Tuesday 7 July 2026 Sighnaghi, Signagi Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia Above: Sighnaghi, Signagi Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia In four hours I ride to Tbilisi Airport to catch my 0600 flight to Zürich. Above: Tbilisi International Airport, Tbilisi, Georgia Above: Zürich, Canton Zürich, Switzerland I will miss travelling – been doing this since 10 May – and my… Continue reading What’s in a name?
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The rise of Recep
Landschlacht, Switzerland, St. Patrick’s Day 2017 I am a Turkey watcher. I have twice visited this beautiful country and I have rarely met a Turk I haven`t liked. I began to talk about Turkey in this blog, because of the event that began 2017: the ISIS attack on a nightclub in Istanbul. Above: The Reina restaurant/nightclub,… Continue reading The rise of Recep
Raising Cain
Many a magazine and newspaper I see in the shops, almost every post I see on Facebook, much of what I hear and see on the TV, all seem convinced that the Friday 13 November attack on Paris demands a response. Fighting fever and fervor has swept the West and much of the message is not whether the Islamic State should… Continue reading Raising Cain
A union in name only?
“Every person who comes is a human being and has the right to be treated as such.” Angela Merkel, German Chancellor “As throngs of Africans and Arabs turn Italian and Greek islands and eastern European railway stations into refugee camps, the Chancellor has taken a brave stand. She has denounced xenophobes, signaled Germany’s readiness to… Continue reading A union in name only?
Leave the door open
I often find myself feeling weary and down-hearted when I make the mistake of finding out what is going on in the world outside my own little circle of life. More and more the media seems obsessed with fear-mongering and xenophobia. Fear the stranger. Fear those who are different. Those here by accident of birth… Continue reading Leave the door open