MariaGetting Through 2020 — One Book at a TimeHere it is — a 2020 book list with a short review of every book I read this year. And then I agonised over favourites…Jan 3, 2021Jan 3, 2021
MariaHoneymooning in UkraineAt first when people asked us where we would go for our honeymoon, we laughed off the question, pointing out that we recently returned…Nov 2, 2019Nov 2, 2019
MariaI DoAndrejs and I got engaged back in May, in Melbourne, Australia. Then we slowly made our way back to Europe, picking up wedding-related…Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019
MariaSecondsAs many reading this already know, I lived in Australia as a kid. Once upon a time I was a true Aussie kid, complete with tanned face and…Jun 18, 2019Jun 18, 2019
MariaFirstsThere’s something about firsts. At least in Western cultures there seems to be a keen interest in them: your first day of school, your…May 17, 20191May 17, 20191
MariaOn Brazilian ContrastsSao Paulo is a city of 14.7 million people and with a metropolitan area of about 30 million people. It is not only the most populous city…Apr 8, 2019Apr 8, 2019
MariaBeauty Across BordersMedellin, Bogota, Lima. The predictable continuation of our tour of South America would have been Santiago and Buenos Aires. Instead, for…Mar 17, 20191Mar 17, 20191
MariaThe UnexpectedWhen you take a one or two-week holiday, you can disconnect. You focus on the trip. You might post an update or share a photo on some…Feb 25, 20192Feb 25, 20192
MariaWhen Once is EnoughThere aren’t too many countries I have visited where, upon leaving, I have felt that I have no particular desire to return. For me, Panama…Feb 18, 2019Feb 18, 2019
