1 – We agreed: Careers first. No Commitment
I once crossed Africa with a woman I was trying very hard not to love. In April 1986, I relocated to Munich to start a
2 – Munich. 1986.
As I checked into the residential hotel where I would spend my first month in Munich, I asked the receptionist whether it was safe to
3 – The Indispensable Colleague
An attractive young woman stood in the doorway of my office. She wore little makeup and was dressed strictly for business. “Falkenberg. Sprechen wir Englisch
4 -My Mind Is German, But My Heart Is Argentine
Swimming in Air: Week 4 Weeks later, we met at a café in the city center. I had missed my regular lesson, and she agreed
5 – Like an Argentine Tango
Our Chianti had barely arrived when Vivian said, “You know, I’m not interested in anything serious.” I half expected the topic to come up that
6 – Now I Live to Live
In early summer, Vivian took me to a tearoom called the Friesische Teestube, the Frisian tea café. Tucked into a quiet corner of Schwabing, not
7 – Men Just Seem to Wander
One late-summer Munich morning in 1986, Vivian and I were walking to the Alte Pinakothek art museum, and I made the mistake of questioning her