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Taking pictures in a misty forest is actually not difficult. Fog is mystical in itself and if you combine it with the outline of an object, a tree or a house, the picture becomes naturally atmospheric.
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Is It Okay to Travel to Bad Countries?
At Easter we visited Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan was the only one of the three Caucasian countries where we hadn’t been yet; we had been to Georgia several times and twice to Armenia. Azerbaijan is a more interesting and varied country than … Continue reading
Arigato, Japan!
In late October and early November of this year, my husband and I travelled to Japan. I enjoy sharing my travel experiences on Facebook. In the evenings, I summarize what I have seen, learned, or experienced. However, Facebook is not … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Bomb-Dome, Ainokura, Hiroshima, Japan, Japanese Alps, Kashuga Taisha, Kenrokuen, Kyoto, Nara, Shinkansen, Shirakawa-go, Shukkeien, survivor trees, Todai-ji, Tokyo
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Do You Want to Play Basketball?
When I am in Luxembourg, Ukraine seems far away. At the same time, we have become accustomed to the war, like to a new reality that will stay with us for longer. People don’t talk much about it anymore. As … Continue reading
I Felt I Had To Do Something
An interview with my colleague John Farebrother, an interpreter and aid worker with a forklift licence. John, you are a free-lance interpreter and work, among others, for the EU Court of Justice. But interpreting is not your only profession. You … Continue reading
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Tagged aid worker, Bosnia, humanitarian mission, interpreting, John Farebrother, Ukraine
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A Day in Poland’s Holiest City
On a warm Saturday in the golden Polish autumn I take the morning train to Częstochowa, Poland’s holiest city.
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Tagged Black Madonna, Częstochowa, Matka Boska Częstochowska, Pope Statue
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Warsaw Neon
One of the things I like about Warsaw are its nostalgic neons. They date back further than one might expect.
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Tagged Muzeum neonów, neon, Neon Muzeum, neon signs, neony, Warsaw, Warschau, warszawskie neony
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Holding the Line
My name is Kateryna Yegorenkova, and I am from Kharkiv, Ukraine. I was born in 1976 in Russia, in the former USSR, and my roots are both Russian and Ukrainian. In 1986, my family moved to Kharkiv. After the collapse … Continue reading
Two Worlds Inside Me
I met Masomah Regl in 2016. I was in Graz, the city of my studies, to give a talk to fellow interpreters about my work at the EU Court of Justice. We met in a restaurant and Masomah was sitting … Continue reading