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Kazakhstan – Here we go again!


Heck, I feel bad. I had a great time here in and around my hometown Munich and should have shared some of the experiences I have made: discovered a beautiful Italian restaurant just a mile from my home, had a Tschellokebab at the Persian corner not far from the central station, played a round of extremely sad golf at a beautiful parkland course just half an hour from town – basically a lot of things happened which I would have perceived as exciting, thrilling, worth to report, had they not happened around home. Strange, how one perceives exciting things less exciting just because they happen where most things happen: around home. Maybe I should make an effort to work on my perception.

But, truly exciting stuff will be happening again: I will be going back to Almaty! So, stay tuned…

Kids playing football (the real football, not the steroid pumping game designed to cater for TV ad breaks) under the Olympic Tower in Munich’s Olympic Park.
Kids playing football (the real football, not the steroid pumping game designed to cater for TV ad breaks) under the Olympic Tower in Munich’s Olympic Park.
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Still in Munich


Travelling! The bug never dies, I think. Ever since Max, who turned 8 in Dec 2013, was born, there was very little of it. Family holiday – yes. Swank hotel on Crete (Domes of Elounda, it rocks for what it is – a family and probably honeymoon place, even though I don’t quite see how that goes together. I experienced the family part and that was abso.f.ing.lutely fantastic – leave out the buffet food), business trip here and there (Bonn, the former capital of Germany a frequent destination, some trips to France, lots of journeys to lots if places for a two hour meeting), a few days in Delhi to visit a partner company – that was the extent of my travelling in the last few years. And now this trip to Kazakhstan, the great unknown. Still largely unknown, demystified, but just to an extent with a lot of curiosity still to be satisfied.

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Back in Munich


Adventure, of sorts, is over. I am back in Munich, waiting for my family to return from Dubai. I liked Almaty and thus the part of Kazakhstan, which I could experience: no particular highlights, but all in all pleasant and full of friendly people. So, what does a family man do, when he’s all alone? He goes skiing! But not if the weather forecast for the glaciers is rather awful. So I went and played a round of golf – my first this season. And here is the first par:

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On the way to Almaty I


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The adventure begins: first stop Frankfurt. The difficult farewell from the family is over (needless tosay that I miss them already), I am on board of the plane. Ready to take-off!

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The day before … Kazakhstan


Munich on Saturday, April 5th, 2014. The day before the trip to Kazakhstan. Apples are from Kazakhstan – so I’ve heard. The new capital is Astana, the old one Almaty. That’s where we will be going. I am curious and excited. But today I am sitting in one of Munich’s great beergardens, the Aumeister at Englischer Garten.
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Beer is from Munich. That is my personal perceived truth. And I am enjoying it – both the beer and my view on the world.

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