Every year is Hanse Sail in Rostock. Although I get seasick almost every time I enter a ship and have to stay longer than an hour and the waves are just slightly noticeable, I love the sea, I love ships, I love the wind. So Hanse Sail is a must for me to go to...  

I was on a little business trip to Africa. I didn't see much of Johannesburg, I didn't missed it though. Every building was surrounded by walls and barbed wire. It didn't made me feel save, on the contrary. The hotels where interesting - I called them fake cities. Again, surrounded by a wall and barbed wire, you can find everything you possibly want, theater, cinema, 50 different restaurants and bars, a casino, disco, spa, gym, shops fake beach and even a zoo ... all in one ... no need to leave outside. I looooved the safari, no walls, no barbed wire - at least they were to far away to be visible.

That was again a business trip ... to Shanghai. I was several times there and I loved it, a perfect culture shock for someone like me. Old and new, tradition an modern time, slow, almost standstill, and faster than the speed of light, ugly and beautiful, confusing ... I hope, I can visit there again soon ...