Tag Archives: hamburg

Travel Equipment

When I was at the airport for a flight to Denmark the other weekend, I saw a new vending machine that caught my attention.

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“Forgot Camera?” asked the advertisement on the vending machine just to make sure no one would overlook this wasn’t meant for hungry and thirsty travellers that passed the security check.

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And indeed, a lot of travellers equipment was stored inside – cameras, mass storage devices, mp3 players, batteries – with all the smartphones and tablets people use these days, I wonder if those goods sell well…

Small Discoveries

Recently I found that I move too little and sit too much. As of now I will be walking on foot in the morning, if the weather allows me to.

Right on the first morning I started doing that, I felt reconnected with an interesting topic from my former post about Urban Street Art. If you walk, you see so much more than you do when you move in a vehicle.

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First it was a cat that crossed my way (or rather a marten?) made Continue reading →

Monsieur Chat

A couple of days before, I saw a graffiti at a wall right next to the busstation I am usually waiting at. To be more precise, it was one of these modern artworks made of paper, easily and safely prepared by the artist at home and quickly stuck on a wall. Times have changed apparently, as I see these kind of graffities more and more these days. Definitely a safer way to go but unfortunately they don’t last as long as their sprayed counterparts.

I looked at the cat smirking towards the street and got reminded of graffities I noticed about 10 years ago during a holiday trip to Paris.

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Then, the other day, I saw the same cat on another wall. Continue reading →