Die Satzklammer

Rösti

Caio K — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:43:15 +0000

First time I had them I was in America, more precisely, California. Somehow that reminded me of fish, but with this fantastic potato flavor penetrating my tongue and nose. Since then, I could never forget this mind-blowing experience. From fast food restaurant’s hash browns to homemade styled ones eaten in small suburban places, I always loved all the variants – I even reproduced them myself, somehow, at home, filled them up with cheese, and damn it tastes good! But I wanted to have the fast food variant one more time. And… Who would say that 10 years later from when I had my first hash brown, here called Rösti (its original Swiss name), I would prove this delicious specialty in Vienna? And I must say… I love how the potatoes are grated in this one, and more than that, it looks great.

Fluvi’s Zaragoza

Caio K — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:48:38 +0000

It is already late in the afternoon, you are on vacations, but, of course, on a run. “What a beautiful place. No problem, I’ll come here again before I leave and take a better look at it”, you think. Well… That is a lie. Something that I learned but that I couldn’t really master the technique yet is to take “all the look” I want right here, right now. The following photographs are all I could capture from the extraordinary area of the former international expo – hosted by the city of Zaragoza, Spain, in 2008 -, during my last month’s visit. The interesting thing is that nowadays all those beautifully designed buildings and artwork, that composed the water and sustainable development themed event, now inhabit what reminds me of a very up to date Ghost Town. There, the out of work chairlift cuts the skies all over the place bringing the feeling that time doesn’t exist.

Another fantastic work from Zaha Hadid: The Bridge Pavilion: Pathway still opened to the public.

Zaragoza’s Water Tower and its water droplet shaped design by Enrique de Teresa.

Where once there were thousands of people facing countless waiting hours long lines, the area of the former expo still attract skateboarders, tourists and lost souls. In the picture above, the sculpture Soul of the Ebro, by artist Jaume Plensa, the Palacio de Congresos building, by Enrique Sobejano and Fuensanta Nieto, that hosts a concert auditorium, and the Water Tower during a lonely-like sunset.

The third millennium bridge, from engineer Juan José Arenas, over the Ebro river. It is the largest concrete arch bridge in the world.

300 minutes in Düsseldorf

Caio K — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:17:17 +0000

Since I have been learning German and had so much contact with the Germanic culture during the last previous months, even before getting to Düsseldorf I was already very excited about the first footsteps I would leave in Deutschland. We were there only for a few minutes, during a flight connection between Vienna and Barcelona and, even though I hadn’t taken great pictures, I must say that I enjoyed every single second we were there on the run.

Skytrain at Düsseldorf airport - 13h10

On the way to Flughafen Bahnhof - 13h07

Flughafen Bahnhof - 13h16

Flughafen Bahnhof - 13h18

Flughafen Bahnhof - 13h25

Wrong direction and quick u-turn at Duisburg Hauptbahnhof - 13h38

Rules of coexistence at Duisburg Hauptbahnhof - 13h45

First Graffiti seen in Germany, on our way to Düsseldorf - 14h08

And finally Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, at 14h11

14h29

14h30

http://www.flingern-mobil.de - 14h32

Einspeisung trockenleitung at - 14h36

A book freak Ampelmann and the ground that reminds Martina about Germany

Discussion in Bronze by Karl-Henning Seemann - Auseinandersetzung - 15h00

Karl-Henning Seemann - Auseinandersetzung - 15h01

Men at work - 15h13 - and Bookstore - 14h40

A Coffee at 15h27

This proud pig will live forever in my memories - 15h45

Air Berlin's A320. Where it is forbidden to photograph - 17h09

I Flew Niki. By Embraer.

Caio K — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:00:33 +0000

“Fly Niki, fly Niki!” were my old man’s words every time I talked about my trip to Spain. As a Formula 1 and airplanes enthusiastic, the Idea of flying in Nikki Lauda’s air company is, for him, the ultimate experience on up in the air excitement! And… Guess what: The first time I flew Niki was also my first time riding an airplane made in Brazil (Butterflies in my stomach)!

