this neck of the woods

Archive for June, 2009

Freiburg ceramic market

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Yesterday we headed to Freiburg with some friends to visit a ceramic market being held in a park just outside the centre of town. There were some really fantastic pieces on offer, but one stall in particular really caught our attention and we ended up walking away with with a couple of their beautiful pieces (not before we’d spent a good half hour standing at their stall in turmoil, trying to justify buying everything on the table!).

The photos above are what we ended up with.. it makes me happy just looking at them! They’re by Medi Zimmermann, who I think also has a showroom/shop in Villingen, a small town east of Freiburg. Unfortunately they don’t have a website.. but I can imagine the shop would be worth a visit if you *happen* to be in the area!

Saturday in Zürich

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Can you believe that in the 9 months we’ve been living here, we had never made the 1 hour drive over to Zürich? Well, on Saturday we decided it was time to rectify the situation! Unfortunately we picked a pretty poor day weather wise, but still made the most of a day there, exploring the streets.

Above are some pictures of a dessert/confectionary store on the main street of Zürich called Spruengli. It has the most beautiful window display on the whole street.. we spent quite a bit of time just starring at their creations in the window. If you’re in the area its worth having a look in – the Luxemburgerli macaroons are to die for!

perfection

relaxing

This is how we started our weekend just gone.. lazing around on der Balkon with the bbq and a good read. Perfect.

…and so it begins in this neck of the woods!

Welcome to the first post of this neck of the woods! My name is Claire and I’m a graphic designer from Australia. Last year my partner and I decided it was time to embrace our inner nomad, packed up our belongings and headed off to see the world.

Thanks to some careful planning and a lot of luck, we now find ourselves living the German life, close to the tri-border of Germany, Switzerland and France. Neither of us speaks much German which makes for some fun times!

I have created this blog as a space where I can share my German experiences, as well as any ideas, designs and inspiration that come up in my day-to-day life here. I also love to create things in my spare time, so will hopefully be posting about them as well.

Enjoy!