I didn’t travel to Sakhalin, and eye-balling current geopolitics, I never will. Turns out, it’s more difficult to get there than you might think, and if you still decide to try and get there, what you find might not be what you expected. Unless you read what I have to say.

Some have said I rush around too much. That I don’t go on holidays but on races. Others have said that I should slow down, and relax a bit more. Let them talk. Three days is all I need to travel through all of France!

I don’t know much about Germany. I only know I’ve never liked it. I’ve ‘never liked’ it for such a long time, that I kind of forgot why. I must have had a good reason though. Prejudice is always built on strong foundations. Obviously.

When my sister and I were kids, our parents often brought us to the flea markets of Brussels. As they searched for plates and vases, we scanned the cobblestone pavement for hidden treasures. I think all that staring at the ground left me nearsighted.

Rebun is a small island off the Northern coast of Hokkaido, often compared to Scotland or Norway. Despite its sheer cliffs and green meadows, it’s mostly known for the more…

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…

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,…

She’s left for her lectures and I sit alone in my room. Not knowing what to do, and staring at my useless hands, I decide to start cleaning. Creating order…

Where the European map shows a colourful puzzle of interlocking nations, historically competing and fighting for supremacy, building alliances only to enact great betrayals in hopes to come out on…

Ik verken het reguliere stratenplan van Madrid, gelegd na de reizen van Columbus  naar het metrum van de koloniserende Romeinen, dat wil zeggen, recht op recht, een mooi ruitenrooster, want…