Author Archives: Andreas Moser
Vingis Park in Autumn
With Vingis Park, I had a large urban forest just around the corner from where I lived in Vilnius. Now in autumn, I miss it even more. I never tired of going there because the color of the leaves changed every … Continue reading
Is Romania a Third-World Country?
No, of course it is not. But one could be lead to believe so, looking at the list of projects carried out by an organization that donates shoes to poor children. Besides Cambodia, Laos, Nicaragua and Timor-Leste, they have a project in … Continue reading
A romantic walk
Photographed at Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade, Serbia in October 2014.
The allure of chess
In a civil registry office in the Soviet Union, some time in the 1960s: The men are immersed in a game of chess. The brides are bored, most of them have already fallen asleep. So, the long waits in government offices … Continue reading
“The essential Veniceness of Venice”
The title is a quote from Antal Szerb’s book Journey by Moonlight.