BrOOklyn-JOrusalOm

A loong cycling journey from Brooklyn to Jorusalom, where the O’s are bicycle wheels, continued into Egypt, 1st to the climate conference COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, on to the pyramids in Giza, Abusir and Saqqara and then up the Nile soourcewards.

  • I was reading the captivating quick-moving tale of a aspiring young singer from Mexico in the world of Salzburg and music, written by the heartwarmingly enthousiastic intendant of the Mozart Week. A tale of artistic liberty, the love in it and how it cycles among ‘society’ and its demands. I had to keep reading till the end, while listening to the beautiful music of Mozart mentioned in the book.

  • Facade of the Mozarteum concert building

  • Part of Salzburg seen from uplift point

  • Celebrating Mozart’s 270th birthday

    Mozart week in Salzburg where he was born.

    Serenade by Rolando Villazon, Intendant of the Mozart Week.
    This tree has something of the richness of Mozart’s musical lines (stands across from where the family lived (when not traveling)).

  • We climbed 300 steep meters on hands and feet over ice and snow along frozen stairs to reach this view of Salzburg.

  • See gulls

  • A message of human earthy wisdom to Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and all the other destructive escapists:

    From my friend Betrand Piccard’s grandfather.

A loong cycling journey, from the original BrOOklyn to far away JOrusalOm. Where capital O’s are wheels. Started 26 July 2021; numbers are number of days en rOute; now onward to COP27, and further in Egypt