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.

At the Cigar Shop – 50 Years later

Posted on 2018-10-12 by Andreas Moser

I had gone to Huéscar for market day, thinking I might as well look for my favorite Spanish newspaper, El Pais. It would find it at the tobacco shop, I was told. As I entered the store, just around the … Continue reading →

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Should I go to a bullfight?

Posted on 2018-10-11 by Andreas Moser

Hier gibt es diese Frage auf Deutsch. Today in Huéscar, I saw this poster. I was a bit shocked because I didn’t know there were still bullfights. After all, Pope Pius V had already banned them in 1567. Since then, … Continue reading →

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Venta Micena – Day 18/30

Posted on 2018-10-11 by Andreas Moser

As you saw yesterday, the bar in Venta Micena is dry. So I had to walk ten kilometers to Orce to get something to drink. (Just because some of you had asked me to test the local swill.) Well, I … Continue reading →

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Venta Micena – Day 17/30

Posted on 2018-10-10 by Andreas Moser

Sadly, that bar ain’t never been open since I’ve been here.

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Venta Micena – Day 16/30

Posted on 2018-10-09 by Andreas Moser

With not many people around, this is actually the perfect place to study. Only the cat sometimes doesn’t approve of it.

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Canada has real winters, it seems.

Posted on 2018-10-09 by Andreas Moser

My next house- and cat-sitting job will take me to Calgary in Canada during the deepest winter, from December to March. I knew that it would be cold and full of snow, of course, and it’s actually what I have … Continue reading →

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Venta Micena – Day 15/30

Posted on 2018-10-08 by Andreas Moser

Why are there chimneys and antennas rising from the ground? That’s simple. Because people are living under the ground. Like hobbits. I shall attempt to get acquainted with someone living in such a cave and to obtain an invitation, so … Continue reading →

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Venta Micena – Day 14/30

Posted on 2018-10-07 by Andreas Moser

With many of the places around here, I am really not sure if anybody lives there. But whenever I approach too closely, dogs are barking or shots are fired.

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Random Thoughts (23)

Posted on 2018-10-07 by Andreas Moser

Sure, World War II had some bad sides to it. But at least it got the Oktoberfest suspended between 1939 and 1945. Many times as I entered Israel, I was questioned thoroughly about the origin of my last name by … Continue reading →

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Venta Micena – Day 13/30

Posted on 2018-10-06 by Andreas Moser

You must have already noticed it in the photos of the last two weeks: the mountain range of the Sierra de María at the eastern end of the valley of Venta Micena. From the first day I laid eyes on … Continue reading →

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