ACTORS:
  • Meryl Streep
  • Denzel Washington, Sean Connery
• MUSIC:
  • Contemporary
    Some singer and songs, but I would like to emphasize Vyktoria (photo), living in Sedona/Arizona
  • Softrock and oldies
    I like to listen to the radio station KESZ 99.9 FM Phoenix, with 'Beth and Bill in the morning and great soft rock all day'
  • Classic Music
    Operas (especially Verdi) and piano concerts (Chopin, Rachmaninov,...)
    Favorites: "Aida" (Verdi) and "Bolero" (Ravel)
  • Country und native American music
    Favorite country song: "There is no Arizona" from Jamie O'Neal and "Song for you far away" from James Tayler
    Favorite native American song: "Anasazi Journeys" from Paul Horn and R.Carlos Nakai

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