Out of the bubble.........

The last day of an AMAZING 6 month trip

GERMANY | Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [54]

I found myself in the middle of a touristy area in London near Big Ben, listening to a guitar player singing Beatles, Steve Wonder, Eric Clapton - all the songs I knew a long time ago and still do............... This is the end of my ... Read more >


Countdown for the last days in Europe...

GERMANY | Saturday, 18 Jul 2009 | Views [52]

......and they are dreamy to say the least - after Detmold and the heavy emotions that sometimes memory brings with it, I am now in paradise and the beauty of making new memories... Amsterdam in the summer..............ah.....ah............. Read more >

Tags: miriam and margit


A blast from the past.....or: down memory lane.....

GERMANY | Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [60]

7/15/2009   ……..the train again…………this time to Amsterdam! I had spent the last few days in Detmold. This town was my home for five years (1978-1983) An intense time of love, relationships, learning, school, work, emotions.... Read more >

Tags: the street frank and i used to live on


trying to get along.............

GERMANY | Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [50]

In the train to Detmold..   How was the visit with my mom? Since my arrival and each time I heard her on the phone she said the same sentence: “ I am so happy, because my daughter is with me” or “ My daughter is here, she ... Read more >

Tags: margit and her mom in stuttgart train station


Back in the "old country"

GERMANY | Monday, 29 Jun 2009 | Views [69] | Comments [1]

In the train to Bochum: The days after leaving Kathmandu are like a daze again. Going from an extremely poor country into one of the richest parts of the world is a shock as anyone can imagine...........no matter how you wanna ... Read more >


Done trekking for now.

NEPAL | Thursday, 25 Jun 2009 | Views [87]

Wednesday May 13th (my father died 6 years ago on this day) Thamel (touristy downtown area in Kathmandu) is a good transition to the “real” world, or better: The world and the life I am accustomed to. I am so, ever so, grateful that I got ... Read more >

Tags: larry and gita in a cafe in kathmandu (thamel)


A 23 hour bus ride to remember....

NEPAL | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Views [107]

All right, it was a long ass ride in the bus! I could not get comfortable the roads were rough, the frequent stops were a blessing and a curse. We experienced 2 road blocks at night, one in a village were somebody was accused of kidnapping ... Read more >


Staying next to a Monastary in Hile

NEPAL | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Views [104]

Found a lodge next to a buddhist monastary. When we first arrived, we thought somebody is playing with a microphone and doesn't know that the speakers where on outside (you know when kids play with microphones, right?) It turned out to be some kind ... Read more >


In a jeep on the "road"

NEPAL | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Views [92]

Friday May 8 th – We got served chapatti and milk tea for breakfast – this time the chapattis were more like latkes – very, very rich and yummy. I ate myself   silly…….. We also got invited to stay a day longer and visit the school-... Read more >

Tags: waiting for the bus


Staying with the family - Party of the town.

NEPAL | Thursday, 18 Jun 2009 | Views [74]

May 8th - day 29th We caught up again - no longer behind, just in time.... Our guide (-book) was utterly wrong this time. We were so lucky to have stayed in the Gothe Bazaar Lodge, because the trail lead us up a ridge and over some rocks on a steep ... Read more >


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