In the early days of January, I had a little French adventure in Amsterdam. I am not French, but I do feel related to them,…
Recently, my wonderful Brazilian friend gave me Monsieur Big mascara for my birthday. It came in a black and stiletto pink carton box, Sex and…
I had grown tired, so tired in fact that my back didn’t function any more. At all. I was familiar with my back problems and…
I had forgotten about oats. That is, not really forgotten. I had just not thought about them for some time now. Summer had arrived–oats can…
I find city life so beautiful. There is such style to it, such vibrancy. The buzz of a metropolis. Never mind the dirt, the pollution,…
Rekindling an appetite for life My body started to feel thin, worn out. In a wish to learn something new, I had gone through all…
The first time I met Paul was in London. I’m not sure, whether it was right after I arrived at King’s Cross that we ran…
There it was, in an upper corner stuck to the inside of the window of the bus, just above the entrance door and a collection…
Waiting at the traffic lights to cross the street to Hotel Grande Bretagne, I watched the city pass me by. To my right, I saw…
Syntagma Square had even more Christmas lights than I had expected from photos friends had sent me. It was drenched in Christmas lights, enthusiastically drizzled…
I had a practical problem, my need for food. I would arrive in Athens on the evening of the second day of Christmas and I…
Vienna was boring in a good way. Predictable like the end of a romantic comedy, you know what is going to happen and you couldn’t…
Vienna was boring in a good way. After Athens, I had longed to return to civilization. I mean this in the best possible way, on…
“Did you tell the man in the trattoria you came from us,” asked my happy receptionist in the hotel the next morning. “Ehm, no, I…
“You can just take anything you like,” the receptionist in the hotel had told me. “No extra charges. We want you to feel free and…
I woke up early, happy that I could finally get out of this place. Somehow, Bologna and I hadn’t been off to a good start…
This is the story of the old lady who was sitting in front of Alfa-Vita at New Year. My first place in Athens was an…
If generosity is one art to admire in Athens, music is another one. The secret to Greek music is conviction. To love without shame, to…
Athens is simple. There are no hidden messages. Athens is more direct than Amsterdam, where people do not hesitate to ask you how much money…
Athens is honest. To be honest is more than not lying, it is a man’s pride, and a woman’s too. Being honest is being free.…
I love Athens for her bloodiness. She is the most blooded city I have ever been. Not like Rome, where everything is perfectly cute, even…