Getting off the train I arrived in a cold winter town with beautiful mountains all around. After weeks of being more in the city and more indoors in Jasper, Alberta, I started my every day walking again. As I don’t have a car I have to reach every trailhead and grocery store by foot which …
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I’m at the Red Truck Brewery, 10 minutes away from the Pacific Station, to wait for my train and the 18 hours train ride. Yes, I like trains. My former company – the German railways – has nothing to do with me always preferring the train over cars. Coming from a car dealer and workshop …
Read more “Train meditation from Vancouver to Jasper [Across Canada – Part 2: 30.03.-31.03.2018]”
We arrived early and tired leaving the sun behind in Los Angeles. “We” being Bridget and me. She had decided to join me for 6 days in Vancouver to explore the city and I was incredibly happy to start traveling again in company. Although Bridget didn’t get through border patrol and customs that easy. She …
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The time passed by quickly and now I’m already in Vancouver and think about the last weeks in Los Angeles. After coming back from the road trip around California I tried to pack some more activities and new things into the remaining days which felt suddenly so few. So what is my résumé after spending …
Read more “Los Angeles — a rollercoaster ride (Part 2: 26.02.-20.03.2018)”
“I’m going to Nebraska!” I hear myself saying more than once. And more than once I got a very confused face and reply “Why?” Well, from their reaction it seems there’s not much to see there. The huge flat planes of the Midwest. Nebraska. The state which Hollywood movies and tv shows pick as background …
“Come to LA first and we go on a road trip to San Francisco together.” The unplanned invitation Bridget made at a party in Zurich, June 2017, after a couple of drinks actually brought me to LA. I’m still not sure if she knew that I would take this as a promise. Before having the …
Los Angeles. There hasn’t been a destination on my travels so far that people had so polarizing opinions about. “Don’t go there. I don’t like it.” – “Skip LA.” – “It’s so dirty. That’s not at all a shiny and nice city.” – “Just make it a brief stop.” – “Save the days for San …
Read more “Los Angeles — I hate u, I love u (Part 1: 25.01.-16.02.2018)”