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.

How punctual are Bolivians?

Posted on 2016-06-28 by Andreas Moser

In Bolívar – American Liberator, Marie Arana writes about the Congress of Panama: The conference was to take place on June 22, 1826, on the Isthmus of Panama […]. Bolívar had decided not to attend the proceedings so that it … Continue reading →

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Bay of Pigs

Posted on 2016-06-27 by Andreas Moser

The real Bay of Pigs is not on Cuba, but on the eastern shore of Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. Here, the pigs have the beautiful beach to themselves. And even when a human being passes by, it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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After three weeks in the jungle

Posted on 2016-06-26 by Andreas Moser

That’s how you enter: shaved, clean, excited. That’s how you come back after three weeks: with a beard, dirty, exhausted, and only alive thanks to a rifle purchased from an indigenous tribe.

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How Britons react to Brexit

Posted on 2016-06-26 by Andreas Moser

When I came back home from a trip to the Bolivian jungle yesterday, I had  already received dozens of e-mails from Britons along the lines of “my grandfather was from Germany, can I get a German passport?” As an expert in … Continue reading →

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Brexit, illustrated with food

Posted on 2016-06-26 by Andreas Moser

(Thanks to Subb-an for the photo.)

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Different Professions of Faith

Posted on 2016-06-23 by Andreas Moser

In Sicily, many people openly display their Christian belief by putting up images or statutes of Jesus or Mary next to their front door: The neighbour at number 59 counters with a completely different but equally public profession of faith: … Continue reading →

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Next move: Arequipa in Peru

Posted on 2016-06-20 by Andreas Moser

The more often you move, the more you find out what you like and what you don’t like. It has been emerging that I love mountains and grassland more than the sea or the tropics. Huge cities are impractical because you lose too … Continue reading →

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Video Blog: Final of Football World Cup 2014

Posted on 2016-06-15 by Andreas Moser

Some people use their annual holiday for the Football World Cup. I only noticed that there even is a World Cup after planning my trip to Greece, Macedonia and Albania. I didn’t care, as long as it wouldn’t lead to … Continue reading →

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Imagine a World without Lawyers

Posted on 2016-06-10 by Andreas Moser
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My Donations to Public Libraries

Posted on 2016-06-10 by Andreas Moser

My steadfast refusal to read e-books even in 2016 has two practical disadvantages: Each year, a few trees are felled just for the books I read. Whenever I stay at one place for a few months, I am gathering a … Continue reading →

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