Las Vegas confronts me with a sad memory.
Oversized hotels, bombastic shows and casinos that always win in the end. An art world in the middle of the desert. I came here to see an old friend from Germany and to look after two small dogs. More here.
Category: Travel
Daniel Kirkpatrick and his journey as a “citizen diplomat.”
Inspired by two friends who returned from Ukraine full of enthusiasm, American Daniel Kirkpatrick traveled to Kiev on his own initiative in June 2025. He shares his impressions in a travel blog and in lectures. More here.
23. November 2025
On the road: A Horse, a Pony, and a Donkey Museum
New Harmony, southern Utah: Everyday life as an adventure
Since reading about the roundups of wild horses and donkeys here in the USA, horses and donkeys have suddenly become a big part of my life. Currently, I’m looking after a horse and a pony. There are also plenty of wild donkeys in this area—and even a donkey museum. More here.
At an anti-Trump rallye in a small town in the U.S.
Under the motto “No Kings”, an estimated seven million people took to the streets against Donald Trump and his government – in all 50 states. I was able to observe a rally in the Pacific North West. More here.
By high-speed ferry from Canada to the USA
The distance between Victoria, the capital of British Columbia in the south of Vancouver Island, and Seattle in the northwestern USA is just under 75 miles as the crow flies. In between lies Puget Sound, a bay of the Pacific Ocean. More here.
17. August 2025
On the road: Dog walking in Prince George
Even when traveling, little things often count more than big ones.
This week, I went for a walk with Ramses. Not the Egyptian king Ramses II, also known as Ramses the Great. No, my companion was a beautiful mixed-breed male dog. For Sunday: a little story with a dog. More here.
Canadians symbolically give Donald Trump the finger.
Since Donald Trump announced that he wanted to make Canada the 51st US state, Canadians have been up in arms. While the government wrangles with its powerful neighbor over tariffs, people are practicing civil disobedience. More here.
8. June 2025
Note from the road
Montana: “Diverse” chicken eggs and American robin babies
In the USA, I’m usually out in the countryside “at home” for a while. The next village and the neighbors are within a bearable distance. And then there is the magnificent nature including “all creatures great and small”.. More here.
Photo walk on a Sunday morning
This is my third time at this location at the northern end of Flathead Lake. For the first time, however, it’s not winter, but late spring. As it has rained quite a lot, the landscape is wonderfully green. A different world. More here.
5th anniversary of George Floyd’s death
Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd for nine minutes until he suffocated. Since then, Floyd has been regarded by some as a martyr and by others as a drug-addicted criminal who left his five children to their mothers. More here.