Tempelhof Airport – In A Berlin Minute (Week 16)
A few years after planes stopped taking off from the historic (and at times controversial) Berlin Tempelhof Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof), this summer, the centrally located city airport opened as a public park. So we…
Snowshoeing With Whiskey Dog – In A Colorado Minute (Week 198)
To go snowshoeing has been a dream of mine ever since my brother Asterix and I were little kids and would go on imaginary Arctic explorations as we pulled our sleds across the…
German NYE Tradition: Bleigiessen (Fortune Telling through Molybdomancy) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 139)
Bleigiessen (Molybdomancy) is a North European New Year’s Eve (Silvester) tradition that goes back all the way to Ancient Greece. After you melt a piece of lead or tin on a spoon over…
World Cup 2010 / Germany vs. England 4:1 – In Another Minute (Week 9)
Watching the FIFA Soccer/Football/Fussball/Fútbol/etc. World Cup in Germany is best done outside. It seems that every bar, cafe, restaurant and public place has a TV or projection screen outside. This means you don’t have to…
Dancing Happy Halloween Dog – In A Colorado Minute (Week 183)
Whiskey, the dancing Happy Halloween Dog, and I made a video to wish you all a fun and happy Halloween (or a thoughtful Reformationstag, if you’re into that kind of thing). The Halloween…
Karneval der Kulturen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 4)
The Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures) is an annual celebration of peace, tolerance and multiculturalism that takes place in Berlin during Pfingsten (Pentecost weekend). The highlight is the Karneval der Kulturen parade…
Pawnee Buttes – In A Colorado Minute (Week 184)
The Pawnee Buttes are two, about 90-meters (300-feet) high, flat-top hills in the Pawnee National Grassland in northeastern Colorado – about 75 minutes outside of Fort Collins. While the surroundings have worn away…
Raptors at ELC / Rocky Mountain Raptor Program – In A Colorado Minute (Week 223)
The raptors living at the CSU Environmental Learning Center have all been rescued by the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. While at the center, I got to see and film a Golden Eagle, a…
