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Presentation during Servas US gathering in Los Angeles

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Georg Fick
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Peace mosaic final day 2013-09-12 027On October 25th, we had been invited  to talk about our world trip and in particular our experience with the Servas network worldwide during a local gathering of Servas US members in Los Angeles. Continue reading →

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Vagabonding Presentation @ Armory Center for the Arts

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Georg Fick
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Armory_presentation 2014-06-26 003Thursday June 26 Nadine and I gave our first public presentation about our world trip after our return to Los Angeles. Continue reading →

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Time Money

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Georg Fick
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Repair Yourself Cafe 2014-05-025Los Angeles is known for a concentration of celebrities, Beverly Hills and the endless amount of Rags-to-Riches tales. Continue reading →

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Japanese Hospitality

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Georg Fick
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With Japan being the last country we visited on our journey around the world we ended on a high note for hospitality. Continue reading →

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Taiwan’s East Coast

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Georg Fick
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We are in the plane to Japan. The last week in Taiwan passed fast. Continue reading →

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Formosa – The World in One Island

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Georg Fick
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We left Taipei and the North of Taiwan and made our way along the West coast to the South. Continue reading →

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A Very Warm Welcome to Taiwan

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Georg Fick
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The temperatures dropped to below 20C / 68F when we arrived in Taipei / Taiwan. Continue reading →

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Singapore – the Obvious, the Odd and the Unexpected

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Georg Fick
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Singapore 2014-02-021We spent our short 4 days stop-over in Singapore between the obvious, the odd and the unexpected. Continue reading →

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Bali by Bike

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Georg Fick
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Bali 2014-02-012

After our work gig in Malaysia we were ready for some vacation. So we headed to the rice fields of Bali. Continue reading →

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“You are very welcome!”

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Irbid & Umm Quais 2013-11-016Most conversations we had in Jordan started with “Where are you from?” No matter if we declared to be American, French or German the reply was always: “You are very welcome!” Continue reading →

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Our Bedouin Life

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Little Petra 2013-11-002

We spent the last 6 days with Nawwaf, a Bedouin born and raised in the caves of the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Continue reading →

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Zanzibar!

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Zansibar 1st day 2013-09-019

We made it to Zanzibar / Tanzania in an exhausting 24 hour bus ride from Malawi.  Continue reading →

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Nadine @ PechaKucha Night

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Georg Fick
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pechakucha_el2One day before our departure we got an opportunity to give a
public talk about our experience with Servas Malawi. Continue reading →

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Taste the Goodness

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Chibuku brewery 2013-09-014

Our last Servas hosts in Malawi were Ramona and Gerald Bowler. Gerald is the Operations Director of Chibuku, the local beer brewery. Continue reading →

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Tiling for Peace

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Peace mosaic 2nd day 2013-09-004

Our biggest assignment in Malawi was to create 3 mosaics for the headquarters of AYISE in Blantyre. Continue reading →

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A Family Weekend

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Bobbex & Gloria 2013-08-027Our Servas hosts for a weekend were Bobbex and Gloria and their children Continue reading →

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The Future of Malawi

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Christopher was one of our multiple local Servas hosts and is working for the Youth Resource Center AYISE. Continue reading →

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Blood for Malawi

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Georg Fick
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We currently volunteer for a public outreach project of the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) Continue reading →

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A Buddhist in Malawi

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Georg Fick
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One of our local Servas hosts here in Blantyre is Ian, a commercial contractor, Continue reading →

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Getting busy in Malawi

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Georg Fick
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Blantyre & Benbows 2013-08-025We settled in Blantyre / Malawi for 4 weeks to support different projects of Servas Malawi.  Continue reading →

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