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Besuch von Susanne und Christian am 1.10.2020 in BS.
Robert Misik, a Vienna journalist and political writer, presented an essay called “The false friends of the ordinary people.” I instantly wonder who exactly is meant by the “ordinary” people? Colloquially the term indicateds the working class, that kind of people who earn their money by hard and simple work: nurses, till girls, dustmean just to name a few. Who
As of late vice is given a new chance in Braunschweig: The “Löwen-Play” located on the Berliner Straße has plans for the opening of a brothel on its second floor. I had not heard of this project so far. Yesterday I was confronted with the fears and resistance of the adjacent residents manifested as posters and banner. I came across
MTB-Tour am 22.9.2020 von BS über Dibbesdorf, Volkmarode, Wendhausen, Lehre, Groß Brunsrode, Klein Brunsrode, Ehmen, Fallersleben, Wofsburg.
This Corona summer Germany definitely turned into a sports nation. Both, in the city and at the country side bicyclers as far as the eye can see. In the Harz mountains hiking is the number one past time of the German tripper. I rarely saw the parking site for hikers at Ilsenburg that packed as last sunday. Also the way
Wanderung mit Ute am 20.9.2020 im Ilsetal auf dem Heinrich-Heine-Weg zum Brocken.
It is still summer, it is still warm outside, but the feeling of “German Angst” is already here again. The fear of the cold season and a second wave of Covid 19 is like a sword of Damocles, combined with the menace of a second shutdown. Therefore I wonder on this sunny morning: “What bolsters me up in these times
Radtour mit dem MTB von BS über Wenden, Bechtesbüttel, Abbesbüttel, Meine, Ohnhorst, Gravenhorst, Isenbüttel nach Gifhorn und zurück über Waggum und Querum. Streckenrekord: 3:50 Stunden hin- und zurück.
Practicing tolerance to ambiguity: this is how “Twelve week at Riad” that is the name of the book written by the German journalist Susanne Koebl. The subheading could go like: “Why the West believes more in lucrative orders than human rights”. Instead it is as follows: “Saudi-Arabia between dictatorship and breakup”. Is this really a question of either … or?