Spring is approaching. Here a picture of Hubert and his neighborhood just before going into hibernation. …
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We were in Kenya early December. Invited for a wedding and visiting friends in Wundanyi, a place I’ve been to several times already and where we have a few friends.
The Posho-mill is still working, but running a private kind of charity is difficult. Lots of expectations meeting the difficulty to honour all of them. That is the issue.
But we shall try to buy a plot of land and see what we can turn it into.
Kenya is indeed one of the few private places I have come back several times. I just appreciate being with the people down there and to see, how they manage their life!
As you may well know, I have started my studies of an MBA this November. For somebody who is used to comment and judge others it is quite a thing to get used to being commented and judged. But it is the main purpose of a study: you have to learn, move forward and simply advance with your knowledge and get used to be criticised. You are going for a study because you don’t know things yet but want them to know….
For the first time in my life I lost my mobile. I am quite paranoid about losing things, so I really take care and in consequence losing something is rarely happening to me. I am clumsy and keep forgetting where I put things, but I rarely lose. This time though it well happened: taking my IPhone when going out, forgetting to close the zip. Just didn’t look after the Buddhist thing: when you do things, just do one at a time and concentrate on it….
Many things have been written in and about London. London is omnipresent in all areas of life, politics and culture. Londoners say „the one who does not like London does not know London!“ Some French instead stated „Si vous n’aimez pas la France, quittez la!“ This is the self-explaining difference ho the Londoners consider themselves in pure reservation even though London is not England and France not Paris. But London is indeed one of my favourite metropolises, if not the most favourite!…
J’arrives à Casablanca … à Casa … le Maroc …
… Monsieur André … moyennement âgé … quant cinq – cinquante … chauve et souriant … une Fiat … petit gosse … „Va t’en“ … il pu … c’est drôle … architecture neuve … „avant-garde miroitée … l’hôtel … „Vous ne montez pas?“ … restaurant euro-marocain … gentil … nous papotons … un bon service … un monsieur éduqué … très tolérant … israélite … n’aime pas la mentalité marocaine … favorable et respectueux aux juifs … ‚des bosseurs‘ … le marocain est égoïste … il pense à cour terme … des putes … son français … ils est français … double nationalité … il voyage beaucoup … il se dit et il se présente très correctement … il connait beaucoup de monde … nous partons du restaurant … le lendemain … au salon … des gens qui traversent la rue … le ‚Club du Sport‘ … le ghetto … sa femme est très gentille … ils rient beaucoup … des gents très haut placés … ils sont là … moi et Corinne un budget de 350 Deutschemark…
Whenever you think about Greece, you think of a blue sea, white villages, seafood and Syrtaki. Lately all media were full of reports about a corrupt state system, overpaid civil servants, voluntary inability to adapt to the new and a society giving each and everybody but itself the responsibility for the current national mess. For outsiders it is very difficult to perceive a coherent image: being a friendly tourist destination versus a country on the brink of total collapse….
A place which was a fishing village just a few decades ago turned into an Eldorado for architects, into a global financial and business centre an, a hotspot for all kinds of activities and people. Dubai is offering unlimited possibilities to each and everyone but remains nevertheless one of the most cosmopolitan, thrilling, active and somehow tolerant places in the world under the condition you accept local habits and rules….
The Balkan – for many synonymous with chaos, poverty and safety issues, so it was for me, but was proven wrong! The countryside is beautiful, the people greet you whole-heartedly and food is nice. Even the roads prove to be much better than expected….
Luxury – for many people symptomatically linked up with material belongings, for me entirely different: walking around town on a working day or getting dizzy during daytime. Today is Sunday, so I shall focus on the latter….