Vienna - 12 Jul 2011 - 10h29 - This Niki took us to Düsseldorf

The Embraer 190's interior.

Flight instructions and the sympathetic Niki logo

Electrical farms

Caio K — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:17:00 +0000

Even before the time I started seeing amazing super-trucks carrying some of their gigantic parts crossing the Brazilian city of São Paulo, I already thought that wind turbines were super cool. Not because of all this Eco-friendship fuzz, but, other than being quite rare for me to see them, there is also this futuristic look and their elegant aerodynamics, projected to collect the biggest possible amount of energy out of nature, that attract me so much.

And even though the subtle noise produced by this modern windmills may drive some people crazy in long therm periods, and that there is some controversy regarding electric farmers making money by shutting down their generators, when watched from some distance they are quiet, tranquil, and bigger then we usually think.

Power "windmills" somewhere between Logroño and Zaragoza - Spain - 22 Jul - 21h08.

Some of the 172.000 panels that generate 49.936.510 kWh/year in Arnedo, La Rioja - Spain - 22 Jul - 21h06.

It was also the first time I saw Solar panels doing something else then heating water or feeding high school calculators. I really felt like performing a long walk among wind turbines and through T-Solar’s energy farm in Arnedo. I must say that sustainable energy is really good looking!

Here that there once was

Caio K — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:32:28 +0000

Yesterday we spent 1 day at Logroño – Spain, a city that is in the itinerary of one of the routes of the Camino de Santiago. I will soon post more information and some other pictures from there, but what really caught my attention was the enormous amount of houses ripped out of buildings due, I guess, to the Spanish Real Estate Boom.

When I see those blueprint-like scars I can’t avoid trying to Identify the different rooms, environments, and wondering who lived there. The mid-aged man standing next to the coffee machine listening to the vacuum cleaning performed by the lady next door, everyday, precisely at 6pm while his drink gets ready… A woman shaving her armpits while having a shower… Shadow-like ghostly creatures still performing the exact same roles that their models once did.

Suppengrün

Caio K — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:48:45 +0000

Sometimes the pack Is the Product! And it can look absolutely great as this combined vegetables for making a Green Soup!

Water + this soup pack and you are done.

Suppengrün mugshot.

Suppengrün at Penny Markt stand.

Spittelauer Lände 10

Caio K — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:07:24 +0000

The 2004′s Pritzker Architecture Prize award winner Zaha Hadid and her team are responsible for this sharp edged structure that interacts with Otto Wagner‘s protected arched viaduct. Mainly, the buildings were projected to host social housing, though studios and offices are mixed in. It took around 11 years for the whole thing to be accomplished (from 1994 to 2005). You can see some project’s details here.

Zaha was born in Baghdad and received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before going to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and so on…

Umbrella March for the rights of refugees

Caio K — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Around 400 people protested in the streets of Vienna during event coordinated by the asylkoordination – Österreich, against the discrimination of refugees during the World Refugee Day. More than 40 million people live abroad due to conflicts on their home countries suffering from prejudice and “hostile asylum policies”, as observed by journalist Rubina Möhring.

I arrived late and could only meet the demonstration by their final destination, at Heldenplatz.

The march's final destination: Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien - 20 jun - 13h.

Books + Information + Umbrella Selling Stand / Journalist Rubina Möhring give her final words / Woman fixes broken Umbrella

Click here to see the march’s repercussion and down is the folder distributed by asylkoordination during event.

Open publication – Free publishing – More umbrella

Price Pizza Salami

Caio K — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:28:19 +0000

Who produces It? Where does it come from? The € 0.75 Salami Pizza has no brand and a lot of stile! The box’s back is just like its cover, well… Then there is no back at all! At Penny Markt’s stands It is called “Price Pizza”, but a Google search is useless in this case. Later research pointed that they come from somewhere in the Wiener Neudorf and are produced specially for Penny Markt. They have also a Margarita flavor and its pack is as minimalist.

Price. Pizza. Salami. And nothing else.

The Margherita Variation.