High in the north, where the land seems to sink into the sea, where people in their coarsely knitted sweaters trudge...
Cultural History
A young man loves a girl
A boy loves a girl, she chose someone else; the other one loves another and has married this one. The girl marries for...
Bean counter
A bean counter is the term used to describe a person who has driven precision in all his actions to the point of...
Puente de Vizcaya
In the northern Spanish province of Bizkaia, more precisely above the river that separates the municipality of...
Glass of water to the coffee
What stories are not entwined around the glass of water to the coffee. The most widespread is certainly that it is...
Dvořák Cello Concerto
The cello has such a beautiful, human-like voice and such a wide range of timbres that it sometimes seems as if the...
Summa Summarum! (Sum of my life)
A small profession, a small medal (I almost became a privy councillor once), A little name, a little honor, a daughter...
The Cossacks
Today the Cossacks are regarded as the archetype of the Russian being. But the history show us a completely different...
The great African explorer David Livingstone
Only an Englishman can come up with the idea of greeting a lost (and after a long search discovered) contemporary with...
Coffee House London
By 1700 there were already more than 2000 coffee houses in London. They were also known as "Pfennig Universities",...
Chopin’s Mazurkas
During his short life F. Chopin has written more than fifty mazurkas. He composed the first as a 15-year-old boy, the...
Coffee Stain
Maria Theresa (1717-1780) is one of the most influential figures in Austrian history. It is only natural that, in...
On the beautiful blue Danube
The Danube Waltz is probably one of the most famous works of orchestral literature. One of the reasons for this is...
Coffee City Bremen
In 2004 the Bremer Marketplace was awarded the title "World Cultural Heritage". Rightly so, I think, as the town hall...
Moonlight Sonata
"This change has brought forth a dear, magical girl who loves me and whom I love; it is a few blissful moments again...