As is always the case this time around the year, I am in disbelief that it’s the current year, which is 2020! This makes my sister who’s born in the 2000s an adult! 😮 It’s unbelievable and scary how quickly time seems to fly. However, I had a fulfilling and a memorable 2019, so embrace … More 2019, a busy and a big year!
Since I was away for almost 1,5 months in Nepal and Thailand, and also quite inactive in this blog for sometime due to various things going on in life, I thought a recount of a very recent snowboarding trip in the Polish mountains will push me back on to the blogging track again, which I … More First snowboarding this season
I am a lover of the sun, the clouds and the sky, especially during the dawn and twilight hours, but given that I rarely wake up early enough for sunrise, I thought I didn’t have a single sunrise photo in my gallery when I saw Amanda’s weekly challenge on the topic. But once I typed … More Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Sunrise
Few weeks ago, I went to a lake called Jezioro Ciecz in western Poland close to the German border for scuba diving. I had never been to the area before so I was looking forward to checking it out. The weather was in hot late twenties, which actually makes it pleasant to dive in the … More A weekend trip exploring, relaxing and scuba diving
Our local botanical garden in Lodz is a great place to visit in spring. It’s also a nice place to take visiting friends, which I’ve done in the past. This time I made it just in time to see the beautiful tulip display before they would be harvested for the season. The botanical garden spreads … More Visting the local botanical garden
From this year, I have realized that my favorite season is in fact spring, as opposed to autumn which I had always thought to be my favorite. It’s because I’ve noticed that the days are longer, sunnier and there are flowers everywhere in spring! And there’s summer to look forward to 🙂 We’ve already had … More Around town in April
When I saw Snow and Amanda’s topic for their weekly photo challenge last night, I couldn’t wait to share some of these timely and on-topic photos from my yesterday’s photo walk 🙂 As some of you might know, I am a fan of spring and autumn. Spring even more so in the last few years, … More Friendly Friday: Photo walk
I’ve been living in Poland for more than five years, and I’ve found that it is a country that’s either misunderstood or not much known about by foreigners. Poland is still mostly associated with the horrors of war that it endured not very long ago, but after living here for so long, I believe there’s … More 65 signs that you’ve lived in Poland for too long
Every year winter puts me in an introspective mode. The new year, my birthday in early Feb, the gloomy atmosphere – I find myself pondering over many things. In between all of this, when the fresh snow falls and turns the whole city into a wonderland, I realize that I actually don’t dislike winter at … More The appeal of fresh snow
2018 has been a busy but fun year for me. Most of my travels were limited to the first half of the year and the second half brought a lot of changes – changes that will keep me busy throughout 2019 as well. Among those things were getting engaged (hello wedding planning and bureaucracy), buying … More 2018 – exciting, fun and busy
Stories from Europe 