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In August of 1978, when I was 13 years old, my mother and I moved to Mexico City. The transition from a Hamburg commune kid to an expat teenager in the largest city on the planet amounted to nothing less than a culture shock. But this new surrounding, which could not have been more different from what I was used to, had positive effects. A few…

So, here we go. The two of us are the only humans in this huge and dark place, but not the only living creatures. A few hundred meters into the cave, the first…

Yes, the world has gotten so small. Vienna, Frankfurt, Paris and Rome are just around the corner, for those who are willing to get up at 02:45 a.m.. There is a…

The first jet airliner was built in England. The "de Havilland Comet" was put into service in 1952, when the passenger jet age officially began. Today, 66 years later, we haven't gotten out of that age yet. That is because jet engines are reliable and the only machines powerful enough to push huge wide-body aircraft through the skies at crazy…

On September 2nd, 1998, Swissair's flight 111 crashed into the sea off Nova Scotia. All 229 people aboard were killed. The pilots were facing a big problem.…

Driving down the national highway no. 99 from Bulgaria’s port city of Burgas towards the south feels good to anyone living in Sofia. It means the boring part…

The vehicle Lamborghini came up with was originally planned for military purposes, at least during its development stage. A few years later, the military…

There are expatriates all over the place in Eastern Europe, including in Romania. Usually they come from other European countries, but there are exotics too.…

Recently, I was looking for a good car story. I left a place where I did an interview about minorities and discrimination for a different publication, close to the center of Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. And what did I see? This beautiful BMW 2000, which looks almost like new, even though it is several decades old. Somebody put a lot of effort and…