Category Archives: Travel
Venta Micena – Day 15/30
Why are there chimneys and antennas rising from the ground? That’s simple. Because people are living under the ground. Like hobbits. I shall attempt to get acquainted with someone living in such a cave and to obtain an invitation, so … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 14/30
With many of the places around here, I am really not sure if anybody lives there. But whenever I approach too closely, dogs are barking or shots are fired.
Venta Micena – Day 13/30
You must have already noticed it in the photos of the last two weeks: the mountain range of the Sierra de María at the eastern end of the valley of Venta Micena. From the first day I laid eyes on … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 12/30
Based on the photos you have seen thus far, you can probably imagine the heat in Andalusia. And there aren’t many trees providing shade. Without my hat, bought from a Roma family in Transylvania, I would long have had a … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 11/30
Oak trees in Andalusia look different from the ones I knew.
Eastern Germany, the unknown Germany
The headline is not universally true, of course, but merely a reference to my own limited experience. But let me tell you how I came to it. Last winter, when I lived in Montenegro, I met a woman who was either … Continue reading
Venta Micena – Day 10/30
Some of the photos have been surprisingly green. There has been some rain and the fields are being irrigated. But the ground reveals the lack of water.
Venta Micena – Day 9/30
Now I know where everyone has been hiding.
How Social Media saved Yemen
Two countries walk into a bar, because there was an offer for any couple whose names start with the same letter. Says Yugoslavia: “I was so unlucky that my wars already took place in the early 1990s. A few years … Continue reading
Granada is overrated
I had already become skeptical, with all the praise heaped on Granada. “Most beautiful city in Spain, best example of Moorish architecture anywhere in the world, breathtaking, fascinating, spectacular, unique, and so on.” But when I got there, well, see … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 