It is weired how some products who nobody took really notice of so far come to the fore in times of crisis: soap dispensers and toilet paper. In expert groups there is talk of “white gold”. I do not know whether these paper rolls made of cellulose are already traded on the stock exchange, instead of bitcoins. Well, joking aside.
Yesterday I took a ride with my mountainbike. My MP3-player suddenly played the song “the world stands still” by Jan Delay. That could be the hymne for the next weeks if not months. According to the impressions I received today upon a flying visit in Hannover and the yet to come health risks and economical challenges for the world the
We are currently witnissing a big crisis. In order not to panic you need things in your life that please you and divert you from the daily flow of bad news. I decided on a walk through the park to take pictures of trees and plants blossoming. It really calmed me down and guided my attention on beautiful colours and
Until November 2016 I did not know what the term “Black Swan” means. Than, Donald Trump became President elected of the United States on November 8th, 2016. On that day stock exchange prices went down and then up again. I start to take interest in stock markets and get myself the “Börsenradio”-App. Amongst others I studied Business Administration, i.e. I
The suffering is almost over. It is sunday, it is not raining, it is not stormy, i.e. perfect weather for another hiking tour in the Harz Mountains. Our plans are supposed to take us to the Ilse(n)stein, close to Ilsenburg. We meet at the railway station in Bad Harzburg. From there we drive by car to the parking lot “Blochhauer”
This article is about a visit to a closing event at the Brunswieck coffee bar “MokkaBär” on yesterday. It is the final day of the foto-exhibition by Olaf Ziegler, showing “Lost Places” in Germany, Belgium and at the Czeck border. The artist was born in Peine (close to Brunswieck) and moved to the city of Henry the Lion in 2004.
El-Kurdi, a German with Arabic roots from his fathers side, tells us the story of his family and himself. A story, which is quite interesting and impressive. El-Kurdis mother moved after World War II in search of a job from Germany to England. There she met her later husband, a Jordanian guy from the Arab Legion. After one year of
China – the Middle Kingdom. But what do we really know about the country with the largest population of the world? Despite the better and better means of communication, especially connected to the internet, the People’s Republic is still one of the great myths in our world. The government is quite strictly spreading information. And all that we here about
Basically Winter is cold in German. Especially in January and Februar you expect snow and very cold temperatures. Therefore, you need nourishing meals at that time. In the north of Germany it is a tradition to serve kale with a grits sausage. You start the day with a hiking tour to catch some appetite and afterwards you stop at a
Two German guys, authors and actors at the same time, produced a new drama: The mission. Their mission is to protect human rights, minorities and democracy. For that aim messages are being shipped by them in drift bottles. Many people who collected the bottles and read the pieces of appeal write back to Markus&Markus to tell them what they do