Category Archives: Travel

Flowers on Graves

Posted on 2014-05-07 by Andreas Moser

“We actually don’t care if our relatives will pay us a visit and put flowers on our graves. Nature is taking care of this already.” (Photographed at the cemetery of Bari in Italy.)

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The Towers of Tallinn

Posted on 2014-05-04 by Andreas Moser

As many churches and castles with beautiful towers you may build, one guy is going to dwarf them all by building a huge chimney.

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A different view of nature

Posted on 2014-05-03 by Andreas Moser

“The Niagara Falls is simply a vast amount of water going the wrong way over some unnecessary rocks,” wrote Oscar Wilde in 1882.

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An envelope in an envelope in an envelope

Posted on 2014-05-02 by Andreas Moser

This morning I had a Russian doll experience. No, not that kind of Russian doll. The matryoshka one. I received a large envelope and opened it (of course). In it was a second envelope, also large and that one even … Continue reading →

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Italy Reading List

Posted on 2014-05-01 by Andreas Moser

To me, travel would only be half as much fun without taking the time to read books. I am even happy about long train rides or ferry passages because they allow me to read for a few extra hours I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Italy, Language, Sicily, Travel | 7 Comments

Bari by night

Posted on 2014-04-29 by Andreas Moser

Don’t expect a full report about Bari by night. This is merely the photographic journey along one of my jogging routes, which I preferably run in the evening when both traffic and heat have subsided and then the colors of the illuminated … Continue reading →

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Frozen Assets

Posted on 2014-04-29 by Andreas Moser

When you read about “frozen assets” in connection with economic sanctions, you may have been wondering how this process actually works. In February 2013 I could observe it myself in Nida, on the Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit. There … Continue reading →

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Video: Liberation of Italy

Posted on 2014-04-26 by Andreas Moser

I did not catch the actual liberation of Italy from the Nazis and Fascists in World War II on video, admittedly. But yesterday, on 25 April, the 69th anniversary of that event was commemorated. Of course Italy was not liberated in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apulia, Cinema, History, Italy, Military, Music, Travel, Video Blog, World War II | Tagged | 8 Comments

What a Sky!

Posted on 2014-04-25 by Andreas Moser

Some may admire the church. Some may derive joy from watching the playing children. I was most taken with the sky. The church is Matrice Nuova in Castelbuono, a beautiful little town in the hills in Sicily. (Hier geht es … Continue reading →

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How bad is Spain’s Infrastructure?

Posted on 2014-04-24 by Andreas Moser

We keep reading horror stories from the southern European countries about how badly they are affected by the economic crisis. Factories are closing, civil servants are made redundant, the provision of medical services suffers, people emigrate, everything is going downhill. The … Continue reading →

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