So, last pre-Washington post. Tomorrow United Airlines will hopefully deliver me safely to the US. Hence the song of the day by lovely Glaswegian band Camera Obscura. I will try to bring back lots of pics and experiences to feed this tiny post. Although its a rather short flight (only about 8 hours) and I [...]

The Alte Nordfriedhof in the Schwabing neighborhood is a tiny, disused cemetery which opened in 1868. The last burial took place in 1939. After it was destroyed in WWII what was left has been carefully restored since and is now a public park. People go there to take a walk, do sports or sit on [...]

80s classic Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole & the Commotions strangely has the power to cheer me up in almost every situation. I am not ashamed to declare that I am a huge fan of this decade, which I believe is unfairly underestimated. After all, this is the era of New Order, The Smiths and the [...]

One more cup of coffee is just what I need to get through this night. Plus, The times they are a-changing would have been exceptionally lame on a day like that. By the way, almost all of the Rolling Thunder Revue stuff is worth listening to. Some of it is available as part of the [...]

Tonight I will be at an election party in Munich, where I live and study at the moment. The party will be at the so called Amerika Haus, which was part of the reeducation program after WWII and continues to be an important institution offering exhibitions, cultural and political events and so much more on [...]