Vienna, Austria

Today is the apex of Geography Awareness Week 2021. Here is Geographically Yours when he was at his apex. From this blue-mesh platform he was recording a YouTube video for his online class even before there were YouTube videos or online classes: all in the interest of geography education. [2004]

Graz, Austria

The flow below is not water, but could this still be considered a covered bridge? Say yes: (a) It is a bridge. (b) It is covered. (c) It looks like it is built out of wood. Say no: (a) The wood is merely cladding. (b) 19th-century building rules were not followed. (c) There is no wooden truss to distribute the weight to either side. [2003]

Vienna, Austria

The most magnificent church in Vienna is not St. Stephen's Cathedral. It's St. Francis of Assisi Church, and it's right on the Donau (Danube to Anglophones). Built just over a hundred years ago, the architecture was meant to be as grand and imposing as the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Franz Joseph I. [2005]

Brenner Pass, Austria

Innsbruck is to the north and Verona to the south. The Brenner Pass is one of the easiest routes through the Alps, and it got easier in the 1970s with the completion of the new highway. Even though this is Tirol, not Salzburg, can’t you almost see the Von Trap family on that upper pasture? [1984]

Vienna, Austria

Eagles soar into your field of vision from the rooftop of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. On side one is the two-headed eagle, and on side two are two one-headed eagles: all symbols of secular authority! Here you see the Austrian coat-of-arms. [2004]