Greece revisited. Part 4: Salt Lake City
You are wondering why I am continuing the series after a month, already back in Germany? The next story will tell you. After we left Kastrosikia and Ammotopos behind us, we [...]
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Greece revisited. Part 3: Meeting the family
By the time we reached my uncle’s house we had already stopped by or greeted a couple of my father’s friends or distant relatives on the way and had had a small [...]
Greece revisited. Part 2: Peeking into Greek Orthodoxy
There is more to tell about Kastrosikia before leaving for Ammotopos. So today was “Good Friday” (which I find kind of inappropriate considering that Jesus kind [...]
Greece revisited. Part 1: Kastrosikia
Back to Greece, my father’s home, after many years. The last time I had been to Greece was before I went abroad and came back, before I started my own business and [...]
Gefährlicher Nährboden
In Houellebecqs Roman “Unterwerfung” spazieren zwei Professoren der Geisteswissenschaften eine Straße in Paris entlang und unterhalten sich über die historische [...]
In love with Hong Kong
I was first in Hong Kong about a month ago, when I had to leave Bangkok yet again for a visa run – a routine I have had to follow monthly lately, not having a visa. And [...]
Kathmandu Express
Ohne die Grenzen Kathmandus gen Himalaya verlassen zu haben, kann man sich nur schwerlich qualifiziert über Nepal äußern, das nahezu alle Touristen doch wegen seiner [...]
Das Märchen vom guten Menschen
Es war einmal ein guter Mensch, der wollte die Welt vor der Zerstörung durch böse Menschen retten. Diese hatten die natürliche Ordnung durch die Eingriffe ihrer [...]
By the roadside / Am Wegesrand
The Caesarian Conspiracy
The (almost) futile quest for scientific facts about the “miracle” of birth Of the five friends whom I spoke with at some length about their first birth, every single one [...]
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