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Paris: French charms
You know what? Paris is always a good idea. Elegant, enchanted, exquisite city with so much charisma and joy that it never fails to uplift your spirits and soothe your soul. It offers anything you...
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Paris: Le Marais
What are the benefits of blogging? I guess it depends on your expectations but to me, blogging gives a chance to step outside of myself, to look around at the rest of the world, to stop analysing my...
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Life is Ebbing Away
Winston Churchill (never thought you’d see his name mentioned on this blog, did you?) once said that you should “never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” Aside from...
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Norway: waterfalls and coastal villages
I am a Southern girl. I was born in a warm country, studied and worked in three different but still warm countries, and I regularly holiday in warms countries. I assume somewhere along the line, there...
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Bergen: umbrella city
The weekend before we travelled to Bergen, I had a Skype call with my Norwegian friend who now lives in England. She gave me one piece of advice: Pack your umbrella! Apparently, Bergen has a reputation...
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Bergen: Fløibanen
Each of us has their own way to getting what we want. Some prefer to work on their goal steadily, altering their environment bit by bit, others – by whinging a lot. I prefer the combination of both....
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Norway: food, fun, and friends
I realise how lucky I am to have an international career and an international family: I get to travel the world for a living, I have a chance to celebrate different holidays with my family members...
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Washington, DC: Jefferson Memorial
One can safely say now that I have a new-found love for Washington, DC: a vibrant, fascinating city that makes you feel alive. It constantly changes and surprises: one minute you see a fox nonchalantly...
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Christmas in Thailand
For the past three years, come Christmas-time, the sun gypsy in me suddenly awakens and starts staring longingly towards warmer pastures. If you grew up in the Northern Hemisphere, there is certainly...
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Big Buddha and Wat Chalong
When I close my eyes, I remember bright colours, smiling children, peaceful people, and messages of hope I saw on my journey through Phuket. The island is covered in a myriad of Buddhist temples, and...
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Buddha Cave Temple
Born and raised in a city and being ideologically opposed to the concept of zoos, I rarely had a chance to come close to any wildlife. Tigers, monkeys, elephants fascinate me endlessly, and I would...
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In the jungle, the mighty jungle
There I was, sitting in a jungle, minding my own business, and posing for photographs when he shouted “SNAKE!” As you can see in the pictures below, my facial expression went from blissful to horrified...
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Kindness is your superpower
It was a bright day in May, five days before the General Elections in the UK, and I was walking through a field of bluebells in Wales. I was thinking about our electoral system, voting, and the power...
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Skiathos island and squid-ink houmous
Summer nights are full of wonder and love: they are long and promising, they are sometimes sensual and always forgiving. Inspired by endless daylight, I feel the urge to create and produce something,...
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So long to Greece!
As I come to an end of my blog-travels through the Skiathos and Skopelos islands in Greece, I am thinking of what the recent events in this beautiful country have taught us all — perhaps it is...
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Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
You might not know it yet but I have an amazing friend in Vienna. She is incredibly fabulous and smart (and has a doctorate to prove it!), has a great personality, and shares my love of London and...
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Once in a blue moon in Vienna
The English expression “once in a blue moon” refers to an event that occurs very rarely. But how rarely, depends on your definition… Some would call it a rare event when two long-time friends go out on...
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Last day in Vienna
For me, almost every summer starts with a firm resolution to find a new favourite flavour of ice-cream, befriend someone with a pool, and dance under a warm rain. Then almost every summer ends with an...
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Baku: Old Friends, Old City
Baku, my hometown, is named the City of Winds — the name derives from the ancient Persian name of Badkube which literally means “pounding winds.” Two winds are common to Baku: the gentle southern...
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All about Shakespeare
There are many traditions I adopted since calling England my second home eight years ago. One of these is my habit of rarely working on a Sunday. Rain or shine, I buy an issue of The Sunday Times — on...
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