Wandering Secrets

There are three ways a flight can go: blissfully stable, (violently)turbulent, chaotically ending in a freefall. We say that flying is the safest way to move around, that it’s safer to get on a plane than in a car; that a plane can’t really fall and even if it did there’s a chance you land […]

Brno, July 2015.   Wandering around the streets of lovely Brno under the heat of the sun, we were looking for something to do indoors. It was either hiding from the sun, or complying to my friends’ request to rent a SEGWAY. Yakes, a segway. I hate those things. That’s how we’ll all end up […]

It took me weeks to find out what was wrong with me. In between cries, loss of appetite, mood changes, insecurity and wanting to leave everything behind once again, I finally read an article that was describing exactly how I felt. That was putting words on feelings and things I couldn’t explain. I didn’t know there […]

“You see, in the end he burnt his wings and died” he said.   My eyes were mesmerized by the sun, setting on the mountain, colouring the landscape in gold, as I was standing behind Icarus. We seemed to be watching the same thing, him an I: the skyline over the mountains; the sunshine; the […]

“I just don’t get how you get completely stressed out with paperwork but being out there sleeping on a bench doesn’t bother you at all” I don’t know what it is that makes me so nervous when I come back to my family and friends. I love it though. I really do. I’m actually really […]

Source “You keep traveling because nothing’s happened to you- yet.”   When I heard this for the first time I paused. I didn’t know if I was shocked at the pessimism of the sentence or if she was right or absolutely wrong. It took me a few seconds to get out of my dream and […]

I had been dreaming of this moment for years. I remember in high school, when I first heard about it.   Free hugs.   I think it was the first time I realized the world could also be a good place. The first time since we moved to France that I saw people doing something […]

Disappointment. I see it in their eyes sometimes, when they pop the question, while they’re waiting during those long seconds, right before I answer, their hearts filled of hope, awe and respect.   “Do you travel alone? ”   I know what they want to hear. I know what I have to say to make […]