On my way from Japan to New Zealand I already had a stop over at Nadi airport. It was end of November, hot, humid and for six hours I had to listen to Christmas songs, that predominantly dealt with winter and snow…. but even during that short amount of time I internalized two words: Bula … More Bula means Hello
It has been a while since I have published a blog entry and I actually already had the question if I was okay. Short answer: Yes! Long answer: keep reading. After some extensive hikes on the South Island (more about that is still to come) I wanted to hike the Timber Trail on the North … More Holiday from the holiday
“Ahhh, what a boring question!” You might think. If so, please feel free and close this blog entry, you might find something more interesting the next time around. Let me start with why I hike: I am not sure! Perhaps I have to start with the fact that I love to hike but at the … More Why do people hike?
If you know me, you know that I have a passion for numbers. If you don’t know me, you know now. My colleagues call me lovingly a nerd, and I am very honoured by it. Numbers used to be my safe place. They were always reliable. 1+1=2. They were the counterpart to my very unstable … More 400 Days
For more than twenty years I have been dreaming of taking a year off and traveling the world. Whenever I attempted to do so something just was not right or I got that one job offer I could not resist, never mind that I had applied for it in the first place. Let’s not talk … More And now something completely different…
One Year - Five Continents 