Maria·Jan 3, 2021Getting 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…
Maria·Nov 2, 2019Honeymooning 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…
Maria·Sep 26, 2019I DoAndrejs and I got engaged back in May, in Melbourne, Australia. Then we slowly made our way back to Europe, picking up wedding-related…
Maria·Jun 18, 2019SecondsAs 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…
Maria·May 17, 2019FirstsThere’s something about firsts. At least in Western cultures there seems to be a keen interest in them: your first day of school, your…A response icon1A response icon1
Maria·Apr 8, 2019On 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…
Maria·Mar 17, 2019Beauty Across BordersMedellin, Bogota, Lima. The predictable continuation of our tour of South America would have been Santiago and Buenos Aires. Instead, for…
Maria·Feb 25, 2019The 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Maria·Feb 18, 2019When 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…
