"Short stories and travel reports from my life adventures around the globe".
The Silent Sentinels of Belgrade New Cemetery. April 2021. “All those people, all those lives, where are they now? With loves and hates, and passions just like mine. They were born, and then they lived, and then they died. It seems so unfair, I want to cry”. Cemetery Gates, The Smiths, 1986. I’ve always wanted to […]
Read MoreSpring Awakens at Topčider Park, Belgrade. March 2021. Winter was a real slog that year in the Serbian capital. In fact, the cold, wind, rain and gloom were still stubbornly holding their own as grey February trudged cheerlessly into colourless March. But as the month wore on, things started looking up. First we received dates […]
Read MoreWinter Vibes at Lake Ada, Belgrade. February 2021. I can still picture Sladja and I wincing out the window of our apartment. “Hm, is this really the right afternoon for a lakeside walk?” It was a biting cold, grey, gloomy February morning in the Serbian capital. We really could have just stayed at home, curled […]
Read MoreInside Belgrade’s Museum of Contemporary Art. November 2020. It was a chilly morning as Sladja and I made our way through the Park of Friendship toward Belgrade’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Neither of us can pretend to have much expertise when it comes to contemporary art. Rather, the museum was right on the doorstep of […]
Read MoreSnippets of Vienna. October 2002 & June 2003. I always feel a bit uncomfortable when people ask me if I’ve ever been to Vienna. This is because while I have visited (twice actually), it isn’t a city I was able to get under the skin of. In fact, I barely brushed the surface. Circumstances very […]
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Read MoreJia Jia and the Warriors, a short story from China. After a prolonged period of stability, I finally bid farewell to Belgium in the summer of 2009. Uninspired by life in grey, uneventful Brussels, I headed off to China for an unforgettable year of teaching and traveling. —- The slow train from Beijing to Pingyao […]
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Read MoreAstonishing Art at The Great Palace Mosaic Museum. October 2020. Earlier in this series I suggested that the city of Istanbul can be viewed as a tale of two palaces. If you haven’t already checked out my pieces on Topkapi Palace and Dolmabahçe Palace, please do, these sights are absolute gems! While I stand by what […]
Read MoreStillness and Silence at Theodosius Cistern. September 2020. Posted just over a month ago, readers may recall my article about the marvellous Basilica Cistern. One of Istanbul’s most absorbing historic sights, the cistern is just one of 70 giant underground reservoirs built by the city’s ancient Byzantine rulers in order to supply water to the […]
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