After a short visit to the cinema in Speyer on Sunday, I thought the city would be worth a second visit. It’s one of the oldest cities in Germany and features according buildings and a massive dome. Getting there from Karlsruhe is a bit of a pain as public transportation needs about 1.5h for the […]
MK / GR
Two days in Skopje. Bit of a mixed experience but bottomline was good. Took the 6:00 bus to Thessaloniki today. Border took 30 minutes, cars would have taken a bit longer. In other news: I’ve been in touch with a Palestinian aid organisation and if things go as planned, I’ll spend October and November in […]
Another Day on the River
The culinary offerings in Pakbeng made me dislike the place even more. The noodle soup I had for breakfast was total and utter crap and the sandwiches we picked up for late breakfast were plain disappointing. The local market shed a bit of light on the situation, here we got ourselves some sticky rice and […]
Difference #4: Cars and Traffic
As a former English prison colony, Australia inherited left-hand traffic. In the beginning it takes some time to get accustomed to that. Even as a pedestrian you’re affected as the cars are now coming from a different direction. At places with a lot of tourists a big ‘look right’ is painted on the street. The […]
Brisbane 2016
Six weeks in Adelaide already – time flies when you’re enjoying yourself. On Tuesday it was time to move on and in the early afternoon I waved goodbye to my home of 1.5 months through the window of an airplane. The rather tiny E190 jet climbed up and away from the state capital and the […]
Developments in Web Development
For a couple of days, we were working together. Remember when the organisation asked me to become lead developer for the career advice project? That’s what happened and for the days following, I endeavoured to assess my coworkers abilities. I knew that they had some deficits, but looking at the total work done by 2-3 […]