A former student of mine ended up spending a year in France… in the same city I used to live! She kindly agreed to share her experience with the French way of life as a foreign student. A witty, yet honest, insight of life in France. For all those who wonder… and wander! Many thanks […]
What’s your story? A year in France
What’s your story? A calligraphy in China
What follows is one of the best, if not the best, story that happened to me in China. I had to have a calligraphy made for our friends visiting us in China. At this time we were in Xi’an, so I escaped for a couple of hours under false pretences and went to the artist quarter. […]
What’s your story? The tired inspector
After posting this note on personal anecdotes and stories, I decided to share some of mine with you. Just to give the blog a more personal and human touch. I hope you appreciate them and you eventually share your anecdotes with us. France, 2012. On a regional train, somewhere around Lyon, on a sunny […]
What’s your story?
In a tea house, listening to songs from around the world, enjoying the warmness of the place, lying down on a soft purple mat. Having a conversation about life. My new colleague was telling me about his beginnings as a painter. How he decided to exploit the “Gift economy” theory with his paintings. In short, […]
Wandering around Slovakia: Pezinok
A few kilometers north of Bratislava there is a range of small vignard villages peacefully living their life… A few kilometers north, it’s not much, but it’s enough to get a feeling of what life is outside the capital city. It’s at least enough to eat something special and to drink proper Slovak wine. It […]
Changing criteria
We, the both of us together, started travelling in 2011. Leaving France, our home, our jobs for a better place. The question was: where to? How do you choose a country to live in? How can you choose when you don’t know what the place looks like? We- I speak for ourselves- can’t. We can’t […]
Koľko jazykov vieš, toľkokrát si človekom
“The more languages you know, the more men you are.” Being a teacher doesn’t mean that you have all the knowledge. Being a teacher includes learning from your students. And last week, I learnt something. A simple sentence, an old proverb still used in Slovakia. A proverb that explains why Slovaks are open-minded, why it’s […]
Hide-and-seek: Secrets of Bratislava
On my very first day in Bratislava I noticed two things: the blue sky and this gentleman keeping me company in the main square. A week later, while wandering around the old town I saw my gentleman’s friend: the man […]