It will be one week tomorrow that we will have left Chicago wth our beautifully decorated van from https://www.escapecampervans.com/ One week already that we drive through the plain, one week that we sleep in our van, pretending that we are still 20. Our backs have learned to recognize every crack…

Climate sceptics, I understand some of their motivations Sorry for not having witten yesterday. We arrived at around 8PM in Hannibal, having driven all the way from Chicago. A long day. When we arrived, we had to organize our camper for the first night, not an easy task. Today we…

Four short portraits of persons I met in Chicago. I have decided to illustrate only 2 stories. He stumbles along the spit of land that juts into the stream of cars. One step forward, one step back, a beer in his hand. He dances, he moves forward, the waves of…

3 AM, 4 AM, 5 AM, time is moving slowly. We still suffer from jet lag. The hotel we booked close to the airport was a Best Western. — We thought it would be acceptable as we paid about $140 for a night. We were a bit disappointed. The carpet had seen better days, was actually quite disgusting and the rooms smelt of humidity and neglect. It was a room on the ground floor, which perhaps explains the humidity…

About delays — This is my daily summary of our adventures following Road 50 from Chicago to San Francisco. This is not completely true, as road 50 does not reach Chicago, but let us say so. Additionally, we just left Vienna for Chicago this morning. We will hit the road soon. We left…

Soon on our way — America, we are on our way (or almost). Our bags are packed. Our check-in is done. We still have not received our boarding passes as we have to present a document that mentions that we have accepted the right amount of shots in our arms to protect you, Americans, from…

The unthinkable Let us think the unthinkable. Has this war been engineered? Since 1945, there has been no war that opposed the mighty nations of America and Europe directly. Russians sent troops to Afghanistan and fought forgotten wars in Africa. They also disciplined, or tried to discipline the seceding nations…

or the End of the Big Quit — The Great Resignation, also known as the Big Quit and the Great Reshuffle, is an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021. Possible causes include wage stagnation amid rising cost of living, long-lasting job dissatisfaction, safety concerns of the…

Imagine, August 2032 August 2032, a Sunday, you decide to visit the famous museum of fine art in the city you live in. The sun is shining, the temperature is perfectly alright for a Summer day on your side of the hemisphere. The climate change has left its mark, but…