Many social media centuries ago, 2 bloggers started collecting photos of Nutella alternatives. It was just a fun idea on the sidelines. Started, while we were talking about Nutella culture and regional variants in Italy, Israel, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany.

Well, we’re still collecting.

Many [...]

I saw the photography show “Photography calling” at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover yesterday.

It is really diverse showing the work of 31 different photographers. Inspiring.

Postponed my day trip to the mountains. Cos of rain. The weather is improving this afternoon….

Some free time to clean and sort and catch up with things. And unbox some of those remaining moving boxes.

I am trying very hard not to read work-related emails on my Blackberry.

I am watching [...]

Cos my bike was in for repairs, I took the tram today. Leaving the Basel SBB tram station, there’s a taped announcement welcoming passengers to Basel in English and in German. This evening, it was different: The announcement was spoken live, in a jovial mood, and [...]

Landmark of 8000 items on Flickr = reached.

Tonnes of snapshots on Flickr document my journey thru everyday life.

I started taking photos for this blog. Yeah… blame it on blogging.

Snapshots of

Daily, mundane things Bicycles Urban details / photo walks Travel / landscape

Useful link on internationalization.

Recommended reading: France 24 on cycling as a major form of transport.

“The bicycle is very popular in Malawi, because people can’t afford a motorbike and because Malawi has a high density of population,” said Dutchman Peter Meijer who set up a bike business, Sakaramenta, in 2009.

Here is a link [...]

I went to the Netherlands for a long weekend. An inspiring place for a passionate cyclist like me…. I flew to Amsterdam and then rented bike and cycled north in direction Hoorn, along the Ijsselmeer. Very beautiful and lots of fun.

The weather was sunny on my way up, but very rainy and windy [...]