Author Archives: Andreas Moser

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About Andreas Moser

I am a lawyer in Germany, with a focus on international family law, migration and citizenship law, as well as constitutional law. My other interests include long walks, train rides, hitchhiking, history, and writing stories.

Necropolis – the City of the Dead

Posted on 2015-02-15 by Andreas Moser

Cities in Europe are becoming more and more similar. The same shops, the same fashion, the same films in cinemas, the same restaurants, the same music, the same food. To escape this mishmash, I like to visit cemeteries, where time … Continue reading →

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To the Love of my Life

Posted on 2015-02-14 by Andreas Moser

A very personal revelation for Valentine’s Day: … The debate whether real love is a result of chance or whether it can be sought never resonated with us, because we fall in neither of these categories. Our story is a completely different … Continue reading →

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Handwritten Timetables

Posted on 2015-02-12 by Andreas Moser

Question: How can you tell that a train journey will be idyllic? Answer: By the handwritten timetable in the slightly dilapidated train station. Examples: (please click on the name of the station or on the photo to read the full description … Continue reading →

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You know you are famous…

Posted on 2015-02-11 by Andreas Moser

… when people tweet about seeing you in the supermarket check-out line, but are too shy to speak to you directly. Now I know how Barack Obama, Madonna and Elvis feel.

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Stromboli – a night on the volcano

Posted on 2015-02-11 by Andreas Moser

For four days, I had been calling Magmatrek to inquire if they would run an excursion to the top of Stromboli the next day. For three days, I was told to try again the next day. It was March, the weather in Sicily … Continue reading →

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No Morocco: I missed my flight

Posted on 2015-02-09 by Andreas Moser

From today on, nobody shall ask me for travel advice anymore. Never. I have disqualified myself. I missed my flight to Morocco. It happened like this: I always plan in such a way that I get to the airport one hour … Continue reading →

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Târgu Mureș tonight

Posted on 2015-02-08 by Andreas Moser

Many of you have been asking me for photos of Europe’s most romantic boulevard with snow. But there actually was not that much snow in Târgu Mureș this winter. On the few snowy days, there was no sun. And when we had sun, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Romania, Travel | Tagged | 8 Comments

Dragan. An Encounter in Montenegro.

Posted on 2015-02-05 by Andreas Moser

“Where are you from?” the guy asks me with American-accented English. “Germany.” “Na, dann lass uns doch auf Deutsch schwätzen!” Clearly a south-west German accent. We continue in German. His beard is older than the proverbial three days. Judging by his smell, … Continue reading →

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The Russian Embassy

Posted on 2015-02-03 by Andreas Moser

I am planning to go to Ukraine soon. But who knows if there will even be a Ukraine left in a few months. Russia is coming closer, at least geographically. To be on the safe side, I want to apply for … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Montenegro, Photography, Russia, Travel, World War I | Tagged | 25 Comments

What is American Football?

Posted on 2015-02-01 by Andreas Moser

I never understood American Football. I once stayed with a friend in Kentucky for a couple of days who tried to explain it to me while watching endless matches, but the minutiae of the rules never stuck with me for … Continue reading →

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