Magical Mozambique

After a 13 hour drive that included two flat tires, the night of the jackal, and finally parking in a field next to a helicoptor, we arrived in paradise.

By paradise I mean an enormous balcony looking out over nothing but the Indian Ocean. Weather that was overcast but deliciously warm. An almost deserted [...]

On the Beach

It’s almost February, and the winter stretches ahead many unappetizing and uncompromising months. It’s sunny but cold. What better moment to stop and reflect on summer days on the beach in Barcelona?
The sand. The sand is so strange in Barcelona. It isn’t real, it’s imported from somewhere, and it’s so [...]

A bicycle-bound view of Barcelona

My poor clanking, clattering, perpetually missing-a-brake bicycle! Bought with handlebars so low you had to bend double to ride it off an Argentine couple who couldn’t believe my lack of Spanish, fixed by a friends flatmate, dragged home on the metro and up and unbelievable amount of stairs going through the Passeig de Gracia [...]

Vancouver

Hardly a European City. But my home away from Europe nonetheless. My home, in fact.
I am irrevocably a city girl, despite having lived half my life in a suburb and having spent all childhood holidays in the country.
The big city intruded into my consciousness slowly. It was the destination of birthday trips, [...]