10 October 2026

Lesbos, take 2!

October 10, 2026
  Sappho 's statue at the main square. Sappho’s influence on Lesbos is so profound that her ancient hometown of Eresos has evolved in...
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08 July 2026

Lesbos

July 08, 2026
  Last month, I was in Mytilini, Lesvos, for a week to attend a summer school. Naturally, stories inevitably unfolds.. The island itself did...
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24 January 2026

Sarajevo

January 24, 2026
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...
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01 November 2025

Black Forest

November 01, 2025
  The only kind of hike I’m willing to take these days is, literally, up a trail. And one that recently left my quads fully worked-out was i...
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30 September 2025

Novi Glad in Novi Sad

September 30, 2025
  Novi Sad offers a side of Serbia that contrasts sharply with the intensity of the capital Belgrade, scarred yet unbroken after centuries o...
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28 September 2025

Belgrade

September 28, 2025
  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...
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20 September 2025

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