They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I couldn’t agree more. A good breakfast or brunch is my favorite meal anyway. And I bet yours will be too after having tried breakfast at Harms&Schacht (H&S) in Hamburg’s pretty quarter of Winterhude. The last time I had been there was years ago,… Read More Hamburg’s best breakfast: Harms&Schacht
This is Sylt. This shape just here: It’s probably unlike anything you’ve seen before. A lot more than just an island, especially to this club of obsessed Germans who have stickers of its shape on their cars or other random Sylt possessions: Sylt necklaces, clothing, Sylt everything. It really is a bit of cult and… Read More Unique island in a unique shape: Sylt
Paris has been treating us well this week and I got to see the Sacre Coeur in the most beautiful weather. I’ve been using the sunshine of the last week to continue my walking mission through the city. I don’t think I have ever walked as much in my life as I do now in… Read More Visiting the Sacré Cœur
England vs. France is probably one of the biggest rivalries in the football world and it was a bit of a dilemma for me: I am German (Mannschaft!), lived in England for four years and have been in France for a few months now. Eventually I had to give in to the local pressure and… Read More A German watches the England vs. France football match in Paris
I spent yesterday a bit further away from my usual playground at a Formula E race in Paris, but what shall I say? I genuinely enjoyed it. That probably surprised me more than anyone else. It was my first ever live car race, except for a little glimpse at Gumball 3000 in London a few years back but… Read More Formula E in Paris
A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life. -Thomas Jefferson Clever man, that Jefferson. I am back in Paris and the city was kind enough to welcome me back with it’s best sunny spring weather! So as a sign of my recognition I spent the day wandering the… Read More A sunny afternoon walk in Paris
Time for a bit of a nostalgic quicky and rose-tinted post. I am back in town, in my beloved Cambridge. It’s been three and a half years since I left the imposing historic sandstone buildings behind me, after one year of calling them my home. The baristas might not know me by name anymore, many of my friends… Read More A love letter to Cambridge