“Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I know, a feeling came over me. It was like remembering something I’d never known before or had always been […]
Rome: Making Something Out of Nothing
“L’arte d’arrangiarsi – the art of making something out of nothing. The art of turning a few simple ingredients into a feast, or a few gathered friends into a festival. Anyone with a […]
Copenhagen: The World Above the Stars
“Why have not we an immortal soul? asked the little mermaid mournfully; I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for […]
Oslo: Having a Warrior’s Spirit
“Well except for a few small bruises, cuts,and scars well i’m fine…Thank you for asking, I’m so glad we had this moment here, I know they think i’m crazy…But everything I am is everything […]
Stockholm: Getting what you Want and Wanting what you Get.
“Success is getting what you want; Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Ingrid Bergman (Swedish Actress in Hollywood) Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, built in 14 islands, a very comfortably sized city that […]
Lübeck: Alone with My Unforeseen Companion
“It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.” – Thomas Mann (famous writer from Lübeck) Lübeck is the very first city in Europe that I have been. From Singapore, I flew […]