During the past weeks I made two hikes, both of them very close to Vienna.

I went to Tulbinger Kogel with the bus from Mauerbach, then walked up to the Leopold-Figl-Warte and finally went back to Mauerbach. After the walk I even visited my father in the hospital with my aunt. I made this walk alone. Originally I wanted to go with Mr. H. on Sunday, but it was raining on that day and he wasn't available on Saturday.

I did take some interesting photos during this walk, but all-in-all, this viewpoint is not really spectacular. The tower is also quite small. Basically this is the view from the Leopold-Figl-Warte:

Maybe the view to the other side is more interesting in the winter, when there are no leaves on the trees, but in the summer, you can only see the trees. In theory, the Schneeberg should be visibe, among other mountains.

This is one of the more interesting shots that I took on that walk:

A few days ago I made another hike in Perchtoldsdorf, but this time with Mr. H. The hike itself is not so spectacular, it's mostly a walk in the forest, but I think I was kind of in a creative mood. The viewpoint Josefswarte is also very nice, at least much better than the Leopold-Figl-Warte. So this hike is similar to the Rudolfshöhe and I can recommend it. It's very probably even nicer at the end of October.

In June, shortly before my father became ill, I made a walk at the Sankt Marx cemetery in Vienna with two friends. The destination wasn't my idea though. I hesitated to share these photos, because they show a cemetery, but now it doesn't matter any more.

Ten days ago, my father stopped to breathe. He was 86 years old and became the victim of a very rare neurologic disease. He suffered terribly for six weeks. I visited him almost every day in the hospital and tried to spend as much time as possible with him.

We will have to bring his ashes to Transylvania eventually. I hesitated to explore my birth country with the camera for a long time, mostly because of the bears, but now I think it will be one of my long term photography projects. I just had a look at a hiking guide and apparently there are quite a few hikes that are not so dangerous in terms of bears. And public transportation is not so bad either. I think I was in Transylvania for the last time in 2018, shortly before I turned to landscape photography.

I know that my father was far from perfect. But for me, he will always be the man who nailed a small carpet to the floor so he doesn't slip on it.