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Category Archives: Travel
Mountains in Romania
There are places where everyone wanted to visit me while I lived there. Sicily was such a place. Particularly after they learned that I lived right by the beach, almost every week relatives and friends wanted to come over . In other places, I … Continue reading
Leaving Books in Public Places
I love books. So, naturally, I used to collect them. I kept all the books I had ever read, I bought dozens of books that I still wanted to read and I even bought antique books which I would never … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Photography, Travel
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The three books that influenced me the most
When I was recruited to give a speech at the TEDx conference in Targu Mures, Romania, I was asked to submit a list of the three books that influenced me the most. I have read hundreds, maybe thousands of books, and from … Continue reading
Planes disturbing the sunset
The sky above Targu Mures in Romania is busy, probably because of all the extra flights coming into town for our TEDx conference.
A polite coffee
At a café in Sibiu, Romania: One coffee – 6 lei One coffee please – 3 lei Good morning, one coffee please – 2 lei Polite, as I always am, I get a really good deal here. 2 lei are 50 US-cents.
Airport in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The hangars at Cluj-Napoca airport in Romania look like this:Ok, there is also one of these modern blocks of concrete now, like you see them everywhere else. But I appreciated that the old hangar hadn’t been demolished. That way I could … Continue reading
I will give a TEDx Talk on 12 September 2015
“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes,” said Andy Warhol in 1968. That premonition came true 20 years later with the TED conferences. Including the independently organized TEDx conferences, there are now several of these events every day, all over … Continue reading
Going into the Mountains in Iran
The Iranian capital Tehran was much bigger than I had thought. Chaotic traffic, honking mopeds, cars driving straight at you on the wrong side of the road, danger to life when crossing one of the large avenues with eight lanes. Estimates for the … Continue reading
“In the Sea there are Crocodiles” by Fabio Geda
Every week now, thousands of refugees make it to Europe. Thousands die trying. In debates on immigration, refugees are referred to by the numbers in which they arrive, in economic or in legal terms. It’s time to read the account of one … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Books, Europe, Human Rights, Immigration Law, Iran, Italy, Life, Terrorism, Travel
Tagged Human Rights, immigration, refugees, Terrorism
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A few Alms for the Church
You know these donation boxes at airports, where you are supposed to drop the change that you couldn’t spend during your vacation? Often they are made of glass, for you to see how generous other travelers have been. So you pull … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 