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
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
Every year, I am surprised by how much seasons seem to impact my overall mood. When I lived in Nepal, I never noticed the change of seasons and definitely didn’t anticipate them. But here in Poland it’s a different story. With the landscapes drastically changing with the four seasons, I can’t help but look forward … More Falling in love with spring
With the start of chilly mornings and evenings and rainy days, it feels like autumn has already arrived in Poland. Autumn is my favorite time of the year. It’s the cool air, and the colors of the nature, and the fresh start, and just the coziness. Nepal’s biggest festival is also celebrated during autumn, so … More Last year’s autumn in Lodz, Poland
As I have mentioned in my previous blog posts, this winter has been very special here in Poland. We’ve had a lot of snow, and I am surprisingly in no hurry for spring to arrive. 😉 This winter I also got into some winter sports that I had never tried before: I tried skiing for … More My experience with snowboarding
Lodz is not known as one of the prettiest cities in Poland, in fact the opposite: it’s known as a gray and ugly city. Those characters come even more alive during winter when the sun gets elusive. I had felt gloomy during my last three winters here, but this year there was more snowfall than … More Winter in Lodz and appreciating the season
Lodz (Polish spelling ‘Łódź’ , pronounced ‘wutz’), my current home, may not be the most pretty city but I admit that it is one of a kind. There are other cities in Poland which are far more visited and have charming old towns and castles, such as Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk and Wroclaw. But Lodz has … More Lodz, Poland and its murals
Last weekend, I met a friend after a long time. I remember telling him that life is going slow for me compared to him, but today I wonder, is it really? I have been meaning to update my travel stories from Sri Lanka and then move on to writing about the other short trips that … More Life isn’t as slow as I’d like it to be
Stories from Europe 