English Many years ago, in the German language grammar classes in high school, we were given the task of describing a photograph. A picture, often surreal, without any context. By writing a short paragraph, we had to demonstrate the possession of elaborate vocabulary to describe […]
This weekend in Bulgaria we celebrate the Orthodox Easter. When I think of Easter time during my childhood I can write a long list of pleasures like: My mum letting the sweet Easter bread dough rise during the night so she can bake them in […]
We took a 9.05 morning flight to Basel to arrive there around 10am. The hotel we have chosen for our stay was The Passage – a wonderful silent location, near the hear of the city with essential bright rooms and delicious breakfast. Basel is very […]
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Cold wind roars from the North. One wants to draw their scarf over their head. The old houses by the port of Honfleur draw up a line huddling together to protect from the wind. With their facades in colour, they remind elementary school students preparing […]
In a process of acquiring a new language, vocabulary boils down to three main categories: words that mind erases completely by the time we close the books and leave the writing table. words that stick to the top of the tongue, playfully chaffing our memory, […]
Two years in Milan slipped out unnoticed and I realised that I have never visited any place in Piedmont. Since recently we were always back and forth between Paris and Milan before the big move in two weeks, it was quite difficult to organise an […]
If someone had told me several years ago that by the end of 2014 we would be on the way to move to Paris I would have been sceptical. But c’est la vie and here I am hunting an apartment to turn in our lovenest […]
September list of Pleasures City of Thieves by David Benioff I spent a week leafing trough the adventures of the half-Jew Lev and the young soldier Kolya on the way to accomplishing their secret mission: to find a dozen of eggs in time of war. […]
After two years of sweet family life Rob and I decided it’s a high time to make our belated honeymoon come true. Curiosity for Southeast Asia and love for spicy food shifted the needle of our compass towards the distant lands of Bali and after […]
An exact 3-hour journey by train brought me to Bern. The road was meandering between hills, lake shores, the pages of my book and several words exchanged with the traveler adjacent to me. I had a blue sky day ahead and a lovely scenery to […]
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