Trying to regain my joy in blogging for its own sake, by writing about things nobody else will care about, like weird proximate hotels and my coffee travails in Hamburg.

The electric shuttle pods are one of my favourite things about flying out of Heathrow T5

Kaffee, bitte

A man is working with coffee roasting equipment in an industrial-style setting.A coffee shop counter features various brewing equipment with illustrations of different brewing methods on the wall.A brown paper bag from "Nord Coast Coffee Roastery" sits on a table next to a small vase with dried flowers in a cozy café setting.

Moin, jeder

A colorful sticker features a cartoonish blue creature with a beanie, holding a bottle, and the text "MOIN" above it.

It’s about to begin…

Here we go… 

Spending the day at NEXT25.

Schmoozing surrounded by some quite dramatic art.

A group of people is attentively gathered at an indoor event or gallery.A group of people are gathered in an art gallery, observing a wall with colorful artworks and a neon "DOOMED" sign.

On the U-Bahn.

A digital display inside a train shows current and upcoming station information for the U1 line, with the next stop being Sengelmannstraße.

Stuck in an interminable passport queue - while EU citizens breeze through the gates.

Thanks, Brexit.

Above the clouds.