She’s left for her lectures and I sit alone in my room. Not knowing what to do, and staring at my useless hands, I decide to start cleaning. Creating order…
Finis Terrae
Where the European map shows a colourful puzzle of interlocking nations, historically competing and fighting for supremacy, building alliances only to enact great betrayals in hopes to come out on…
Onder de Spaanse Vlag
Ik verken het reguliere stratenplan van Madrid, gelegd na de reizen van Columbus naar het metrum van de koloniserende Romeinen, dat wil zeggen, recht op recht, een mooi ruitenrooster, want…
A Hidden Piece of Paradise
As is said among the Georgians, on the seventh day, the day of rest, after God had created all the animals, the land they populate, its mountains and river valleys,…
Cats in the Forest
The quaint town of Luxemburg rests upon rocky bends of the Semois and the Alzette, a point since time immemorial easily defensible against marauding bands of Germans or French. The…
Nepalese Nostalgia
At the end of three weeks in Rajasthan, my mother and I arrived at Delhi’s enormous airport, both of us exhausted by the continuous heat and humidity. We had planned…
Spiritual Plethora of India
India hardly is a country. With a population close to double the European landmass, with more languages and ethnicities too. Only under the British did it fall under one government…
Cairo Heartbeats
Ik wandel onder de zon van Caïro, het is middag, 45 graden, te heet om te lunchen, om te bestaan eigenlijk, en elke kleine moeite doet je hart sneller slaan….
Romanian Hospitality and a lack of Vampires
Of course I could describe to you the gothic towns of Transylvania, with their fortified churches against roaming armies and castles on mountaintops, hidden in safety to guard crucial passages…
24 uur in Dublin
Dag vier Oordoppen verlengen de ochtend, wanneer iedereen vroeg op is, zon onder het gordijn glipt. Pas zodra de kamer leeg is, op Seppe na, klim ik naar beneden. Snel…