Category Archives: Travel

To Stockholm, on a Train of Uncharted Consciousness

Posted on 2021-08-30 by Andreas Moser

Wenn Ihr Deutsch könnt, lest diesen Bericht lieber auf Deutsch. Das ist das Original. Ungekürzt. Und um Längen besser. I have slept very poorly. Almost no sleep at all. Although I am constantly traveling and have been to five continents … Continue reading →

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Peak Sweden

Posted on 2021-08-19 by Andreas Moser

Yesterday at Hellasgården: After only being able to pay for the ice cream by card, I sat by the lake, reading a Sjöwall/Wahlöö novel, when two tall blonde girls came, got completely naked and jumped into the lake, frolicking frivolously. … Continue reading →

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A Birthday without Lake Garda

Posted on 2021-08-09 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses kleinen Ausflugs. Lake Garda is only 50 km from Trento. I don’t really want to go where all the other tourists go. But at Lake Garda, there are not only hordes of tourists, there is also … Continue reading →

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Cat Content, Literally

Posted on 2021-07-27 by Andreas Moser

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Film Review: “Nomadland”

Posted on 2021-07-24 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. In the land of the free, the middle class is free to descend into poverty and homelessness rather quickly. One bad divorce, a factory closing, medical bills, and poof, you are as free as you never wanted … Continue reading →

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Austrian Border Control

Posted on 2021-07-21 by Andreas Moser

When you’re smuggling Italian cigars while hitchhiking across the Alps, the imposing Austrian customs checkpoint near Nauders will give you a brief scare. But it was Sunday morning and the soldiers were apparently attending church. Or they didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Vogelsang, the Nazi Castle in the Eifel

Posted on 2021-07-19 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. After having hiked up and down all the green hills around Bad Münstereifel, I wanted to hitchhike for a change. No matter where. But in this goal-oriented society, where a plan counts for more than … Continue reading →

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Hitchhiking, an Odyssey with 50 Hail Marys (part 3 of 3)

Posted on 2021-05-27 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. If you want to do things in any logical order, you better read part 1 and part 2 of the hitchhiking odyssey before reading this article. You remember, I hadn’t made it onto the motorway, the sun … Continue reading →

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Hitchhiking, an Odyssey with 50 Hail Marys (part 2 of 3)

Posted on 2021-05-21 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. If you want to do things in any logical order, you better read part 1 of the hitchhiking odyssey before reading this article. You remember that we had reached Friedrichshafen without any major hiccup. But then I … Continue reading →

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Hitchhiking, an Odyssey with 50 Hail Marys (part 1 of 3)

Posted on 2021-05-15 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. Last weekend, I finally hit the road again: hitchhiking through the Swiss cantons of Zurich, St Gallen and Thurgau, across Lake Constance and through the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. A brisk 500 km is what … Continue reading →

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