"It's a strange feeling. The feeling that I'm stuck, simply because I haven't been travelling. My mum doesn't understand, but even yesterday, over dinner, I told my husband how anxious I am to get out of here. When I'm this long in the same place, it's almost like I can't even have opinions anymore" These … Continue reading Sights of Portugal: the old buildings of Porto
Once upon a time there was a place in Europe, in a country named Romania. There was a class of wealthy inhabitants who aspired to leave, only to come back with heads full of magnificient ideas. Ideas to make that place as elegant and cosmopolitan as Paris, where they had just come from. They brought … Continue reading Once upon a time in Little Paris, in Bucharest Romania
Sounds odd, doesn't it? In my mind, Mexico does not resemble Europe, despite having been colonised by europeans. And, let's be fair, after visiting Mexico, I can still stand by this. Mexico doesn't feel like any European place I have been to, and I am far from thinking this is a bad thing. For architecture … Continue reading Finding European Golden Times in Mexico City
-- ART NOUVEAU IN RIGA -- I have already posted about Riga, the biggest metropole of the Baltics. I wished I had spent more time there, but I have unsteady feet and well, I wanted to see as much as I could. Riga is particularly special because it is the city with the biggest number … Continue reading The Baltics: Riga, the flamboyant Art Nouveau District
The Winged Bone 