I’ve often searched my room, only to come up empty-handed. I’ve sifted through cabinets without result, and rummaged around the kitchen, not finding the spices to enhance my dish. I…

I’ve often talked about the unusual geography of Japan. It stretches like a string of pearls dangling from frozen Kamchatka to the North, over rugged mountains and dense cities, all…

After seven months living in Japan I can confidently state the archipelago’s nature is nothing less than stunning. Coming from the grey drizzle of Belgium at the edge of the…

There is a mysterious country hidden between the flashy magnets of Thailand and Vietnam, hidden beneath the towering trees of a verdant jungle, where the monsoon rains filter through the…

I’m going to leave my home. Today is the day. Most likely never to return.  I will miss playing cards at the kitchen table. Indi taught us one of her…

Two weeks ago I had the great fortune to travel around Northern England with a friend of mine. He had just returned from his second semester in Cairo, studying Arabic,…

And now the news, both good, and less so. In one week, I’m set to leave home for about a year, transplanted from Europe to Asia. However, in that time,…

Lest I forget the nights spent awake late, far too late, gathered around a crackling fire far out in the garden where the wifi connection breaks and hampers the flow…

After twenty years of collecting miscellaneous memories in disparate spots and stringing them together into a vibrant tapestry of youth, the parental house will be sold, cardboard boxes abound around…

Padova boasts an ancient history, tracing a continuous line from nebulous mythology, stringing Roman and Byzantine beads along its course right up until the Italian present. Decorative footprints of these…