My Year in Cities, 2008

Published on Dec 31, 2008 (updated Oct 19, 2024), filed under adventure. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)

Following Anne, in no chronological order and intentionally incomplete, here are some cities I visited in 2008. I couldn’t resist.

• Aarau, Switzerland
• Basel, Switzerland
• Bern, Switzerland
• Bremen, Germany (obviously)
• Coburg, Germany
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Flensburg, Germany
• Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
• Hamburg, Germany
• Jerusalem, Israel
• Laax, Switzerland
• Las Vegas, United States
• Lisbon, Portugal
• London, England
• Los Angeles, United States
• Lyon, France
• Malmö, Sweden
• Mountain View, United States
• Mulhouse, France
• Munich, Germany
• Osnabrück, Germany
• Palo Alto, United States
• Rotenburg/Wümme, Germany
• San Bruno, United States
• San Diego, United States
• San Francisco, United States
• Santa Barbara, United States
• St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Tel Aviv, Israel
• Tijuana, Mexico
• Vaduz, Liechtenstein
• Wedel, Germany
• Winterthur, Switzerland
• Zurich, Switzerland (obviously)

The stories behind these cities vary (more so on my Travel Map on Facebook, I guess), from just stopping in a city to staying for a couple of nights to actually living there, and include both repeated and first-time visits. However, the 11 countries my trips involved contributed to an exciting and overall very successful 2008 for which I’m quite grateful.

Everyone—Happy New Year, see you in 2009.

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager at various companies (e.g., Google); I’m an active web and tool developer (code optimization, digital defense), a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and a book author (O’Reilly, Frontend Dogma).

I love trying things—in web development and engineering management, but also in politics and philosophy, where I hold to one idea in particular: that we can only be well if we take good care of everyone. Here on meiert.com I talk about some of my perspectives and experiences. (Interpret charitably but be critical—and share feedback and advice that makes my work better.)