Broadway statt Jakobsweg

The American Dream with German thoroughness. Irony of fate? In the middle of life, many yearn for deceleration, a sabbatical, or at least a better work-life balance. Vince Ebert wanted it differently: instead of slowing down on the Camino de Santiago, he sought adventure in the city that never sleeps, on Broadway. Out of the daily grind and into the madness of New York. He had planned to stay for a whole year, but due to Corona, his American dream ended after just nine months in March 2020. Back in Europe on one of the last flights, the lockdown forced him to slow down, and the pandemic compelled him to take a sabbatical. However, his time in the Big Apple changed his perspective on both the New and the Old World. Why is a nation that flew to the moon unable to produce a functional shower faucet? Can one really go from dishwasher to millionaire? Or just to a dishwasher? A clever and witty reckoning with the American Dream and German thoroughness – and why the Anopheles mosquito is more important than George Washington. With numerous photos, fully in color.