Tilmann's

I'll approach it retrospectively. Sunday, May 31 - a solo concert like I've never experienced before, in not even 90 minutes 2 Bachs (BWV 854/Prelude 9; BWV 830), 2 Beethovens...

It begins with the High Speed Train from Taipei to Tainan, and ends before the departure from Taipei to Beijing.

This new Taiwanese film (2025), which was featured at the Venice Biennale, was my choice in the 'Entertainment program' of Air China on the night flight. It tells the story of a...

In Taiwan and mainland China, local summer time is six hours ahead. For those who occasionally have to think about it, like me: The sun rises in the east, and therefore it was...

It’s high time for a new epistle. Both places currently being discussed are closely associated with C.S.K., as Chiang Kai-Shek is abbreviated here everywhere. Similar to FJI, JFK,...

Today, I'm taking it easy - I'm letting others speak for me. The text for the cover image belongs to the flags in front of the reconstruction of the fortress that the men of the...

On Saturday afternoon, departure to Taitung, heading south, with the outlook for the last good weather for the next two to four days. The train route runs around the...

Two days are not enough for this city by the water. Architecturally rewarding, great food, always a gentle breeze from the sea. Everything can be done with public transport. Here,...

Here we go. I am already on my second day in Kaohsiung (formerly Takao) and have Tainan (formerly Zeeland) on my mind. Writing debt. It is 7:55 AM, the best time, with a warm...

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Kazan' on the Volga

The plan is this: On May 2 (2026) from Vienna (VIE) via Beijing (PEK) - see cover photo - continuing to Taipei (TPE) and returning on the same route on May 16/17. On the globe at...

These many writings, beautiful!  I encountered them on my travels. Cyrillic, to be precise, I first came across in school, in Russian-Cyrillic Папа - тракторист, now unfortunately...