by Johann Aeschlimann | Mar 9, 2024 | letters
Dear L and P, The goal was to make it past Halle, if possible to Weissenfels on Saale river. Again, not a very exciting Komoot route. The one striking thing is how deserted those German small towns actually are. In the majority of them you won’t find a bakery, a...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Mar 9, 2024 | letters
Hi L and P, You are my only biking buddies (more precisely, I am yours, as you are the fiends and I the hopalong) and the only ones in my extended readership possibly interested in whatever might turn out noteworthy on my velotrek. One of my other two readers told me...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Feb 12, 2024 | America
Daniel Chen, 19, from Austin/TX is a finance major at renowned New York University (annual tuition: 65 000 dollars). He is the secretary of the NYU College Republicans. In the upcoming Presidential elections he will vote for Donald Trump.The interview. What made you a...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Feb 10, 2024 | America
Great sporting events should not be watched live. Tickets are unavailable or too pricey, and from a stadium seat you see nothing anyway. The way to watch is in a bar. There, you have the best of all worlds: perfect view on the action, food and beverage at hand,...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Feb 8, 2024 | United Nations
Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Nordkorea, Sahel: The UN Security Council is at loggerheads, and for a member like Switzerland there is not a lot of space to get anything moving. Richard Gowan, the UN expert of International Crisis Group in New York has no hope that in 2024...
