After so many months of sun and mostly desert, France welcomes me with changing weather and a diverse landscape. A real treat. Such a different ambience. Life is also different […]
Calling Of The Heart
I’m being driven to the airport by a friend. Meanwhile I also belong to the family and therefore he is like an Egyptian uncle for me. After almost five and […]
A Story About Humanity (Part 3)
March 20, 2020 Chile. Santiago. Airport. Early evening. We are landing. The airport is relatively empty. Around a hundred people can be seen. We go straight to the ticket office. […]
A Story About Humanity (Part 2)
March 20, 2020 Punta Arenas. Airport. Oh, if we hadn’t given the red wine away, we drank it ourselves. Maybe with some alcohol in my head I could understand the […]
A Story About Humanity (Part 1)
My job requires me to go to no man’s land. To Patagonia. Field research is the order of the day. Ten days. Cut off from the rest of the world. […]
Coffee Break
“We need to talk!”. Feet off the table. Yes, dear fellow traveler, you are meant. Now straight out talking. There is a lot that has been swept under the carpet. […]
Be water, my friend
This saying by Bruce Lee may be familiar to almost everyone: “Be water, my friend!”. Sounds good and nice. A wisdom that, like any wisdom, is easier said than done. […]
Back to normality
May 5, 2020 Back to the city. Back in “my apartment”. Back to normal. But what is normality? Everyone is talking about it. Everyone wants to go back. Everyone wants […]
Water
Germany. What a nice feeling it is to turn on the tap and drink the fresh water directly from it. At least we can. Even if there is a lack […]
Closed
After we brought the summer house out of hibernation, we went back to the city. I cleaned up the apartment that I had been able to call my home for […]
Breathe
I long for nature. An Egyptian friend invited to go to the coast for a few days. A change of location takes place faster than expected. 04/11/2020 The highway called […]
Egyptian Get-Together
04.04.2020 Two months and three days ago I landed in Egypt. It was a spontaneous decision to go to Cairo. Free from the heart. Meet a friend and spend a […]
In Times Like This
In times like these, it is important to keep a cool, clear head. Recognize facts and discover the truth in them. This is only possible when we are with ourselves. […]
Bag Flood
On February 19, I moved to the vacant apartment. Key handover. Backpack stored. It’s time to take care of dinner. So, let’s go. Do the shopping. The supermarket is a […]
Habitats
Life shows itself in all its diversity through travel. What kind of different rooms I was allowed to call my home. An accommodation for skippers in Tunisia. A catamaran on […]
Haphazard
The sailboat has moored at Gran Canaria. This is the last chance for me to be part of this sailing trip. Now the time has come. The last country before […]
Let’s Go For A Walk
We are writing February 11, 2020. Zamalek. A district of Cairo. An island. Surrounded by the Nile. Alive and kicking soak up the atmosphere of the city for a few […]
To Get To Know
02.02.2020 The first day in Egypt. Straight to the pyramids. With a meditation group. Once upon a time … a girl. She is sitting in school. Geography. The wooden chair […]
Get Going
01/24/2020 All right. I surrender. I can’t force anything in life. I let go of the thought of heading to the Bahamas on a sailboat. Things that are beyond my […]
Change Takes Time
“The only constant in life is change,” it says. So life means change. Standstill is death. Walking zombies on our beautiful planet as far as the eye can see. To […]
Time For Tea
“Too bad you’re not a man,” says a young Frenchman to me in English. In Tunisia. I am still in Tunisia. The Scirocco has spread across the Mediterranean, so we […]
Dreams And Realities
The night replaces the day. Both exist in harmonic alternation. Both are true. And we need both. So also the dream that replaces reality. – Metropolitan Pocahontas 06.01.2020 I arrived […]
Friends, Near And Far
12/20/2019 So here I am. In Genoa. In the harbour. Alone. On the boat that we brought here. I was supposed to be on another boat heading for the Bahamas. […]
The Sea And The I
After days of waiting for suitable weather to set sail, the time has finally come. On December 15th, 2019, we, the skipper and I, will board our stuff. The Tunisian […]
Beginning
“Every day is like a new beginning. And you determine if it has a happy ending.” – Metropolitan Pocahontas I wrote these lines on January 10th, 2020: The trip started […]