Weekends reading recommendations

Goethe in Italy. In Europe a topos for generations, shaping the picture of traveling and finding one’s way in the world. A way of self discovery. Life-paths are diverse. For Goethe it was a very productive time. Still inspiring to read, especially today. The original German Text is found here.

As gutenberg.org is still not available with a German IP address, a quick research for a good, online available, English translation was not successful, but brought a link to a German classroom Edition with English introduction, published in 1909 in New York. It’s a scan of a copy form the University of California Libraries. You will find it here.

Until October 26, the Tiroler Landesmuseum was hosting an exhibition on Goethe’s journey and its impact. The title: „Goethe’s Italian Journey. A homage to a country that never existed“. Now the catalog is in the bookstores. It is on my table as a reading recommendation for the weekend. The Book is in German and Italian.

Somehow …

… I feel a bit like sitting in a train restaurant when I’m sitting at the small meeting table, which is now in my office on the side with the five windows. Today I brought a pasta dish for my lunch break, just like on the train, and even though the window next to me is a bit higher than the one on the train, you can imagine the landscape passing by while you eat.

I think I miss travelling and the direct exchange with colleagues at training courses and conferences and also simply changing places. When you help people to develop their perspective for the future, you need different perspectives yourself. In any case the new office is very inspiring for my work.

The first cup of tea …

… in the new office, today shortly after three. Certainly well deserved.

Moving an office is always more work than you expect and everything took its time. But now we are finally finished, although Friday and already a bit late. Thanks to everybody and a nice weekend.

Starting in January …

… the new English language seminars and trainings. Only two days we were able to free up for the preparation of the new seminars. And then: a construction site in front of our office window. Quiet working was no longer possible. Sometimes I wonder why improving structures for society always means a big racket. I hope that our touch-up work is not as loud as the road construction can be heard in our office. Tonight it should be finished, the work on the road surface at the bus stop, and hopefully the seminar concepts as well.

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