So, hm, it's quite hard to write something in these times, because so many people are writing so many things. And lots is happening here but not that much either. Anyways, let's start with the straight-forward good things, as they are easy to tell: I live in Kiel now, or rather at the outskirts of the city. It is amazing, I must admit, it feels like I am living in a little village, and I do in a way. The little village also happens to be home to my football club...

So, after a rather busy last few weeks I have a longish train ride and time to write again. I did enjoy the last few weeks but they weren't all that easy. I spent 10 days in Radolfzell where I had a luxury suite (well, luxury according to my standards) for myself for free while I was helping in the catching of blackbirds which were used for a scientific study - some were caught and released with a little radio tag on them and some were caught to be kept in the in...

I left the horse farm now and am in Germany with the bird ringing project. I haven't really started yet so will write about this later. But the horse farm is definitely worth a blog entry: It's amazing how life can be so beautiful and so easy at times. I stayed at the farm for three weeks and I slept in the hay above the horse stables, with a mother cat and her two kittens to keep me company and the sounds of the horses as a lullaby. Of course at around 4 am bir...

Quintana Roo - and especially its beaches (Cancún, Playa del Carmen) are by far the most touristic places in Mexico. Tourism is so big there that basically Cancún has literally nothing to do with the rest of Mexico and is rather just another Miami with skyscrapers, McDonalds and a LOT of fancy (ugly looking) hotels, spas, resorts and so on. I did not stay in Cancún, I only just spent like two hours there as my flight was from there. And I spent half a day in P...