There is barely anything as brutal as travelling. There is barely anything as brutal as travelling alone. What people say is: it takes you out of your comfort zone. But this sterile term doesn’t even get close to what travelling does to you. And I haven’t even done it right, yet. I haven’t even left …
— MacIn-What? At the end of July I had the honour to not only partake in the Annual Meeting of the ISME in Saint Louis, USA but also hold a presentation there myself. This entry is supposed to offer a tiny introduction to who Alasdaire MacIntyre is and portray what I have to do with …
… or a million tomatoes instead? Grocery-shopping at Marché Jean-Talon, Montréal. Made me think of this good old song: “Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America Barack means “Peach” in Hungarian The Presidents of the United States of America have a song called “Peaches” Illuminati” (Youtube comment, Vojtěch Hájíček (Hajda)) I’m …
So, before we get started with this blog again I am very happy to announce my re-launch of the web-side. Miša was so kind to put a lot of work in it, reorganizing the structure, the layout and the content (many thanks!). We didnt get the chance to celebrate it yet, but I am sure …
Photo-exhibition on pictures from Iceland in Münster/Germany A photo-exhibition at the geomuseum in Mainz/Germany on pictures from Iceland will be organized by me and some friends. You can still see it upcoming Saturday June 7th and the Matinée is on Sunday, 8th of June! Ferðast – Eine Reise durch Island
Sometimes it is hard to keep the hopes high. Sometimes I am speechless about how we seem to run around doing nothing but hurting, breaking each other. Purposeful. Without purpose. When we open our eyes towards the things that matter we see all the shit we’re in with incredible clarity. Yet the solutions seem to …
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Even though I returned to Germany on December 17th, so I closed this short, but intense chapter of Iceland at least for now, I wanted to write one last “travelling” post on a special place. The place I am talking about is Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) in the south of Iceland. Vestmannaeyjar is an archipelago (a …
if there is a reason to visit iceland in the winter then it is the light. it is incredible how soft it gets, even midday, when the sun barely reaches the horizon. it literally looks like a tongue of golden color licking over every surface, licking the icecold water, the birds, every rock and me, …
The pictures in this post are from a stormy night in Reykjavík…. My stay in Iceland has become more interesting, ever since I started actually meeting people and socialize. Particularly I slowly merge into some sort of sub-society, which consists of both, Icelanders and foreigners like me, who are staying just temporarily. This sub-society is …