Category Archives: Photography

A Postcard from Trakai

Posted on 2021-01-19 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. I don’t remember exactly what year I moved to Lithuania. It must have been about ten years ago. But I do remember that it was on July 1st. Because in the same week, on July 6th, was … Continue reading →

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The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca

Posted on 2021-01-19 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. Puno, a small town in Peru. Situated at 3827 meters above sea level. It’s rather chilly uo there. I go to bed with a jacket and go jogging in the morning to defrost. The people … Continue reading →

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Video: Solving the Mystery of Easter Island

Posted on 2021-01-17 by Andreas Moser

Easter Island is shrouded in mysteries. Where did the first inhabitants come from? How did they manage to cross the Pacific Ocean? Why did they do it? What is the point of the stone statues across the whole island? How … Continue reading →

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A Postcard from Shiraz

Posted on 2021-01-05 by Andreas Moser

In front of the Shah Cheragh Mosque, a guard stops me: “Are you Muslim?” “To be perfectly honest, I am not.” “I’m sorry, Sir, but today the mosque is only open to Muslims,” he explains, referring to the festival of … Continue reading →

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Why I didn’t walk all of the South West Coast Path

Posted on 2021-01-02 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. 1 “If I take the night bus from Heathrow to Newquay, I’ll get there well rested,” I had thought, although I should have known that I can’t really sleep on night buses. But the last … Continue reading →

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Santa Claus in May

Posted on 2020-12-06 by Andreas Moser

Diesen Bericht gibt es auch auf Deutsch. Everywhere in the world, Santa Claus shows up on 6 December. Not so in Bari, a city in the south of Italy. Here, he comes in May and he stays for a whole week. 7:40 … Continue reading →

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Kyselka, the Forgotten Spa Town

Posted on 2020-11-24 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung des Berichts. “Not much will have changed,” I thought and had packed a somewhat older travel guide for the trip to the Czech Republic. If Karlsbad is too busy for you and you are tired of the … Continue reading →

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Remembrance with Kebab: Babi Yar

Posted on 2020-11-12 by Andreas Moser

I don’t know what exactly I expected when I went to the site of the largest mass shooting in the Holocaust, but this I didn’t expect. Continue reading →

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In the King’s Footsteps (Day 9) Neuschwanstein Castle

Posted on 2020-10-31 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. 148 Neuschwanstein lies high above the valley, on a rock that is not really suitable for construction. The local authorities should never have approved this. I am sure there were some bribes involved… It takes … Continue reading →

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In the King’s Footsteps (Day 8) Hohenschwangau Castle

Posted on 2020-10-24 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. 123 Although it’s a local bus, operated by the City of Füssen, bus no. 78 shows the destination only in English: “Hohenschwangau Castles”. This must be the loss of German culture that some people are … Continue reading →

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