Discovering new destinations and looking at well known ones from a new perspective, my travel journals, collections of adventures, anything and everything related to travel
I remember that I always found magic fascinating ever since I was a little girl. I’m not talking about stage magic and creating perfect illusions via distractions and skill, but actual magic, the conjuring something out of nothing, the transformation of matter and energy in order to achieve a change in the fabric of the universe. I … Continue reading
This week the theme is transformation. So who can tell me how to create a piece of art out of bugs? The image shows a close-up of one of the chandeliers in the Royal Palace’s Mirror Room, which (like the ceiling in the background) is covered with wing cases of jewel beetles. Brussels managed to … Continue reading
An unlikely sight in the middle of the bustling city of Brugge: a young man mass-producing soap bubbles using but a long string with small loops on it, dipped in the soapy water. Some come out as perfect spheres, others look more like large shiny rainbow-blobs, and all the eyes in the square are glued to … Continue reading
Every other year Brussels rolls out a magic carpet made of flowers, celebrating the breathtaking beauty of begonias, the region’s horticultural highlights. The carpet is built overnight and requires over 300 blossoms per square meter (about 100 per square foot), showcasing the wide variety of hues the flowers come in. To see the biennial event … Continue reading
Life is hectic and has a tendency to be annoyingly overwhelming, hence the long and unexplained hiatus in my usual blogging pattern lately. On the other hand absence doesn’t put a full stop to spontaneous exploits of my curious nature. Architectural wonders still fascinate me, I continue to notice the unexpected, the out of the ordinary or otherwise unique, and keep … Continue reading
Postcards from the Country 