There is something about the Aussie mentality that took me a while to figure out. And I’m not even sure if I did it by now. When comparing Germany and Australia I always have to account for the fact that my lifestyles are completely different as well and that I get in contact with different […]
The Blue Mountains
70km or two hours west of Sydney lie the Blue Mountains. They got their name from light reflecting off vapours from eucalypt trees which gives everything in the distance a blue touch. The mountains aren’t really mountains but rather gorges that have been formed over the last couple of million years. Rock climbing probably is […]
Himalayan Eye Candy
In other news: Mostly recovered from my recent encounter with the local gastrointestinal mob, but am not yet trusting my gut enough to sit on a bus for 8h. Booked a flight out of Nepal for late May and plan to spend a couple of weeks with the family in Germany before heading on to […]
Hebron
Day trip to the south. Will write more in detail another day. But boy is that a messed up city! Trip to Nablus tomorrow and after that I’m ready for a day off.
Interviewed
On Tuesday morning I showed up at the recruitment agency for a little chat with my agent. It really was just a quick chat, after five minutes everything was settled and he sent me off to an interview with their client, the actual company I’d be working for. There HR greeted me and gave me […]
Website Development
It has been more than twelve years since I began to make a living with developing software. From the beginning I took to it like a duck to water, which wasn’t much of a surprise, given that I had spent most of my teenage years in front of a computer. There were times when I […]