Kategorie: USA

kauaipoipupoHinterher ist man immer schlauer. If I had known what I know now I would have limited our stay on Big Island to four days and spent more time on Kauai. This is much more „hawaiish“, much more to my liking. Gazillions of hiking trails and they are not closed because of „American Angst“ or…

When I fought in Vietnam in the seventies, I really believed in freedom, democracy, and most importantly, our Nation. These days, looking at what our Great Nation has become makes me sad and angry. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers everywhere, rules and regulations, taking away my freedom. Makes me really angry. Hulk angry. Hulk Smash! Harhar. Well.…

Can you believe it? After one week on Hawaii I have to say: it sucks. The weather is great, the landscape is beautiful in most parts, the fruits taste great, so why am I so pissed off? Well, it’s even worse than Germany, everything is totally overregulated, everything is verboten, verboten, verboten because these sick…

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…

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.

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…

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…

Finally got around to finishing this. We drove from Mesa Verde to Monticello, Utah and again, there’s nothing to complain about. This is really hard for us Germans, we are brought up to whinge and complain and moan and when we finally end up having a good time we are fucked because that’s against our…

Mesa Verde. You can read all about it in Wikipedia, so I’m not going to repeat the obvious. It’s fascinating and really, really strange. First of all, it’s a rather long drive until you’ve reached the area where all the action is. There is, of course, a visitor center and you can book a ranger…

Tell you what, it’s totally hard to judge those distances in the sand dunes. And it’s a nice workout, too – three steps back for every step you take. But all the sweat was worth something – I discovered a secret that’s going to turn the world of historians upside down: Rommel lives – in…