Just draw on the walls

20th Aug '09: BUDAPEST

Went to a paper restaurant in Budapest. Thats one way to cut down on decorating costs!

Christmas came early

13th Aug '09: LINZ

Basically the best exhibition I've been to in, well a long long time. It was called Poetry of Motion and was at the Ars Electronica Centre, Linz. Christmas came early for me when I realised that the actual Absolut Quartet machine was at the exhibition! I got to type in my own 5 second melody and see the amazing machine make into music. It was so so good.

Arthur Ganson also had work in the exhibit - his work is wonderful. As is Theo Jansen's work huge kinetic sculptures that are powered by the wind. I cannot explain how amazing all of these projects are. I am excited to create once again.

Pipe dreams

11th Aug '09: LINZ

Another Guardian inspired visit: sewage pipes converted into a 'hotel'. They are a man called Andreas Strauss' brain child. Again, no fixed prices: you just leave a donation. Shame the 'shower' was in fact, a high tap...front of the bar area. We decided a swim in the Danube would be the extent of our bathing in Linz.

I did express concern that some youths outside our pipe one evening might roll us down the hill.

Musical tiles

10th Aug '09: SALZBURG

In a children's playground, I waited my turn to have a go on these musical tiles. You can play your own tune by stomping, hopping and jumping on these. Much fun.

Cheese head

6th Aug '09: BAUHAUS

A lazy morning was spent, as I like to put it 'bummng around'. We lay side-by-side reading Andy de Fiets' 'Letter to Robin Kinross'.

22-year-old Andy de Fiets, on the verge of graduating from his graphic design studies, writes to his hero: Hyphen Press publisher Robin Kinross.

A fitting read for the 2 graphic design graduates. Snorts of enjoyment came form both of us at regular intervals. He reported his friend to the police for stealing a can of tuna. And a youth called him a cheese head. I want to be his friend. I intend to compose a letter to him, which I am sure he will return to me with grammatical errors in red pen.

Well spent €7.

"0 THINGS TO DO IN DESSAU"

5th Aug '09: DESSAU

The Haus of Bau bore quite a resemblance to the Chatham Building, so Lucy and I felt quite at home. Part of the school has now been turned into a hotel, so that is where we stayed. Amazing is the only word.

Before we went to Dessau, we googled 'things to do', to which it replied there are "0 THINGS TO DO IN DESSAU". How wrong they were. The Bauhaus kept us quite amused, with Aldi and Netto to pass the time in between.

Leave it alone

5th Aug '09: BERLIN

The east side of the Berlin wall was not quite as I had expected. Huge parts of the grafitti had been painted over and spaces were given to artists to create works of "art" on. They all just looked ugly and seemed insignificant in comparison to the beautiful reality of the original wall.