Archive for the ‘Interlude’ Category

running inversely

day 121: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Beijing?? WTF just happened? I got up at 6 in the morning, dropped my [...]

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

lounge and destroy

day 122: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Sunday – no passport applications today. So basically all I did was hang around [...]

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

silly asinine

day 123: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I got up early (noon) and took a forty minute cab ride to the [...]

Monday, March 10th, 2008

rounding up the capital

day 124: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I got a ticket to fly back to 咸阳 (xianyang) tomorrow. Wanna know all [...]

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

her

day 179: [in the air] = 0km I had to get up at 5am to make it to the airport [...]

Monday, May 5th, 2008

dr. pepper

day 180: [München] = 0km Blue skies, easiness. The city had a nice and clean feel to it: While grocery [...]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

home tourism

day 181: [München] = 0km There’s a large public park in the northern part of the city: It’s called “Englischer [...]

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

2 appointments & an opinion on bread

day 182: [München] = 0km I went to my orthopedist today to have him check on my joints and my [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

rhubarb

day 183: [München] = 0km I think it’s pretty obvious by now: My posts in Germany are mainly about food. [...]

Friday, May 9th, 2008

oh, how I love a good barbeque

day 184: [München] = 0km In the green outskirts of the city: (oh, how I love a good barbeque) …not [...]

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

only the brave

day 185: [München] = 0km München is definitely renown for its Biergarten-culture: large people sitting around large tables drinking ridiculously [...]

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

sadness in a cookie

day 186: [München] = 0km It was time to go. We had made spaghetti: And we sat there, talking. Then [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

above shaking grounds

day 187: [in the air] = 0km The news about the earthquake disaster had overshadowed our last hours together – [...]

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

walkin sux, srsly, les jus tek da train

day 247: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km I stored my caboose in a shop within the hotel: Then I went [...]

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

the phoenix foundation

day 248: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km Guess what… I sat in my room all day, waiting: Watching MacGyver. Soundtrack: [...]

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

touchdown

day 249: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km I had been waiting just about long enough, when suddenly some dudes showed [...]

Monday, July 14th, 2008

the cry-train

day 250: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km We slept until lunchtime. Then we had some food and some tea, and [...]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

my own truth

day 251: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It’s not what it looks like: We didn’t watch TV all day. Instead, [...]

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

coffin nail

day 252: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It’s slow, it’s tiresome, and it doesn’t even pay any money – walking [...]

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

the girl with the bird

day 253: [嘉峪关 - (jiayuguan)] = 0km It usually doesn’t rain much in this part of the country – but [...]

Friday, July 18th, 2008

the film on my skin

day 272: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We got up at five for a last visit at the sand dunes of [...]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

priorities

day 273: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Remember my passport/visa problem (silly asinine)? Here’s the low-down: I have a German passport [...]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

eight

day 274: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We didn’t have any tickets for Olympic competitions, and of course we didn’t have [...]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

bothering people at work and some thoughts about chicken

day 275: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We went to one of my favorite restaurants in 北京 (Beijing) and had the [...]

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Thai

day 276: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We hung out for a while, then we finally went to the market: There [...]

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

desert songs

day 277: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I took my brother to the airport this morning: He was gone all too [...]

Monday, August 11th, 2008

where is it different?

day 278: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Does Beijing feel that much different now that the Games are on? I mean, [...]

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

get some gear

day 279: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km I went to refresh some of my stuff today. You see, some of it [...]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

remember the time when…

day 280: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km The city seemed like it was about to drown in heavy rain again today: [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

China can ROCK

day 281: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Today’s post has 3 parts: tickets, the visa, and ROCK. 1) tickets: Lilu and [...]

Friday, August 15th, 2008

her…again

day 282: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km … Soundtrack: LL Cool J – “Loungin’” —total: 3555,1km

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

phonelessness

day 283: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Juli had left me alone today and went out to see her best friend. [...]

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

the scent of subversion

day 284: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km We went to the 798艺术区 (798 Art District) today, a 1950s factory compound northwest [...]

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Pete and the Lama

day 285: [北京 (Beijing)] = 0km Incense… Sunday, August 28th 2005: an unsuccessful attempt to hold back my tears at [...]

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

present the team

day 286: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Alright you guys, I know there’s probably some of you who can’t wait to [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

sheep treatment

day 287: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Anybody still with me – or am I in this all by myself now? [...]

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

teen hamster pet

day 288: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km To Juli’s grandma: Happy birthday! Soundtrack: 113 – “Un Jour De Paix” —total: 3555,1km

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

revisit my days

day 289: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Juli cut me loose in the city today. She was planning to go shopping [...]

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

when do they become history?

day 290: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km Today we went to the “建川 (jianchuan) museum complex”, the largest privately owned museum [...]

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

raph-mike-don-leo

day 291: [成都 (chengdu)] = 0km We went to a huge place called 电脑城 (“computer city”) today, which was basically [...]

Monday, August 25th, 2008

fly south

day 292: [成都 (chengdu) - 三亚 (sanya)] = 0km I showed you a map with the plan for the next [...]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

three dreams

day 293: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km Upon arrival in a perfect holiday location, the first thing I do is I [...]

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

who’s reading Anna Seghers?

day 294: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km I was feeling a lot better today, so we went out: Ah yes, that’s [...]

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Russians too

day 295: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km Remember I told you about the invisible russians before? Well, they’ve gotten pretty…visible now: [...]

Friday, August 29th, 2008

cute as a button

day 296: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km We took a boat to a place called 蜈支州岛 (wuzhizhou island) today: What a [...]

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

the good, the bad & the ugly

day 297: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km This is a leaf from the rain forest: This is a weird fruit from [...]

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Monkey Island I & II

day 298: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km Play them! … We took a trip to a place called 猴岛 (monkey island) [...]

Monday, September 1st, 2008

the last beach

day 299: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km 亚龙湾 (yalong bay) is probably the most famous beach in 三亚 (sanya): Luckily though, [...]

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

outage

day 300: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km When I wanted to update my site today, there was – nothing. My web [...]

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

those damn airport-goodbyes

day 301: [三亚 (sanya)] = 0km I had to part ways with Juli and leave the tropical paradise today. We [...]

Thursday, September 4th, 2008
 




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