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Auteur: Emiel Van Herck

Emiel Van Herck (21), studeert Japanologie aan de Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte in Leuven, verslindt boeken, filosofeert, schrijft en danst graag, blijft ver weg van social media en influencers, wil de hele wereld zien en zoveel mogelijk mensen uit andere culturen leren kennen.

A Venetian Romance

PEOPLE, TRAVEL
Emiel Van Herck

I am greeted by my Italian girlfriend wearing her khaki skirt over a pair of black leather boots, matched by a silky black top and her lovely curls. Nearly mute…

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Strange Love Apart

PEOPLE
Emiel Van Herck

For one month and a half, Indi, my girlfriend, and I, will be separated by a handful of national borders, the towering Alps, and most crucially, our exams. She has…

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James, or, The Man Who Knows Music

PEOPLE
Emiel Van Herck

I have quite a peculiar friend. Perhaps, me being who I am, that is not surprising. Still, this one is remarkable. Three years ago we met in class, where he…

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When Life can Hardly get any Better

PEOPLE, TRAVEL
Emiel Van Herck

This one will be a bit different. No diary, I just intend to write down some memories and impressions that went through my mind the past months. Of course we…

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Elias, or, Such as There is only One

PEOPLE
Emiel Van Herck

I would be surprised if it’s common to people my age, celebrating a best friendship that has lasted without interruption for ten heartfelt years. My first weeks in highschool were…

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A Different Way of Life

COLUMNS, TRAVEL
Emiel Van Herck

I will tell you two short anecdotes from a recent trip to Andalucia. It is, more or less, the most southerly part of Europe, at least of the mainland, and…

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Something’s Alive in the Ocean

TRAVEL
Emiel Van Herck

Naast een lang weekend Parijs is deze week op Madeira onze eerste echte reis samen. We ontmoetten elkaar vier maanden geleden en tot nu toe waren het uitsluitend zachte verhalen,…

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Pearl on the Silk Road – Khiva

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Emiel Van Herck

The camel grows long eyelashes, thick thistles to break the wind that blows biting sand as a mist over the black deserts of Central Asia. Heavy metal through his nose,…

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The Eternal City – Rome

TRAVEL
Emiel Van Herck

Any and all roads, that’s how the saying goes, and it might have been true one day. To be found at the end of endless cobbles, orderly and properly arranged…

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The Queen of Two Continents – Istanbul

TRAVEL
Emiel Van Herck

Plentiful and long is the list of cities with rich histories and surprising tales, but none, perhaps, can match the Queen of Two Continents, Istanbul, straddling both coasts of the…

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HI THERE, I’M EMIEL VAN HERCK

Throughout the lockdowns I built
an image of the world
as I read every book within reach.
Now I test my imagination
by travelling all over,
and reverse the roles as I write
and describe what’s real.

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3 Continents Explored
30 Countries Visited
250 000 KM Traveled
15 000 Photos Taken

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