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…18 min read·Jan 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…6 min read·Nov 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…5 min read·Sep 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…7 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·May 17, 2019--1--1
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…6 min read·Apr 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…5 min read·Mar 17, 2019--1--1
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…8 min read·Feb 25, 2019--2--2
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…6 min read·Feb 18, 2019----