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easter late
When we had to sell the house 3 years ago due to divorce, I rented a flat in the only municipality in the south in which some local politicians had initiated a referendum to let the citizens decide whether the municipality would not be better off in the center. No longer a real estate owner I now was part again of a minority in a small country which is so proud of itself that it…
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wLOG_08
I have a bad feeling about this. Today I went for a walk first through the forest, and then across the field. The sun was shining and the temperature was just right for keeping the hat in the pocket. I enjoyed breathing the clean air and listening to a podcast. Some mountain bikers and hikers crossed my way and in the wood a guy was sitting on a bench reading on a backlit e-reader screen.…
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Helen and Olly
Just before last Christmas 2 British podcasters have travelled to Luxembourg only to top the local iTunes charts. Here’s their first Video about this remarkable event, check out if they succeded: Quote of the vid: My suspicion is: they think we’re Jesus readers. [Olly commenting the initial lack of success in giving away homemade gingerbread men wrapped in a letter with instructions about the podcast.] (via)
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Autopia
As my swedish cruiser needed its next service at 80.000 km on the odometer, ten days ago I decided to arrange a time and date by using the mailform at the website of the best-known and biggest Volvo dealer in Luxembourg. The first time I’ve heard of this possibility to schedule a service at their garage was sometime back in 2006 on a bill. At that time I thought that it would be easier to…
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Luxembourg-City by night
Tonight I would have liked to attend André Mergenthaler’s Concert de la pleine lune which took place at 22.30 in the Cloître Lucien Wercollier at the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster. Although I had reserved my place by phone this afternoon, the lady would not let me in as I was late, arriving only at 22.45 because my wife came back from her shift-work later as usual to take over from me at…
"And the meek shall inherit the earth."
