Europe

Breakfast in Paris

January 28, 2022May 13, 2022 by Mon

Mon

From station to station to station. Besides reading quietly, the rewards of reducing one's carbon footprint when travelling this time included breakfast in Paris! Gare de l'Est is so close to Gare du Nord, where the Eurostar leaves, so plenty of time for a stop in between. Returning to London…

Post-pandemic long train rides

September 12, 2021May 19, 2022 by Mon

Mon

Long train rides are soothing. Landscapes change slowly and so does their ordinary beauty, making space for the mind to wander and create escapes from the strictures of reality. Mixed pics from across Europe: Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, England.

Roots

September 4, 2021May 19, 2022 by Mon

Mon

A faded photo on a tombstone in a cemetery in Wallonie. On the left, a plaque bearing a miner lamp. On the right, another plaque with a cross. I fill the missing parts in my uncle's photo through recollections of the same photo that my mum has kept on a…

Staycations

June 20, 2021May 19, 2022 by Mon

Mon

"Making the familiar strange", we say in anthropology - looking at known places as if they were new. Not easy, although the emptiness in this post lockdown Venice helps at the moment - at least by removing the masses of tourists from the sight. But another way of doing this…

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