Disconnected

On this overseas trip, I actually did bring my cell phone, but only as a portable viewer for electronic maps. Incompatible technology however, leaves me disconnected, in a land where having a cell phone is assumed.

Running low on virtual memory

Turning on the television only furthers the digital divide. Unlike in Sweden, where foreign-language programs are never dubbed, but only subtitled in Swedish, the only English-language channels here are usually BBC World and/or CNN. The CNN International edition (including The Daily Show Global Edition) is quite different from the original, and more like the BBC News. Which only serves to make Fox News (where available) seem even more distasteful in comparison.

No Bush

The Americans you meet overseas are on average, not the same as those you meet in America. Still, I wonder what they make of all the state-run networks, and the handful of private independent networks. Not to mention Al Jazeera...

Nevertheless, you can always count on catching an episode of
Die jungen Ärzte on RTL or Lost on RAI.