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Adventures at Matterhorn
Read more: Adventures at Matterhorn– by guest blogger Armand Csordas – It all started when I found out that I can get a car for tests over the long German reunification weekend. In the office I have a reputation as a fan of front drive family cars, something quite rare in my company, which produces mainly rear drive overpowered race cars. I…
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Keyboards
Read more: Keyboardsdear God is so annoyingly old-fashioned that he’s gone thousands of years without an upgrade in design. we are obsolete. we continue to be born with hands – tools for tactile emotion – even though there is no one to hold, even though there is no one to touch, even though everything is nothing…
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Deutschland – Servicewüste?
Read more: Deutschland – Servicewüste?Another glorious day for German sales services and German sales people. So I’ve been sick for a week and I’m entering the pharmacy to get some vitamin gummy bears and maybe a nose spray. The only shop assistant present is busy going through the entire cosmetics product range with a middle-aged woman. Besides me, there…
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My Roommate
Read more: My RoommateIt’s morning. A spider has just rappelled down on my desk, where I was writing a goodbye letter. He stopped an inch short of touching it and is hanging there, by his own thread, suspended, like me. I cannot breathe. I’m watching him wrap the whole room up in sticky wordless webs, so nimble, like…
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Why Women Love (Great) Shoes
Read more: Why Women Love (Great) ShoesWell, gentlemen, this is a little counter-intuitive, but let’s face it. Ever since we were 4 months old, lying on our backs and able to focus our beautiful eyes for the very first time, what did we perceive? OUR FEET. I know, I know, you were also perceptive during that time – which is why…
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7 Reasons I Am Eager To Go Back To School (My Son’s Version)
Read more: 7 Reasons I Am Eager To Go Back To School (My Son’s Version)1. To see my teacher again. She’s pretty. 2. To learn new and interesting stuff (hopefully about animals). 3. To meet my friends. 4. Less time to be nagged by mom. 5. Less time to be nagged by my younger sister. 6. I want to become a natural scientist. 7. I want to become a natural…
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10 Reasons I Love The Summer Vacation (My Son’s Version)
Read more: 10 Reasons I Love The Summer Vacation (My Son’s Version)1. Sleep 2. Sleep 3. More sleep 4. Cartoons 5. Cartoons 6. More cartoons 7. Sun, sand, water, ice cream 8. Sun, rocks, water, ice cream 9. Sun, grass, water, ice cream 10. Reading, LEGO, board games, trees, voyages of discovery, pebbles and insects (except mosquitoes!).
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The Measure of a Man
Read more: The Measure of a ManLest we forget, in the hustle and bustle of our lives: “Not – How did he die? But – How did he live? Not – What did he gain? But – What did he give? These are the units to measure the worth Of a man, regardless of birth. Not – What was his station?…
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Sirmione – Garda Lake, Italy
Read more: Sirmione – Garda Lake, ItalyIt was almost a case of force majeure. We had to find a destination. The hallowed Italian seaside around Venice had failed us this time, with dark rain pouring down for days on end. We had a choice between staying and facing the deluge at Lido di Jesolo or quickly finding a destination within a…
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Munich sights – Panoramas IMPARK Festival
Read more: Munich sights – Panoramas IMPARK FestivalCopyright: Andreea Sepi 2014.