driving home

on the way to austria

good bye romanian hills

good bye romanian sky

good bye friendly smiles

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on the rainy roadside

on the rainy roadside

Nomadic Village was woken very early by an alarming rain; if we don't drive off our lovely meadow immediately, we might sink into the softening ground and get stuck with all our 10 tons! Fortunately we managed to relocate from our beautiful middle of nowhere to a road leading through that middle of nowhere...

It seems like we will spend the day engulfed in a drizzle.
How wonderful to be able to just call it a pyjama day in the bus!

a dry spot

so comfy in the bus

in the middle of nowhere

klaus playing with his wing

360°

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colors of wurmloch

the fortified church of valea viilor built around 1400

galeria nowhere @ sombor 2

our second set-up of the gallery in sombor close to the canal

the canal

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badljevina

ivans field

our set up from ivans hunting hut

We drove into Croatia and found ourselves a nice hiding spot to relax for a while after the busy days in Cerkno and Metelkova. Not long after we set up Ivan (who owns the field) drove up and welcomed us to stay as long as we wish.

You can read more about Ivan on Franciscas blog: transmuted stories

klaus exploring ivans hunting hut

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small luxuries on the road

sundown

The small luxuries on the road: A hot shower, solid internet, toilets, a washing machine...  We checked into a place for a few days to enjoy some of this. Another dogma down, because officially this is a campsite, and campsites are bad. Officially...

We are gathering our strenghts. Next week the first Village starts in Cerkno/Slovenia, and we are looking forward to an exciting time. Cerkno seems like a good place, and our partners on site are great. But still, being the Mayors will demand a lot of attention. It's not just the obvious things like set up, infrastructure, responsibility and all. Seeing (and tweaking) the small details, reacting to or balancing the social dynamics within the group of artists, relating our work and lives to the public in a friendly way; this is what makes this project special and what can leave us happy and deeply exhausted after a Nomadic Village is over.

our place of residence for a few days

with pool & sunshine

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hitting the road & picking the elder

tagliamento

Internet on the road is a blessing. Sometimes we find ourselves watching the slow upload of a picture with growing excitement or - as tonight - a long series of painful ups and downs. Who will win?

The Nomadic Village is on the 2nd subleg of it's first leg; we left our first meeting point at Oscar's and we are heading south. Destination: That amazing charity shop in Portomaggiore. Later this week we want to retreat to a good place and stay for a week. We'll get into some work and, if weather permits, up into the air.

If you can read this post it means we won.

our little hideaway

collecting some elder for tea

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inside & around

inside Oscar's workshop

the back of the old sawmill

close by river

mountains, mountains