I spent four weeks in Germany in late 2021, and I did things that I hadn't done in a long time. My return to Berlin marked, somehow, a return to normality. Despite...

"Move the Knight," says the kibitzer. He could very well be an umarell, but I guess he's happy with his kibitzer role. I stand behind him; I'm just a hodophile, always thirsty...

There are places that deserve our gratitude, even though they never requested it. They are not fancy, and no word of poetry ever touched them. We didn't fall in love at any...

 This month's recap is a short travel story. The "Can you do me a favor?" incident took place in Prague a couple of months ago. At the bottom of this post, you...

May 2020 marked the slow return to normality. Life didn't start being enjoyable, of course, but I started seeing some elements of city life in Berlin. The restaurants and cafes opened mid-May...

Every year in October, a white van parks on the side-street. There's a chubby man coming out of the vehicle wearing dark clothes. It's time for the annual chimney sweeping, and that...

I've been thinking of adding a new section to my travel blog for quite a while now. It's not because the current ones were not enough; on the contrary, they seemed to...