Category: Traveling

  • Europe Trip Journal – Entry 23: A Hike and a Hat

    Wandering though a passage way, I came across a store that sold French hats. Since this was expected to be my last stay in France on this tour, it was now or never, so I entered the shop and ended up buying a hat. Surely, with this hat I would perfectly blend in with the…

  • Europe Trip Journal – Entry 24 – 26: OpenPGP Email Summit

    After quickly refreshing, I took the bus to the other end of Geneva to the offices of Proton (formerly Protonmail). They hosted the 6. OpenPGP Email Summit which I was going to attend. When I got to the building, I had to call the office upstairs and one member of the Proton team came down…

  • Europe Trip Journal – Entry 27: Oh Champs-Élysées

    Yesterday I had some breakfast in my hostel and after that I took the metro to the Châtelet station which is close to the Seine. When I was in Paris near the start of my trip (which is almost 4 weeks ago at this point) I had walked down the riverside path of the Seine…

  • Europe Trip Journal – Entry 28: The Above and the Beneath

    In retrospect I realize that during my trip I have made lots of photos of churches and cathedrals, even though I’m not a religious person. I believe that many problems of society are directly or indirectly caused by religious fanaticism, ideology and authoritarianism, hence I’m not a big fan. My philosophy is that if you…

  • Europe Trip Journal – Entry 29: Prepare for Reentry

    Today I got up a bit earlier than yesterday, meaning I had to actually pay for breakfast again ;). Unfortunately the coffee was already running out, so I only got a single cup which had to do it. Milk was also empty, so no cereals this time. Well, there was yogurt as a worthy replacement.

  • Europe Trip Journal – Entry 30: Thank You for Traveling with Deutsche Bahn

    It is time to go home. This morning I woke up at 9:20 and decided to get some breakfast. Afterwards I returned to my room and was greeted by my room mate H. who told me that the cleaning personnel wanted to do their job and that checkout was supposed to be done at 10:00.…