Have you ever seen a village that almost only consists of houses that are not only very well looked after and simply stunning but also something between a hundred and 250 years old?
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Extraordinary Train Station
Do you use public transport on a regular basis? Then surely, you know exactly when to leave home or any other place in order to just timely catch your bus, tram, train, ferry, whatsoever.
I do. I am usually not a whole lot too early ;0).
This time, though, I had more than enough time. Maybe because we were on a leisure visit in this village, maybe because we had finished our ice cream and coffee anyway. Maybe because it had to be that I entered this passage to the platforms early… For what I got presented with was simply mind-boggling and not something I had ever seen before.
Franck Bouroullec is the artist of this amazing work. Read more
A hip hip hooray on barley
Just because it is such a beautiful member of the grass family and has a real calming effect on you once you set your eyes on it. Try it out here and maybe learn something new.
For example, do you know where wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum, Gerste) originates from? Have a guess.
Wild surprise
Just when you thought, it is not possible… Read more
Market freshness
Food markets are open in Uganda. Would you like to come with me? Read more
Two years of blogging
Two years ago, we would never have thought, let alone dared to imagine, that something like what we see and experience in the world right now would ever be possible.
The coronavirus made the human madness stop in the blink of an eye. While I truly hope you are all safe and sound, coping reasonably well with this new and remarkable situation, I trust that the coronavirus is here for a very good reason. It not only stops us from craziness for example but also makes very clear that we are all equal and interconnected. Read more
Reach out – from your couch
Hello everyone out there
How are you in these demanding times of the coronavirus?
A lot of my time is spent online right now, be it on news apps or social media or WhatsApp. These historic times are still so intangible.
What I see in the online world now, however, reminds me so much of a touching experience I made loooong before the coronavirus. Today is a good day to share it with you. Read more
Flower Power
Meteorologists call March 1 the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and it seems my inner rhythm is wonderfully synchronized with that. I can’t wait now for the juicy green and the flower power. How about you? Read more
