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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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Hitchhiking against the Skeptics

Posted on 2020-08-23 by Andreas Moser

“Nobody will give you a ride during a pandemic”, people said. Well, I had to find out for myself. Continue reading →

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Not quite a Thousand Kilometers, but a Good Start

Posted on 2020-04-13 by Andreas Moser

Den deutschsprachigen Lesern empfehle ich die deutsche Originalfassung. I have hitched rides a few times already, but merely short distances. Usually on the way back from hiking in the mountains when I didn’t feel like stumbling through the night any … Continue reading →

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Pico without Pico, but with Corona

Posted on 2020-04-05 by Andreas Moser

Diesen Artikel gibt es natürlich auch auf Deutsch. Einfach hier klicken. Everyone coming to the island of Pico wants to climb Mount Pico. Of course. It’s the highest mountain on the island. The highest peak of the Azores, even. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Just a Cup of Tea

Posted on 2019-08-09 by Andreas Moser

It’s really mystifying how Aachen could once have been such an important city. Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire, coronation place of kings, and all of that in a city without a river. I am only here for a few days, not … Continue reading →

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Birthday Walk from Vienna to Bratislava

Posted on 2018-08-12 by Andreas Moser

Zur Originalfassung auf Deutsch. It had been storming and thunderstorming the whole night. That was good, because the air was clear and it was ten degrees cooler than the oppressive July average. Perfect for hiking. On the other hand, there … Continue reading →

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The Island of the General

Posted on 2017-11-20 by Andreas Moser

In November 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi could have asked for anything. He had begun a campaign with less than a thousand men, but had marched from victory to victory. He had ignited enthusiasm for an idea that had seemed unrealistic until … Continue reading →

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Is it Târgu Mureș or Tîrgu Mureș?

Posted on 2015-08-11 by Andreas Moser

I have been living in this beautiful town in Transylvania for almost a year, yet hardly any of my foreign friends have visited me here. It’s not that they wouldn’t be interested, but it’s just too complicated to travel here … Continue reading →

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Romania is the Cradle of our Civilization

Posted on 2015-07-16 by Andreas Moser

One of the amusing aspects of moving from a large country (Germany) to a smaller or less populated country (Romania) is how fixated the latter countries are on their image abroad. One of the questions I get asked the most in Romania is: “What … Continue reading →

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My Trip to Palmyra

Posted on 2015-06-17 by Andreas Moser

So now ISIS have also captured Palmyra, the antique oasis town in the Syrian desert. Another cultural heritage faces destruction. The world community will be more agitated by this than by the civilians killed in Syria every day. Old stones arouse … Continue reading →

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