Nobody has the Intention to Raise a Wall around Catalonia

Barcelona (Spain), 09.11.2014 Ever since I first came to Barcelona at the age of 13, this beautiful city of Spain fascinated me. 25 years later I moved here with great expectations to enjoy life in an international, creative city on the Mediterranean sea. In the almost 10 months from then, with some surprise I must say that for theContinueContinue reading “Nobody has the Intention to Raise a Wall around Catalonia”

A letter to The Economist: Your article “The European Union – Europe goes to the polls”, May 17, 2014

Sir, listening to this week’s leader in your podcast edition I wanted to thank you for it. For once I can full-heartedly disagree with you on the conclusions you draw. Europe needs more integration and federalism and less national, regional and local government! In a world that moved from a duopoly (US vs USSR) inContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: Your article “The European Union – Europe goes to the polls”, May 17, 2014″

Roll through the Rif

Tarifa (Spain), 20.04.2014 With a ferry at 20:30 and 500km of mountain road ahead, I left Midelt early in the morning. Shops were still closed and the temperatures so chilly I had to get a sweater out. The night before I hadn’t noticed in the darkness how the vegetation had changed from the desert in Errachida toContinueContinue reading “Roll through the Rif”