Today is our eighth day in Haiti. There has been a lot to see and experience, but above all, there is a lot to report. We have made the most of the last few days to gather material, talk to local people and make new contacts. As a result, writing here has taken a back …

A few days have passed and the longest period of time in Haiti is already behind us. It’s one of those days when nothing seems to go right. I’m being held up and distracted by little things, which hasn’t been the case for a long time. Well, these days happen, and it doesn’t help to …

We spent the night at the airport so as not to miss our flight to Cap Haitien. I have had very little sleep and done a lot of research. We board the plane at 7 a.m. and will land in Haiti at 9.30 a.m., where we will be able to see for ourselves. International media …

After spending our first night in a cheap hotel in Miami Beach, we headed to Little Haiti as quickly as possible. A neighbourhood where English is by no means the most widely spoken language. Small, colourful houses with large gardens stand next to undeveloped plots of land where chickens roam freely and occasionally stray onto …

When one embarks on a journey… My nature definitely does not lean toward structure and order. I cope quite well with this in everyday life, not least because I am quite aware of my strengths and weaknesses. Or rather, my weaknesses. I use the term weaknesses not because I myself perceive these characteristics as weaknesses, …

Logbook entry 10.11. over the Atlantic Ode to naivety At this moment, I find myself somewhere between continents and time. 1,374 kilometres from Miami, at -49°C and a cruising speed of 793 km/h, we have left the Bermuda Triangle behind us in the last half hour. The next place on the mainland would be Washington …

Encounters and Zeitgeist: Prologue: In this blog, I would like to record and process what happens to me in my life, because it has become too much to keep track of on my own. Encounters and Zeitgeist — these are the two aspects I want to focus on. In a lecture Johannes Stüttgen gave on …