Aloha.
Well, what can I say. This certainly is as much a sociological study as a vacation. We flew into Hilo on Saturday. Beautiful approach by plane. Baggage was there immediately and we went straight to the rental car counter across the street. If only all airports were so fast and relaxed. 🙂 I had booked…
Hawaii, here we come
Had a good night’s rest in L.A., a very nice breakfast at the Daily Grill, very good service. 🙂Now off to the airport again, two more flights and then we’re in Hilo. Can’t wait.
Sehr geehrter Herr Uhl
Wie ich aus den Nachrichten erfahren habe, nutzen Sie den Terroranschlag in Boston um Werbung in eigener Sache zu machen. Indem Sie mal wieder die Vorratsdatenspeicherung ins Spiel bringen. ich bitte Sie mir zu erläutern, inwiefern die Vorratsdatenspeicherung Sie beim Verhindern oder Aufklären der Terroranschlags auf den Boston Marathon unterstützen kann. Können Sie nicht? Wundert…
Leaving Las Vegas
I’m about to check out of my hotel and leave one of the strangest (and sickest) places I’ve ever been to. Crazy. Can’t say I’m sad to leave. Just the opposite. Vegas kinda confirms all the negative stereotypes a European has with regards to the US. And yes, I’m certainly the wrong person for this…
Boston again
Woke up too early but am going to be rewarded with a spectacular sunrise view from my hotel bed. Thank you Westin for the 14th floor east-facing room! Too bad I didn't bring my camera. Well, I'm only going to be here for a few hours anyway, off to Vegas later today for the MarkLogic…
Cry Baby Cry
In der FAZ war ein Artikel über, Überraschung, Arbeitsbedingungen bei Amazon Deutschland. Ich bin ja grundsätzlich dafür, dass Arbeitnehmerrechte geschützt werden müssen und deshalb eine kritische Berichterstattung auch sinnvoll ist, aber der Artikel war echt zu hart. Da geht eine Studentenmaus drei Wochen (3! Wochen!) arbeiten, wahrscheinlich zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben was handfestes…
ZQN to MEL to FRA to Berlin
We spent the last two nights in NZ at Hippo Lodge again, mainly eating and eating and eating. I wholeheartedly recommend Cafe Vudu, especially the baked goods. Yummy. For icecream, Patagonia Chocolates, and for pizza, Hell, as usual. Actually, they do a lot better pizza than most of the fancy and expensive restaurants in town.…
Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’Roll
(Note: I would have loved to add some pictures to this post, but Google Blogger seems to be broken.) Yeah. So ZQN then. It’s easy to hate this place. It’s very much like a mixture of Switzerland and Estes Park, CO. But on the other hand, there’s so much great scenery and nature on its…
Improvisation is king
We enjoyed the sun in chc for three days and had a very nice new year’s eve dinner with another German couple staying in the same cottage. Next was Dunedin, as requested by the reisebegleitung. We detoured through Geraldine to have lunch at Cafe Verde again, managed to catch a sunny patch while visiting Moeraki…
Embarassing Cathay Pacific
I have just discovered time travel! I’m in the embarrassingly mediocre cx lounge at Melbourne airport. The wifi is slower than my modem connection I had in 1997 and the computer are running IE6! Seriously man, no kidding. I don’t fucking believe it, how backwards is that? The food is pretty much non-existent, all in…