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.

The Typist

Posted on 2016-09-13 by Andreas Moser

In Bolivia there is the perfect job for people like me who have learned how to read and write, but who nonetheless prefer to work outside.

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Next trip: Easter Island

Posted on 2016-09-10 by Andreas Moser

As Peru is turning out to be the noisiest country in the world, I urgently need a time-out. I just want to walk across green meadows, sit by the sea and dig out some ancient artefacts for a week. The perfect place … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, Easter Island, Travel | Tagged | 17 Comments

How far can you get by train?

Posted on 2016-09-09 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. One of my readers wrote that he had been wondering how far he could get if he took his local commuter train and continued traveling with no other means of transport than the railway. As a train enthusiast, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belarus, China, Europe, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, North Korea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Sicily, Syria, Technology, Travel, UK | Tagged , , , | 27 Comments

Is this the Beginning or the End of the Journey?

Posted on 2016-09-09 by Andreas Moser

(Seen and photographed in Trakai in Lithuania.)

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Bolivia’s missing children

Posted on 2016-09-08 by Andreas Moser

One office stands out from all the others at the bus and train terminal in Santa Cruz. It’s the only one that doesn’t employ a person shouting the names of cities to which there are still available seats on the next … Continue reading →

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The end of Gary Johnson

Posted on 2016-09-08 by Andreas Moser

Even worse than not knowing a city that has been in the news for the past five years (and a city so famous and historically important that you might have heard of it in high school) is the naive suggestion that … Continue reading →

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Love is in the Air

Posted on 2016-09-05 by Andreas Moser

At the airshow in Targu Mures, Romania:

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War and Peace

Posted on 2016-09-01 by Andreas Moser

In his autobiography My Early Life, which concluded the time before World War I and was published before World War II, Winston Churchill takes this lesson from the Boer Wars: Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be … Continue reading →

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“Do not Overtake!”

Posted on 2016-08-29 by Andreas Moser

„Why does nobody ever listen to me?” the do-not-overtake sign on the road from Puno to Arequipa wonders yet again.

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Moving to the Pacific Ocean

Posted on 2016-08-28 by Andreas Moser

Sometimes I make mistakes. It was a mistake to believe that Arequipa would be like Cochabamba just because it has the same perfect climate, spectacular mountain views and is of similar size. Maybe it’s not fair to compare anything with … Continue reading →

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