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You are still waiting for my postcard?
Thanks to everyone who supports my blog! As promised, I send you a postcard from one of my journeys. If you are still waiting, it could be for the one I mailed in Humberstone in Chile. I should have guessed … Continue reading
Where can you still find Postcards?
To add an element of crowdfunding to this blog, I promised a postcard from South America to every contributor. Only when the first donations came in, I realized how hard it has become in 2016 to find postcards. Only 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, History, Photography, Travel
Tagged Cochabamba, crowdfunding, postcards
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Do you want a postcard?
This blog has a lot of useful information on law, for which I would have charged you outrageous fees when I was still working as hot-shot lawyer. It has travel articles without any advertisement and without the promotional bla bla you find … Continue reading
Sad Things (15) Postcard to myself
Every day, I run down the stairs with excitement to unlock my letterbox with great anticipation, awaiting postcards from around the world. Every day, all I get is another disappointment. I can’t even remember when was the last time that I received … Continue reading
Sad Things (13) Postcard from Viktor Orbán
Returning from a two-week holiday, I was excited to open my mailbox as soon as I came home. I expected parcels, fan mail, magazines and postcards from around the world. You can imagine my disappointment when, upon my return from the Balkans … Continue reading
One Hundred Years Ago, Whites couldn’t bear Blacks being Successful – May 1921: Black Wall Street
Zur deutschen Fassung. The average white family in the U.S. has a net worth of $ 171,000, while the average family of color has one of $ 17,150. That this tenfold wealth gap cannot be due to individual effort or … Continue reading
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As you know, I offer to send postcards from spectacular places for a small donation. This helps to keep this blog going, and it brightens up your life when one evening after a long day at the office you find … Continue reading
House Sitting ain’t always a Holiday
I am currently house/cat sitting in Trento, Italy. At the invitation of a fellow history student, I am watching his two cats and – from the balcony – the cathedral where the Council of Trent took place. Earlier this year, … Continue reading
Hitchhiking, an Odyssey with 50 Hail Marys (part 1 of 3)
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
Posted in Germany, Photography, Switzerland, Travel
Tagged Friedrichshafen, hitchhiking, Lake Constance, Romanshorn, St Gallen
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