Author Archives: Andreas Moser

About Andreas Moser

Travelling the world and writing about it. I have degrees in law and philosophy, but I'd much rather be a writer, a spy or a hobo.

My Valentine’s Day

Posted on 2020-02-14

It is February 14th, a day marked by mawkishness for many but a regular working day for me. Therefore, I am spending the evening in a café to read a book in the company of cake, mineral water and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Montenegro | Tagged | 4 Comments

“How are you?”

Posted on 2020-02-08

Someone: How are you? Me: Confused. Someone: Oh. I am sorry to hear that. Me: No, that’s OK. I am studying philosophy. When I first went to Israel on a youth exchange program, I stayed with a family in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Israel, Language, Life | 25 Comments

How Climate Change will end

Posted on 2020-01-31

Many big issues are at their heart debates between optimists and pessimists – with some pretentious self-declared realists thrown into the mix. This is also true about climate change. Will we develop carbon-neutral technologies? Or can we capture the carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Belarus, Economics, Environment, Technology, Ukraine | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

10 FAQ on Couchsurfing

Posted on 2020-01-26

You have heard me mention Couchsurfing in some of my articles, or even seen me looking for Couchsurfing hosts, ever more desperately as the trip comes nearer. “Why is he so crazy about couches? Why can’t he sleep in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged | 10 Comments

Now, Christmas is really over

Posted on 2020-01-20

Most readers of this blog probably live in the Western churches’ (both reformed and unreformed) as well as the Gregorian calendar’s sphere of influence, where the three magicians already put an end to Christmas two weeks ago. But here, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Photography, Travel, Ukraine | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Uman: Communism or Cheesy Story?

Posted on 2020-01-17

There is really no reason to visit Uman. It is a small city like hundreds of others in Ukraine. But because it lies halfway between Kyiv and Odessa, I decided to break the journey and to spend a day and … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel, Ukraine | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

“East West Street” by Philippe Sands

Posted on 2020-01-12

As a lawyer and budding historian, I found Philippe Sands‘ idea of telling the story of international criminal law through the biographies of Hersch Lauterpacht and Raphael Lemkin interesting. But the book East West Street is overloaded with the irrelevant … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Holocaust, Human Rights, Law, Ukraine | Tagged , | 1 Comment