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Finally: my bags are packed, let the adventure begin!!

I can’t believe how much stuff I accumulated in only 4 1/2 years and what a pain it was packing it all and then lugging everything up to the third floor of my son’s place (very old house – oldest part is over 400 years old) in Klagenfurt!...

Houston, we have a problem….

I sold my apartment, packing up stuff like crazy because next Monday July 13th my son is coming from Vienna to help me move everything to storage. Cancel insurance, change of address at post office, de-register car, etc. etc. you all know what moving...

OSE Interview with Gernot Minke

I took many hours of video at the workshop in Kassel, Germany – 11 hours total, I think.  Some of them I commented in English, some are in German.  The videos  tell the story in either language but if you have questions, just ask me.

Back from the earth brick construction course in Kassel, Germany

Sunday, June 14th at 5:30 a.m. Erich and I left Klagenfurt, Austria for Kassel in Germany.  Erich’s car has only about 95 hp and we were pulling a small motor home behind us. After some involuntary detours in the vicinity of Munich we arrived...

Video camera on and roll….

I’m now the proud owner of a Sanyo Xacti video camera and hopefully will be able to use it at our workshop in Kassel. Franz, thanks for reminding me to ask Prof. Dr. Minke for permission to document everything with my camera. I kind of did ask for...

Inga is learning to build walls, vaults, domes with earth bricks

Do you want to watch me? Yes you can! Sunday, June 14th at 5:30 a.m. Austrian time Erich Schneider and I take off in his mobile home for the University in Kassel, Germany for another adventure in Inga’s already colorful life. If you have not watched...

Criss crossing Austria with Marcin part II

Marcin “paper brain” did supply some information on what happened on May 20th. You remember, after Marcin very successful talk at the University of Klagenfurt, Carinthia, we did not get to sleep till 1 a.m. again. Michaela & Erich had...

Criss crossing Austria with Marcin

May 16th: at 7 p.m. Marcin was scheduled to meet with people at the Villa Kreativ in Neulengbach – I was not part of the official itinerary but a few phone calls by Franz Nahrada cleared the way and Marcin and I were off to the railway station in...

Inga’s House

What’s so special about „Inga’s House“ you ask? EVERYTHING, and when I say everything, that’s exactly what I mean – see here. Did I hear you say WOW, what a lucky girl? Yes, that’s precisely how I feel. I...