I feel like I should note that I just spent two weeks in the south, visiting the Karlsruhe crew. Seeing all the people again has been amazing and everybody provided the poor backpacker with food and accommodation, thanks guys! Unlike in earlier years I didn’t take the train for travelling this time. Instead I tried […]
Small Things
It’s the small things I like about Australia. People greeting the driver when they get on the bus – and saying thanks when getting off. And that’s in a city of more than a million people. Or how you can go swimming at the beach and only minutes later you can run up to the […]
Back in the Heat
Wednesday morning starts early for me. I don’t want to take a gamble with the railway and decided to take a train that takes me a couple of hours early to Berlin. All connections are on time though and I arrive in Berlin around noon. The central station in Berlin is impressive, trains on two […]
Into the West Bank
Left the hostel in Jerusalem in the late morning and took the local bus to Ramallah. Good deal, 8 NIS / 2 EUR for the 40 minute ride. Crossed the wall at one of the checkpoints – fortified like the inner-German border in the 80s. Arrived at the hostel in Ramallah not much later. Everybody […]
Spring Time
Fighting Kangaroos
This one’s a bit older. The place where I stayed for the night in the Snowy Mountains weeks ago did not only feature an amazing 270° panorama view but also wildlife at its best. After the sunset I heard a lot of noise in the bushes and when I went to have a look I […]