Verena has written a very nice post about our honeymoon. If I ever find the time, I’ll also write one – more of a travel narrative of sorts – but that’ll have to wait a while. For now, read what my wife wrote. As always, her writing is excellent and …
Greece, which is where I grew up, gets a hell of a lot hotter than the Dominican Republic – mainly because it’s so much like a desert. But there is one profound difference which really makes Greece a lot more pleasant in terms of the weather: when you go to …
Being in this hotel is really disturbing sometimes – especially at dinner. All these rich white people being served by poor black people… sometimes you feel that you’re in the wrong century. And it’s not just a visual thing. The other day a tourist dropped a glass, which shattered. OK, …
My main creative project here in the Dominican Republic is working on my novel. I know I keep mentioning it without ever providing details, but let’s hope that this will change in the next few months. I’m not done yet, but the possibility of being done is becoming more and …
If not too many more catastrophes occur today, we shall be off to our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic. I don’t know how often I’ll update in the next 18 days, but I probably will. (Note: If you’re an agent who is reading this in relation to Verena’s queries, we’ve …
So, our honeymoon shall be in the Dominican Republic! The country had been greatly recommended by one of my professors, who knows the country quite well (and was the first person to write a travel guide about it, at least in German), and the offer we got was really good. …
