Tassie
The flight from HND to HBA was pleasant, although it was a really ancient 747-400. Business class was just as ancient, but still lie flat (very slight angle only) and that’s what’s counts. The Qantas staff was super nice, attentive, and friendly, food was good and plentiful. And they had the entire sixth season of…
Encore
Not quite finished with Japan yet. I was really surprised how easy it is to get around these days. When I was there for the first time, many many years ago, there were no English signs, Western credit cards weren’t accepted and the ticket machines didn’t speak English either. These days, it’s almost disappointingly simple.…
Kyoto now
Kyoto was kind of cute. I mean, obviously a tourist destination both for foreigners and natives, but still a nice place to visit. Plus they have a fantastic International Manga Museum 😁. We spent Christmas there as did lots of Japanese as well, apparently one of the Christmas traditions is to take your partner out…
Land of the rising Son
We took advantage of the brilliant weather in Tokyo and spent a lot of time in the various gardens. There’s a ton of them and while a lot of things had already settled down for winter, maple leaves still gave off a beautiful glow in the winter sun. Lovely, they definitely know how to do…
The far East
Believe it or not, flying First seems to be the best means to counter jetlag I’ve found so far. A shame that I can’t afford it usually. But where do I start? BA managed not to mess up my flight this time. That alone is a small miracle. And the cabin crew was very friendly,…
Life is Good
No, this not an advertorial for an Asian electronics manufacturer. Although I’d be happy to do that, of course. *g* A bit more than a year ago I decided to quit my job and do something different. There were some other reasons besides just wanting to do sth else, but I’m not going to put…
Science and Politics
I always found the realtionship between Science and Politics very fascinating.On the one hand, at least in Germany, a lot of scientists claim that is very important for them to be independent of politics. Which was for a lot of them never really true – most university salaries are paid by the state, a lot…
Random Rants, pt I
A.C.A.B. Ich war positiv schockiert, am Samstag dieses Titelbild bei der ansonsten so staatstragenden Boulevardpresse zu finden. Aber warum nicht? #greenwhitewonderwall Was war das gestern für ein Blast. I had been paralysed for days, barely able to work. Monday afternoon and evening was especially bad. Horror. Angst. German Angst. But then, this incredible explosion, the…
Stuttgart muss sterben, damit wir leben können
Auch ohne jeglichen Bezug zu Fußball ein grundsätzlich begrüßenswerter Slogan. Aber gerade heute noch mal doppelt so wahr. Bin schon den ganzen Tag wie paralyisiert. Angst. Angst. Angst. Wenigstens haben meine alten Kumpels Optimus Prime und der Captain ihre Unterstützung zugesagt. Hell Yeah! #greenwhitewonderwall #nurdersvw #TeamCap