Category Archives: Italy

Why I don’t eat Fish

Posted on 2014-08-17 by Andreas Moser

Because I know what it looks like before it gets on your plate: (Photographed behind the Swabian Castle in Trani, Apulia, Italy.)

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Where UFOs park

Posted on 2014-08-03 by Andreas Moser

It’s rather easy to take photos of UFOs in flight. They are loud, have lots of flashy lights and are trying to attract our attention. That’s why there are thousands of photos of UFOs while they are in the sky. But … Continue reading →

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Sue me!

Posted on 2014-08-02 by Andreas Moser

Being a blogger is dangerous. If you make fun of Al-Qaeda, you will be beheaded one day. If you write about Mexican drug cartels, they try to run you over. And then there are the constant cease-and-desist letters and lawsuits copyright or … Continue reading →

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Video: Robinson Crusoe

Posted on 2014-07-29 by Andreas Moser

Sometimes, when I am stranded on a new island and I walk along the beach for hours to see if there is anyone else who is still alive or if I can find some food, I feel like Robinson Crusoe. … Continue reading →

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But cigars are permitted

Posted on 2014-07-29 by Andreas Moser

I discovered this rather selective smoking ban in a deserted village on the island of Caprera off Sardinia.

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Going West

Posted on 2014-07-22 by Andreas Moser

17 July 2014. In the Albanian port city of Vlora (in which Albanian is merely a geographical description because Vlora is such a typical Mediterranean tourism and port city that it might as well be in Italy or in Turkey) I … Continue reading →

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Civil War is imminent

Posted on 2014-07-19 by Andreas Moser

Question: How do you know that outbreak of an armed uprising is imminent? Answer: The neighbors are painting their car in camouflage colors. (Photographed in my neighbors’ garage in Bari, Italy in July 2014. You have been warned.)

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A Relaxing Video Blog

Posted on 2014-07-14 by Andreas Moser

After all the videos about civil war, volcanoes, the last unicorns, daredevil cycling, car bombs, botched lives and extinct civilizations, I am offering you something very relaxing today: (filmed at Syracuse on Sicily)

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The Ruins of Tyndaris

Posted on 2014-06-24 by Andreas Moser

Most of the souvenir and snack shops on the side of the road winding up to Tindari are closed. In Sicily, late April is still off-season. If you own a shop at the place that will be visited both for the ruins of the ancient city … Continue reading →

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Off-Season

Posted on 2014-06-24 by Andreas Moser

If you can get by without being offered useless souvenirs every couple of meters, and if you pack enough books to survive one or two days of rain, then late fall or early spring are the perfect times for travelling to … Continue reading →

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