Illustrated Life

No preperation - no lunch! This picture shows the very first stage of a very good Sunday Roast. I could have taken this picture anywhere, but, infact, I took it in Hungary last summer. Nj.

Dorothea Huber

Doro - photo by Nigel A. JAMES
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Gastronomic Waves




Dorothea Huber, Doro to her friends and family, is someone one, one has to admire. For this super young lady has succeeded in turning her life into a real life dream of impressions and colour!

Good jobs and an easy life come easily to people with the right way of thinking and a successful training. Doro has both. After finishing catering school, she managed to land herself a very plum job in a super 5 star hotel in the middle of Vienna.

First jobs always mean lots of hard work, and life in an hotel is definitely not easy. But the gastronomic business can offer the world - and so it was. After finishing her first 5 star contract, Doro turned her eyes to the great unknown.

After Vienna came Salzburg. And, as you all know, this fairy tale city is famous for just three things, the festival, Mozart and Red Bull. And it was to Red Bull’s super luxury Hanger 7 that Doro made her way.

And the magical thing about the catering industry is that everywhere is different. If you fit in in one place, then you will fit in everywhere, and everywhere means the world. And now, Doro isn’t only to be found in only one place; she is everywhere; Doro is global. Doro is faring the waves, for she has gone down to the sea in a boat!

Working on a cruise ship is a very unique way of letting the world come to you. After finishing a shift or after having just woken, you are always somewhere different! And being somewhere different all of the time is the great thing about Doro’s new life.

Doro has touched the hot sands of the south; she has smelt the cool green air of the north and has looked a white polar bear in the eye; she has felt the fine summer evenings of a south sea island and tasted coconut fresh from a tree; but, best of all, what she has done will stay with her for ever. Her life of dreams is as real as a job can be – only better!

Doro is having lots of fun, and so can everyone. Her advice to the future people of tomorrow is simple. Work hard at your studies, and, most importantly, learn English. The world will then be yours for the taking.




Language Aid

A very plum job is a very good job!
Faring the waves is the same as saying traveling the seas.
Gone down to the sea in a boat, has the same meaning as gone to sea in a boat, but only a little poetical.

The Flow of Life

Crowds making their way through Christmas streets are a common sight in cities all over the world. This is a picture of the flow of life in Vienna. Everyone is coming from the Christmas market (Christkindlmarkt). I took this picture in December of last year. Nj.

Robert Watzke

Robert Watzke - A great musician - photo by Nigel A JAMES

Shadow Player!


Robert Watzke is a man of the Austrian mountains, but his Styrian heart beats to a very special sound, The Marvin Sound.

The Marvin Sound is the music of the legendary Shadows, the group that was founded by the even more legendary Hank Marvin in 1958. And the thing that made the group’s music so renowned was the great and celebrated electric guitar with its magical, haunting and deep moving tones. And, with his compositions and interpretations, Hank Marvin succeeded in putting himself and his group at the top of the list of the all-time greats. A position that they still enjoy today!

Of course, it is impossible to separate The Shadows from Cliff Richards. They made two great films together, The Young Ones and Summer Holiday; they toured together, they played together, they became big together, and, for millions of people, they became the bedrock of a musical way of life. Cliff and the Shadows had millions of fans, and Robert Watzke, too, became one when he was still very young.

It was while he was still in the 4th grade of high school that Robert Watzke was introduced to the Shadows by a friend. Something happened to him that definitely set the course for his future life. He took the Shadow’s music to heart, and, after becoming fluent in the playing of the electric guitar, he founded his own group, The Nobodies in 1973.

For 20 years the Nobodies continued to play. They not only took their music to the remoter corners of the Austrian mountains, they also played in all the major cities as well. Robert Watzke passed on to his audiences the music that the Shadows had given him!

But time goes on, and now, with the prospect of more time to spare, Robert intends travelling even more with his wife, Annie. But there is one flexible destination that will always be on the top of his agenda, and that is Shadow Mania, the concerts which the Shadows still perform. And where the concerts go, Robert goes too.

Of course, there is a home life too. Robert is an expert cook, his favourite dish, and the one that he’s best at, is Cordon Bleau; and the best thing to drink with it, he says, is a glass of Styrian beer! And, at the end of the day? It is, of course, music. Robert has a record collection that can only be envied, but the record that he still enjoys the most is one which was written by Hank Marvin and sang by Cliff Richards, The Day I Met Maria.

And his own music? From time to time, the Nobodies still come back from the past and play in Styria. People there still talk about them; and Robert’s guitar is still very much a very big part of his life!



Language Aid

Styrian – Steirisch.

Founded – to found – gegründet. To found/founded/founded
Renowned – berühmt.
Haunting music – Eine Melodie, die einen verfolgt.
Deep moving tones –Tonen die tief berühren.

Separate – trennen.
Bedrock - Fundament

Fluent – fließend

Remote –abgelegen.

Prospect – Aussicht.

To envy – beneiden. To envy/envied/envied.

The Spirit of the Moment

Snapping Together. Each moment in time has a spirit of its own. I took this picture on December the 6th of last year. A group of tourists, all independently of each other, are taking photos of the town hall in Vienna.