So, this is… it? This is how you feel when it happens in your country. This is how you feel when an attack was carried where your family and friends live. This is how it feels to be away, to feel powerless. Jihadists have taken the lives of the entire redaction of the French magazine […]
What’s your story? A year in France
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 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. […]
Exit 2014… what a year
I could go on and on about everything we did and lived this year, about every new person we’ve met, about all the times we feared or cried or simply felt happy. 2014, what a year. I could get phisolophical, condescendent or psychological but today I don’t feel like it. Today I just don’t […]
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 […]
Love, from Bratislava
Christmas markets, street markets, little stalls crawling under millions of little quirky objects. Little things we like looking at, little objects we like buying when we travel. A small Eiffel Tower from Paris, a carnival mask from Venice, a lucky charm from China. Post cards we choose carefully for […]
