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Author Archives: Andreas Moser
Venta Micena – Day 12/30
Based on the photos you have seen thus far, you can probably imagine the heat in Andalusia. And there aren’t many trees providing shade. Without my hat, bought from a Roma family in Transylvania, I would long have had a … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 11/30
Oak trees in Andalusia look different from the ones I knew.
Eastern Germany, the unknown Germany
The headline is not universally true, of course, but merely a reference to my own limited experience. But let me tell you how I came to it. Last winter, when I lived in Montenegro, I met a woman who was either … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 10/30
Some of the photos have been surprisingly green. There has been some rain and the fields are being irrigated. But the ground reveals the lack of water.
What was I thinking?
Sometimes, buried deep in a pile of paper with other things I once deemed interesting or noteworthy, I find a sheet with my own handwriting. It usually has a crisp headline, underlined, followed by a first paragraph of what should … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 9/30
Now I know where everyone has been hiding.
How Social Media saved Yemen
Two countries walk into a bar, because there was an offer for any couple whose names start with the same letter. Says Yugoslavia: “I was so unlucky that my wars already took place in the early 1990s. A few years … Continue reading
Granada is overrated
I had already become skeptical, with all the praise heaped on Granada. “Most beautiful city in Spain, best example of Moorish architecture anywhere in the world, breathtaking, fascinating, spectacular, unique, and so on.” But when I got there, well, see … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 8/30
When the owners of the house in Venta Micena moved here 15 years ago, they thought: “This place needs a forest.” And thus they planted one. A beautiful one, looking quite natural and wild. It even has its own temperate … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 7/30
When you saw the remote village and the old farmhouse where I am staying, you were probably wondering if I even had access to water. But you needn’t have worried. There is even a private swimming pool behind the house. … Continue reading
