Michael Borgwardt

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bio	website	brazzy.de
	location	Munich, Germany
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Software developer by profession, smalltime hacker and gamer by interest. Look at my website to learn more about me

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May 6	comment	Is it better to ship bicycle from Egypt to Leipzig, Germany or to buy/rent one? @HadyElsahar: google.de/search?q=kleinanzeige+fahrrad+leipzig
May 3	comment	What to do for Immigration check when you have US visa & the parent company has changed its name? Get a document to prove that connection?
Apr 30	comment	Long Stay Visa in Germany Are you sure the visa is the critical point here? You'll need a work permit (probably the EU blue card), which has pretty strict requirements in Germany.
Apr 30	comment	Long Stay Visa in Germany Schengen visa is only valid for 90 days, and the "business" category is for business travel, not for actually working and being paid in the visited country.
Apr 28	comment	What's the worst that can happen when attempting to fly with double-edged razors? $7.25 for 10 blades? That's daylight robbery! I paid €10 for a pack of 100, including postage.
Apr 26	comment	Crashing a rental car abroad This matches my experience when renting cars in Australia, Canada, Spain, Germany and Sweden. Driving on the wrong side of the road is actually something that can happen easily, but pretty much only when the road is empty and thus little danger of a crash.
Apr 20	comment	Is it dangerous to drive through Death Valley? I do remember reading several times of people dying in death valley. The common factors seem to be not taking enough water and leaving the car.
Apr 17	comment	My sister has been taken off the US Visa Waver Program, can she re-apply? And if so how soon? @Karlson: I thought New Zealand was the country she wants to enter; now I see the tag, but these things should really be spelled out clearly to increase teh chance of getting an answer.
Apr 15	comment	How expensive is a vacation to Japan? Note that the €4000 include the flight, so it's only 380k yen living expenses.
Apr 15	comment	How expensive is a vacation to Japan? A love hotel would actually be more expensive than a high-class hotel.
Apr 9	comment	Where to see the last Arabian flag in Andalus (Spain) and history of Andalus in general @HaLaBi: note that if this is the flag, it was most definitely not the last flag or last war of the Arabs in Andalusia. The Nasrid dynasty in Granada lasted until 1492.
Apr 8	comment	What is the fastest speed a passenger airplane flies at? i.e. the sound barrier is an actual barrier in airplane design: hard to get through but if you manage it, things get easier.
Apr 8	comment	Is it better to ask a question in English or Japanese if you are expecting a reply in English? I recently had the opposite case: I notcied some fellow tourists in Spain talking in Japanese and started a casual conversation in Japanese. They replied in English "Oh, you speak Japanese?". And no, my Japanese wasn't broken.
Apr 3	comment	How much would it cost to take a train from Krakow to Prague, Prague to Munich, Munich to Hamburg, and Hamburg to Warsaw? @Kris: no big difference these days...
Mar 28	comment	How to get from the North Sea to the Black Sea (or Aegean/Adriatic Sea) via inland waterways? Note that the Rhine-Main-Danube canal is hundreds of kilometers away from both the two rivers' sources and the Alps.
Mar 25	comment	Is it necessary to buy travel health insurance for my trip to South America? @Patrick: not really, I'm German and just got the one from my regular health insurer.
Mar 22	comment	Is it necessary to buy travel health insurance for my trip to South America? wait - travel insurance would have cost you $300? That's insane, a travel health insurance policy costs about $10 to $15 here!
Mar 22	comment	Is it necessary to buy travel health insurance for my trip to South America? @Patrick: Many insurance companies offer travel health insurance with global coverage. The company you get your normal health insurance from may have an add-on offer, which probably reduces the beaurocratic process.
Mar 20	comment	Can I buy Travel Insurance against the cancelation of a Formula 1 race? Something to keep in mind: It's pretty much guaranteed that the expected value of buying this insurance is negative, i.e. the insurance will cost more than the probability of the event getting cancelled multiplied by your lost expenses. Otherwise, selling this insurance would lose the company money. Rationally, you should only buy insurance against rare events that would bankrupt you totally. Otherwise, you're basically paying money for peace of mind.
Feb 20	comment	Are there any meat substitute restaurants in Taipei? The Wikipedia article you link to directly contradicts your link text: "The idea of using tofu as a meat substitute is not common in East Asia.". The idea of a "meat substitute" is a fundamentally western one, based on a food culture where meat is the primary source of protein, and vegetarians have to find a substitute. It's also very wrong-headed and the main reason why tofu has such a bad reputation. As a meat substitute it will always be inferior. As a foodstuff in its own right with appropriate recipes, it can be very delicious.