It was spring, cold, and I was thousands of miles away from home. I sat next to a girl carrying a summer hat after a gentleman helped me pack my heavy suitcase on the shelf. After a long journey I was finally able to breathe and relax for a moment with a mind filled with [...]
Spring
Dear Spring, think too much tonight, me. For someone, I'm winter and summer to another. But I would rather be with you, Spring. Others completed me, I know. But consider cold thin air or thick hot air, it just leads me to a windy night that never ends. Giving you the reason why I miss [...]
Supermodel
Never thought of accidentally photographing a supermodel.
The Throne
The Ridderzaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪdərzaːl]; English: Hall of Knights) is the main building of the 13th century Binnenhof in The Hague, Netherlands. It is used for the state opening of Parliament on Prinsjesdag, when the Dutch monarch drives to Parliament in the Golden Coach and delivers the speech from the throne. It is also used [...]
Bonjour, Paris!
I want to step out Down the Champs-Élysées, From the Arch of Triumph To the Petit Palais. That's for me: Bonjour, Paris! I want to wander Through the Saint-Honoré, Do some window shopping In the Rue de la Paix That's for me: Bonjour, Paris! I want to see the den of thinking men like Jean-Paul [...]
Street Food
Fun Facts about Street Food: In Indonesia, street food is sold from carts and bicycles.Some cultures consider rude walking on the street while eating.Multiple studies showed that contamination of food that street food vendors sell is at the same level as the contamination at restaurants.Take-away pizza sold by street vendors in Italy is different than [...]
Hortus Botanicus
One of the oldest botanical garden in the world. Guess it!
Oh na na …
... The feeling of traveling alone to a place I have never visited before in this world with a camera hanging around my neck. ... The feeling of walking through a row of beautiful shops that I used to see only in fairy tales before going to bed. ... The feeling of getting a new [...]
The Hero of Haarlem
Have you ever heard about Haarlem, a city outside Amsterdam in the northwest of the Netherlands? I don't mean Harlem Shake, of course, but Haarlem! I'm in the mood to talk about a fairytale that tells about the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger. But things got more complicated because many [...]
Frau von Stein
How could a woman became a man's muse that made him remembered for centuries because of an unforgivable heartbreak? „Nie standen die Frauen an Ihrem gehörigen Platze …“