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Tag Archives: Ammerthal
Hitchhiking against the Skeptics
“Nobody will give you a ride during a pandemic”, people said. Well, I had to find out for myself. Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Germany, Travel
Tagged Amberg, Ammerthal, hitchhiking, Linz, Mauthausen, Passau, Vienna
15 Comments
But what about the Comet?
A flashback into the good old times… Continue reading
Not quite a Thousand Kilometers, but a Good Start
For the moment, hitchhiking is pretty much suspended. But this story of a trip across central Europe, from Belgium to Bavaria, offers interesting encounters, practical tips and grounds for dreaming about the time hereafter. Den deutschsprachigen Lesern empfehle ich die … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Germany, Travel
Tagged Aachen, Ammerthal, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Ghent, hitchhiking, Netherlands, Ypres
19 Comments
Moving to Montenegro
By now, I have really been staying in Ammerthal, the small village in Bavaria where I grew up, longer than I should have. Rent-free living and a cozy room full of books should actually provide agreeable conditions for a student … Continue reading
Posted in History, Montenegro, Travel, World War II
Tagged Ammerthal, Kotor, Maps, Yugoslavia
55 Comments
Light Effects
I am spending a few months in Ammerthal, the Bavarian village where I grew up. “But there is no theater, no cinema, no Academy of Sciences?” my friends from New York, Paris and Moscow are asking, worried and pitiful at … Continue reading
My office for the next two weeks
My last two weeks in Europe will be spent in Ammerthal, the small and not very spectacular village in Bavaria, where I grew up. People think Germany is a civilized country, but there isn’t even any shop that is open … Continue reading
Don’t fly away now!
To the people in that plane: You picked the wrong time to fly away. It’s so beautiful here in autumn. That’s why I will spend two weeks in Germany before flying to Gran Canaria and then taking the boat to … Continue reading