2020-06-17
Visiting Eltz during lockdown: Disappointing, but understandable
For a while, it looked like the (currently continually easing) coronavirus lockdown measures would keep us from our annual trip to the Castle Eltz. Luckily, a few weeks ago, the Castle reopened for tourists and we could go on what would be my tenth time there. But, there were some catches.
Every year, we: pack lunch and daypacks, drive down to the Ringelsteiner Mühle park the car, eat a sandwich at the beginning of the 2.5km hike to the castle, take the tour, hike back down, have a snack at the midwaypoint and then finish with a small meal at the Mühle before driving home. [Read More…]
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2020-06-09
Where do we even begin? With ourselves.
A man was murdered and the world cried out. Then came the unrest, the riots, the violence, the end of the fuse lit by more than 400 years of consecutive, systemic racism and oppression. I am a white man and I have no idea what to do now.
The last few weeks have made it abundantly clear, even to the silent majority, that the system is broken (if you can’t see it now, it’s because you don’t want to and there is no hope for you). [Read More…]
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