A few months ago, Mum said something that will likely stay with me for my entire life. She confessed her fear that she and I were drifting into two entirely different worlds. For context: in Romania, the far-right, pro-Russian parties were gaining alarmi ...
Zanzibar
After a wait that stretched over twelve long years, the dream of Zanzibar finally became a reality. And believe me, the legendary Spice Island didn't just deliver; it absolutely enchanted. We’d gone with visions of pristine white sand beaches and crys ...
Via Transilvanica #2
The call of the Via Transilvanica pulled me back again. This time, the target was a stretch through Bucovina, starting with the familiar car journey from Bucharest up to Vatra Dornei, buzzing with that pre-hike mix of excitement and nerves. Setting of ...
Wembley to Camden Town
I like walking. A lot. When I’ve visited my friend’s new working studio in Wembley, I had a look on his window and I’ve seen Grand Union Canal, just a few steps from his window. It didn’t take too much time to give myself a new challenge: to ...
A robotic fast food
I was thinking, for example, of Americans, who “import” hard labor from Mexico, Europe, etc. to work in fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, KFC, etc. OK. Why waste so much money and time with employees, when a chain of robotic fast food can ...
To the airport
I like flying. I like flying so much that I felt stuck in time, during this pandemic. I couldn’t fly for more than one year and things got a bit weird in my head. Maybe because I’ve been used to flying almost monthly. I had even more than&n ...
Live in the present moment
We all thinking at the past. We all try to plan the future. But what we actually need to do is to live in the present. It’s hard. It’s maybe the hardest thing a human being can do. There is a study where people were given the optio ...
Tesla
I had this wallpaper on my laptop for years. This is the amount of time I also had to wait for this dream to become true. 3.5 years from the moment I put the order and 7 years since I’ve started to dream, to be more specific. ...
Morocco
I think the best way to start a new trip is by lowering down your expectations. This is how I did before flying to Morocco. It’s good, healthy. The post title is Morocco, but I actually had the chance to visit Marrakech only, so I don’t ...
Vipassana Experience
The picture on the top is not just a picture of the sky. It’s a picture of the sky I was staring for hours after I got out from a Vipassana retreat. OK, what is Vipassana, you may ask. It’s a retreat than can last from days to months, where ...