we are the champions
Back in May 2019, nobody would give a dime for the World Series Championship chances of the Nationals. DC’s baseball pride had lost 31 of their first 50 games. Coach Martinez was on the verge of being fire and the Washington Post already branded it a lost season. Five months later, the newspaper’s headline read […] more…
american foetball
In the golden age of American soccer, the world’s most famous players roamed the baseball-field-turned-into-soccer-pitches around the US. They were not necessary the best anymore since Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Best and all those other stars were in the twilight of their career. When their light faded, night fell over professional soccer. Some 3 decades or so […] more…
ghosts in the desert
“There never was another place where, in proportion to the population, so many murders were committed without the criminals being brought to trial or even apprehended.” This is what a certain John Riggs wrote some 130 years ago about the time and place in which the Techatticup mine seems to be frozen in nowadays. Underneath […] more…
beauty & the swan
Attending a performance at the Budapest Opera House is a must for all who love ballet, opera or architecture. First, you’ll be embraced by the golden neo-Renaissance creation of one of Hungary’s most acclaimed architects: Miklós Ybl. Second, you’ll notice that your fellow attendees look as beautiful as the building that dates back to 1884, […] more…
stampede city boutique
It is almost a straight line, the 2,3 kilometer 20 minutes and something walk from a traveller’s paradise to ‘The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth’ also known as The Calgary Stampede. The stampede is a yearly event that takes place over the course of 10 days in July, one of the most pleasant months to […] more…
tickling the rockies’ toes
Driving from Edmonton to Hinton slowly introduces you to the beauty of Alberta’s nature. Kilometer by kilometer houses, shops, commercial buildings and oil fields give way to fir trees and trembling aspen. Reflected in the still water of lakes and pools, these trees beckon you to drive along their waving tops. Tops that around the […] more…
jewel of the free state
Named after a Swiss town where the exiled Paul Kruger spent his last days on our planet, Clarens these days is also know as ‘the Jewel of the Free State’. It’s not hard to imagine why when walking around the central square or staring at the colorful sunsets painting the sandstone embracing this Free State […] more…
penis park
A phallus, dicktator or one-eyed trouser snake is a serious thing, used by most people in a restroom, bed or the vicinity of a church, tree or street light. Men have been dicking about their phallus for decades, centuries, millennia. The phallus has been around so to speak. Based on the duration of its existence […] more…
noma
Challenge number 1 was to get a table. Challenge number 2 to save up some money. Challenge number 3 to sit down, relax and enjoy the food. ‘And’, people ask, ‘was it worth going through all the trouble, emptying your wallet and fly up and down to Copenhagen?’ Hell yes! Even after 17 courses Noma […] more…
dried fish fetish
The island of Lantau houses both modern and historical entertainment sites. The modern one opened it’s doors in 2005 and is the home of our famous big eared friend the mouse: Disneyland Hong Kong. The older one opened it’s doors in 1906 and listens to the name Po Lin Monastery. Though in principle a spiritual […] more…
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