Virginia Beach, Yorktown, Jamestown

Asheville und Cherokee

From October 31st to November 2nd I will visit (far too briefly) the city of Asheville and the small town of Cherokee with the Museum of the Cherokee People.

Thomas Jeffersons Monticello

MoMA in NYC

After the MoMA was in Berlin in 2004 (and the exhibition catalog is now with me), I visit the MoMA and walk through all the floors. The many audio guide tips are well done and...

Newark, Abdullah Ibrahim concert

I had already landed in Newark as an exchange student in 1987/88 (and flew back to Germany from there almost a year later). However, I had hardly seen anything of the city at...

Metropolitan Museum of Art (almost only musical instruments)

When I hold the map of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in my hands, I decide to first look for the collection of musical instruments. After asking several times, I found this...

Plymouth Colony, Mayflower II, Cape Cod

2 Days Venice Beach and Departure to Panama

After a long and exhausting day at Universal Studios, we wanted to take it a bit easier for the next two days. Since our accommodation was not far from Venice Beach, we headed...

Carnegie Mellon University

Marcel's host

Universal Studios and Walk of Fame

Early rise, as we had almost 1 hour drive to the Universal Studios. We wanted to arrive as early as possible to avoid the big rush.It worked out reasonably well, and shortly after...

Trip to Los Angeles

Today we traveled from Ocean Side to Los Angeles, which takes about a 2-hour drive.So we left the apartment promptly at 11:00 AM and set off. Since w