One Hundred Trillion Dollars. Shortly after the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe I bought this banknote for 3 Euros. Because the printing presses in Zimbabwe were running non-stop in 2008/ ... read more
Shangri-La: A fictional land of peace and perpetual youth. I have spent more than a decade in South America. Several years each in Paraguay, Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay. ... read more
As a kid I was good at judging how long it takes to walk to a place. As a teenager I was good at judging how long it ... read more
I like Mexico and have been to different parts of the country several times. Recently we spent an entire month on the Yucatan peninsula in Quintana Roo. On ... read more
I have a confession to make. I'm a Banana Republic aficionado. Having foreseen the complete socialist disaster and authoritarian nightmare that is the European Union I had left ... read more