Across the Sea of Time: Ten Days in a New York That No Longer Exists
In loving memory of my beloved mother, with whom I shared these New York memories. This story is for you—with all my love, always. New York, Easter 1999. …
Andi
Mum Wanted to See London. So I Took Her to New York.
How a rather cautious woman from East Germany became an enthusiastic world traveller – with a little help from her son. It Started With a Simple Question It …
Travels in Outback Australia by Andrew Stevenson – A Book That Took Me Back Down Under
Some travel books make you dream of visiting faraway places. Others bring back memories of adventures you’ve already had. Andrew Stevenson’s Travels in Outback Australia did both for …
An Island to Oneself: The Book That Left Me Alone with Two Baguettes
Tom Neale’s An Island to Oneself inspired my own day alone on Tiaraunu. A fond, funny book review involving solitude, reef sharks and two baguettes.
Unforgettable Travel Encounters: Is the World Really This Small?
Some people bring home shells, postcards or a suspiciously heavy suitcase. I seem to collect people — and then bump into them again when the world has absolutely …
When No One Reads Your Blog – Confessions of a Stubborn Word-Lover
Or how to spend hours writing something that three people might read. Two of whom could be bots. There is a particular kind of optimism involved in writing …
Thuringian Rostbrätel – The Way I Like It: Pepper, Onions and Sourdough Bread
Forget complicated marinades for a moment. Sometimes all a good piece of pork needs is salt, plenty of pepper, a hot frying pan and a slice of proper …
A Funeral with Chandeliers, Coffee and Empanadas
I still remember the first time I attended a wake in the Philippines. It was Lizz’s grandmother who had passed away at a very advanced age, and her …
White Christmas at 30 Degrees: My First Filipino Holy Night
Christmas in the Philippines begins on September 1. Yes, you read that correctly. While I, as a German, was still mentally somewhere between summer, cold beer, and trying …
The Big El Niño Scare: Waiting for the Sky to Make Up Its Mind
I knew about El Niño long before I first arrived in the Philippines. I also knew about its moody opposite, La Niña. These two weather phenomena have been …