First Impressions of Namibia

Once we had finally passed the border, we drove without interruption for three hours to a rest stop. It was the first time that I managed to get some sleep, and some three hours were very appreciated by my body.

It was a very interesting experience walking into a little shop there, because the first thing that caught my eye was a German language newspaper. Now, I'm aware that Namibia has a German past, and that there is still a noteworthy population of native German speakers in the country. But I had not expected to be introduced to that through a German newspaper (that's 107 years old already!!) at a gas station in the middle of nowhere.Read more