Author Archives: Andreas Moser
A Horse needs Fuel too
I bet these two vehicles, which I saw parked about 100 meters apart from each other in Palermo, belong together. (Seen opposite the Cathedral in Palermo, Sicily.)
Swordfish
(Discovered at the corner of Corso dei Mille and Via Rocco Pirri in Palermo, Sicily.)
Child Abuse by Egyptian Military
To those of you who have always seen through the Egyptian military junta, this doesn’t come as a surprise of course. After all, why should a military dictatorship which abuses men and women stop short of abusing children? To those … Continue reading
Symmetric Cemetery
“We need to build a new cemetery in Palermo,” ordered King Ferdinand II. “This bloody cholera is killing people faster than we can dig graves.” Chewing tobacco and speaking in his typical mumble, the king pronounced it “cemet’ry”. The architect, … Continue reading
Video Blog: Civil War in Palermo
I spent New Year’s Eve and the first couple of days of January 2014 in Palermo, the capital city of Sicily. I only made one New Year’s resolution (although I had previously dismissed those kind of resolutions as bunk) and … Continue reading
The End of Al-Qaeda
You could almost feel sorry for Al-Qaeda. Ten years ago, these terrorists were able to make the world tremble with shock and awe (which you can’t really blame them for, because what else would be the purpose of a terrorist … Continue reading
Christmas Earthquake
Waking up and getting up early is something I usually enjoy, but on a cool December morning, 5:20 is a bit too early. Even according to the rigid regiment of my alarm clock, I would had another 70 minutes of … Continue reading
Lipari – Day 1
Lipari, Salina, Vulcano, Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea. Don’t worry if you can’t immediately pin down these names on a map. Until two months ago, I couldn’t either. Then I moved to Sicily. If I add the name of the seventh and … Continue reading
Is it already International Women’s Day?
When I went to the Google search today, I saw this and thought “oh, it must be International Women’s Day“, because what else could the knitting of a scarf with a glove symbolize. To my surprise, Google had something else … Continue reading
Easily Confused (31) Pardons
Thanksgiving pardon in the USA: Christmas pre-Olympic pardon in Russia:
The Happy Hermit 