Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy — to be a man who is brisk about his food and his work. Søren Kierkegaard There are quite few things that are making this experience so interesting. The train is full of amazing people. The windows provide much more than just a […]
Month: January 2017
The Iranian Escapade #1
The young surgical assistant looks at me and thinks for a second, as if searching for the right words. He then smiles and excitedly says with a heavy Iranian accent: “This, uhh… Oxygen. Breathe!” Just before he pushes a breathing mask on my mouth, I manage to say a weak mersi (thank you), one of the […]
The Japanese Escapade #3
The piercing sound of the train crossing the bridge feels well mixed with the humming of the taxi engines and the light, playful melody of lights on the pedestrian crossings. Tokyo streets, thoroughly heated up by the blazing summer sun, are warming up the soles of my sneakers and I’m desperate to find a piece […]
The Saudi Escapade #1
Nadeem blurts out a storm of fast and angry Arabic. His toothpickesque 190cm height somehow adds to the weight of the words and the way how he squints his eyes clearly show, that he is not satisfied with the offered price. But the local merchant at whom the words are addressed seems to be unaffected. He […]