There has to be some kind of special relationship between me and insects* I still have to understand.
Still haunted by ever returning images of roaches that keep on bugging me in my dreams in a very Kafkaesque way, I only yesterday encountered another one of those strange phenomenons.

I call it the attack of the Arachnids. [...]

Eigentlich müsste man da mal nen richtig guten Artikel zu schreiben (hat sicherlich auch schon mal einer getan), aber jedenfalls:

Bambina – “a speciality made of milk caramel crème, with roasted chopped hazelnuts covered with gently melting full milk chocolate”

Dinkelchen – chocolate crackers made out spelt (Dinkel)

Süßigkeiten aus Ostdeutschland sind in meiner Wertschätzung ganz weit vorne.

These are some of the sweets that are produced in East Germany and survived the turmoil after the German reunification process in the early 1990s. They are still produced according to original recipes and – although not as popular, known and available all over the country as their western counterparts – very highly appreciated. I love them!

A week in Frankfurt am Main, and it already feels like I’ve never really left this place 8 years ago. Images, scenarios, smells, speeds, people, this peculiar atmosphere – a very familiar place with lots of interesting sights and sounds.

view on the skyline from a rather filthy Bahnhofsviertel…
One of those really nice places in Frankfurt [...]