“…everyone needs a somewhere, a place he can go. There comes a time, you see, inevitably there comes a time you have to have a somewhere you can go!” Fyodor Dostoyevsky We land in Budapest, and it feels like coming home. We have been discussing the possibility of including Budapest on this trip and the…
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Villinus – Lithuania (maybe)
“Let all of life be an unfettered howl. Like the crowd greeting the gladiator. Don’t stop to think, don’t interrupt the scream, exhale, release life’s rapture.” Vladimir Nabokov Overcast but not raining. We head to Lithuania today. Chopin Airport for the whip. The last time we entered Lithuania, our car mysteriously stopped at an intersection….
Rain
“The best thing one can do when it rains is let it ran” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We wake up to rain. It may not seem like a big deal, but over the last two years, Dubai has had ten days of rain. Over the previous twelve months, no rain. Everything is quiet and out of…
Arrivals – Warsaw
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller Summer in Warsaw is a very different experience from summer in Dubai. The 25 °C is incomparable to the 50 °C we have left behind. We are off the plane in an Uber in record time; I guess less than…
Departures – Budapest
“What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?” Soren Kierkegaard I wake up and my brain is disheveled. I am struggling to focus on the simplest of tasks. Shell gets me sorted and we head to Zërgë Coffeeshop for breakfast. Not a single cloud in the sky, a…
Back to Budapest
“You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.” Saul Bellow We are up early and I make breakfast. I use all of the truffle butter in the eggs. Pack and leave. A six hour drive to Budapest. “There was nothing to talk about anymore. The…
Last Night in Grožnjan
“I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t…
Lazy Days
“Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.” Susan Sontag Sleep in. When there is no need to wake up, your body takes as much sleep as it needs. Breakfast at 11.00…
Home to Grožnjan
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Lao Tzu Back to Boogie Lab for breakfast. We have slept in. By the time we finish breakfast, it is time to leave for Grožnjan. We take a slow drive to Grožnjan, and Shell detours to Benvenuti Winery. I have…