Tag: retro

  • Morning Coffee Talk~24/365

    Good Morning, It’s cloudy here in North West Germany with clouds threatening to rain, and all feels ready to make a pause. Families are doing their last minute shopping and preparing for dinners at home with cozy lights, Christmas trees and gifts that get opened this evening. You can feel and see the excitement of…

  • Day 19~ March 19th~ Egypt

    The more we find out about history the less we actually know… The Great Sphinx in the Giza plateau, original purpose unknown, original name unknown, actual construction date unknown, and despite all that, one of the largest and oldest statues in the world stands proudly looking at us, impressing us and challenging us to find…

  • Day Sixty Eight, March 31, 2011

        Fengzheng 风筝 —Kite, was first invented in China as early as 500 BC, and was originally made out of wood, and later out of bamboo and paper. They have been used for sending messages, distributing propaganda, and even some were large enough to carry people on them for war strategic purposes. Nowadays, the…

  • Day Fifty Six, March 19, 2011

    It was one of those days in Shanghai where the rain drizzles on and on in a steady lazy rhythm. We took the long slow drive to the airport and ended up both sleeping on the way, her with her music, me with the hum of the car engine and the gentle tapping of the…

  • Day Fifty Five, March 18, 2011

    When they are babies, they cry for obvious reasons, hunger, discomfort or illness. Then they get older and they learn that tears are also something they can use in their daily theater. They start to cry for attention, cry to test their limits, cry to protest your parenting decision, cry to influence you emotionally, or…