“She had no tolerence for scenes which were not of her making” Edith Wharton Via Slovakia. First, breakfast at Zërgë coffee shop and pick up the ride. I had never heard of Lublin. It sounds like a cream you apply to irritated skin. Warsaw was our planned destination. Prices were steep, and when we found…
Arrivals – Budapest
Via Dubai. Two days in Budapest – feels like home. Breakfast at Zërgë coffee shop. Always Currently reading – “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt” Kurt Vonnegut
Fritz
“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky We would…
Saturday Swim
“I wonder why I don’t go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.” – Sylvia Plath Awake at 6.00 am and running on about three hours…
Departures – Kuala Lumpur
“Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.” – Lao Tzu The term is done, and we fly out tomorrow. I feel like a wine, but the flight is early, and I am reluctant to travel hungover. The situation resolves…
Serene Sunday
“He remains as calm at the endas at the beginning.” – Lao Tzu I can’t remember the last holiday Sunday that didn’t begin with a shadow of dread for Monday. Sleep in. Sunday means no gym. Breakfast and prepare the recycling. South Korea is serious about recycling. Every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday morning we bring…
Weekends
“The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.” – Chuck Palahniuk I wake up at a reasonable hour without a hangover. If I had to choose between a hangover and wine, I would choose wine. Gym and breakfast. It is raining,…
Hangovers
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung I am dreaming of truffles when the alarm wakes me. Is this a hangover, or am I still drunk? Feels like both. I can’t believe I forgot to turn the alarm off. 5.20 am is an unacceptable time to be awake after a night…
Slow Days
“I have no doubt that time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.” – Henry David Thoreau Sleep in. The weather has changed. Overcast. We head to…