Last month, I was in Mytilini, Lesvos, for a week, to attend a summer school. And the island itself did not take too long to quietly take ...

One of the best things about Marinduque is that it offers a bit of everything ‒ from its pristine islets, the raw and unspoiled beaches, t...

  It’s 1:42 AM and I’m still awake, staring at the ceiling like it owes me answers. Recently, there’s this statue in Maastricht that dragg...

  My last stop for this Christmas 2023 holiday trip was this Dutch city called The Hague (locally, Den Haag). There were no heavy reasons I ...

  Another day, the same city.  That’s how academic life feel sometimes, as a perennial student (and as a student of life). Lab, grocery, hom...

  While it hasn't been my turn yet to introduce and boast to friends some of the best stuff Belgium has to offer, from the classic  choc...

My phone got stolen earlier this year – the same phone loaded with about 90% of my notes on what to write about in this blog. It contained h...

  Moving forward with my Christmas 2023 solo travel, my next destination was the daring and turbulent city of Amsterdam. Despite the anticip...

  Novi Sad offers a side of Serbia that contrasts sharply with the intensity of the capital Belgrade, scarred yet unbroken after centuries o...

Much has been said  about Dubrovnik   in the past (at least in this site), so I’ll save the new story about it for another time.  Split, mea...