Today was possibly the one perfect, sunny day since I came here. So of course the first chance I had I dropped everything, rushed to Marienplatz, to Hugendubel, to buy a book, any book. Which turned out to be Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, something I’ve hunted for years. Then off to Odeonsplatz, to the Hofgarten, …
Today was incredible. Basically the whole day centred around a trip to the Schloss Neuschwanstein. Mad King Ludwig II’s fantasy castle, inspired by his much-loved Wagnerian operas. The one Walt Disney used as a basis for Cinderella’s fairy tale castle. Basically, The Castle. The weather was obscenely bad, but everyone was upbeat, so. I enjoyed …
We resolve, despite the horror and the sorrow, to go on living life as normal. Make every ordinary thing a delight to behold, a new wonder. We resolve to live because we cannot afford not to, because Life is, and has always been, a gift, though we don’t always see it that way. This is …
For those who have died today: May the sound of their wings beat forever, in the hearts of their loved ones, and in the memories of the world.
Today the world crumbled. The morning started with a field trip to Augsburg, for a workshop on the assimilation of European immigrants into the city. We visited a Jewish synagogue, and next a Protestant church. Our guide, a very interested expert on the subject, if not very interesting himself, stressed how the existence of temples …
Monday, and things are back to normal again (read: lessons). In the afternoon, we had a Intercultural Exchange to adapt ourselves further. I think the teacher, a Ms. Reitzer, was quite weirded out by how familiar we were with each other (we have known each other for a week now). She seemed pretty formal and …
And on Sunday, we rested. But only in the morning. In the afternoon we went for a three-hour hike along the River Isar and through the forest.With Maria, Martin and his daughter. Very wet, windy and sunny. Excellent! Manuel complained quite a bit, about getting his shoes dirty or something. The baby.
Kenny Mah believes in the good in people. He has been blogging for over ten years. No, his hands aren't tired. Yet.
