Meet andrEa Siegl

[Webmaster's Note: Due to BikeAbout's financial troubles, andrEa left the team in Istanbul and volunteered as an advance scout helping to prepare for the BikeAbout trip through the Balkans. Thanks Ea!]

andrEa was born and lives in Graz, Austria. She cut short her training as an architect when she realized that she did not agree with a basic philosophy about the role of architecture in contemporary life, and turned her attention to international non-profits. With an eye toward art, organizing and bicycling, she has designed promotional materials (T-shirts, posters, postcards) and written interesting case studies about community-building and communication. andrEa has also often been the only woman bike messenger at VeloBlitz-courier, where she has worked on and off for four years, even going to the 1993 and 1995 Cycle Messenger World Championships in Berlin and Toronto, and the 1996 European races in Hamburg. andrEa has traveled by bike and foot all over Europe, and for 2,200 kilometers through New Zealand. At the time of the BikeAbout journey, she was focusing her attention on learning more and more about photography, computers and the Internet, as tools to be used separately and together, especially in support of communication and community-building.

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andrEa's Project and Favorite Sites

andrEa's Web site, part 1
andrEa's Web site, part 2
Photos from andrEa's exhibition in Slovenia
andrEa's Favorite Art Web Sites
April 28, 1998 -- Exhibition of andrEa's photography: Exhibition features photos taken during her participation in BikeAbout--the Mediterranean. Held at the Galerija Alkatraz in Ljubljana, Slovenia. View the postcard announcing this event. [JPG, 70KB]

andrEa's Dispatches

September 25, 1997: Topics: thoughts about the upcoming trip
September 26-27, 1997, Tangier, Morocco: Topics: tajine (food), mint tea, clothing, Phoenicians, money
October 1, 1997, Chefchaouen, Morocco: Topics: herira (food), Moroccan toilets, medina, daily life, architecture, kasbah, sharif
October 9, 1997, Saidia, Morocco: Topics: Madigh (Madarh) region, Beni-Snassen Mountains, Nador, environment, bicycle safety
October 17-18, 1997, Tunis, Tunisia: Topics: Port of Tunis, economy, agriculture, border crossing
October 26, 1997, Sousse, Tunisia: Topics: Crêpes (food), women in society, Maghreb, tourism, maps, navigation, GPS
November 2, 1997, Gabès, Tunisia: Topics: bicycle tech, tourism
November 11, 1997, Catania, Sicily, Italy: Topics: minestrone (food), Lipari Islands, Homer, Mount Etna, volcanos, history
November 24-25, 1997, Cairo, Egypt: Topics: dolma (food), cultural exchange, schools
December 8, 1997, Gaza City, Palestine: Topics: cultural exchange
December 12, 1997, Ashqelon, Israel: Topics: challah (food), Sabbath, ancient Ashqelon, Philistine city-states, Crusades, exchange rates, security checkpoints, vegetation, environmentalism
December 17, 1997-January 11, 1998: Topics: thoughts during mid-trip break
January 14, 1998, Jerusalem: Topics: labaneh (food), Benny and Esther van Vlymen (People of the Day), Jerusalem by ofnayim/bike, Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum), Cinematheque, metal monies and symbols
January 19, 1998, Givat Haviva, Israel: Topics: Green Line, cornflakes (food), Givat Haviva, equality and understanding
January 20, 1998, Haifa, Israel: Topics: bamba (food), friendship, peaceful coexistence, Caesarea Roman Amphitheater & Crusader City
February 2-8, 1998, Paphos, Cyprus & Rhodes, Greece: Topics: wildlife, Mediterranean Sea, ferry travel, Greek mythology, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
February 11-12, 1998, Mugla, Turkey: Topics: mountain, youth hostels, exhaustion, forever sunsets
February 13-14, 1998, Milas, Turkey: Topics: pine honey (food), St. Peter's Castle & Museum, potholes on the uphill
February 15-16, 1998, Selçuk, Turkey: Topics: ruins ruins everywhere, the Oracle, apple tea (food), the effects of war on tourism
February 17, 1998, Izmir, Turkey: Topics: Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, bad coffee, HISTORY, Izmir, Gülden Güllü (Person of the Day)
February 18-20, 1998, Izmir, Turkey: Topics: school presentations, press interviews, live chat madness, email Turkish students!
February 21-23, 1998, Çanakkale, Turkey: Topics: Asclepion, Pergamum Acropolis, Troy, cheap transportation
February 24-25, 1998, Istanbul, Turkey: Topics: mountain cheese, Gallipoli, Dardanelles Strait, being hidden in the back room of a restaurant

Anthony Corinne andrEa Ethan Padraic


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