Katarína Varsiková

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Stories not only for Christmas

Picture: Bratislava streets briefly snowy before Christmas  Last year before Christmas around the Opera House in Brussels: I long to go to the Opera for a spectacle since it was reopened after the reconstruction. Outside, on the square there...

Spring Yoga Recharge

A week in the middle of Slovak mountains in the full swing of spring with two yoga classes a day. May it be still winter wagging the tail goodbye when we are stretching pleasantly into the warmth, yoga teaches us to accept all. Emotions...

Dutch Language Musing

A Snapshot of Contented Translator One of the best motivations to learn a new language is to fall in love with the user of the language. In my case Dutch. I planned to take up Dutch/Flemish already for years, living in Brussels where a...

New Season at the Tree of Life

Photo: Courtesy to Lula. Portrait of Radek, the guy whose blue eyes are not photo-shopped.  How much yoga practice can one pack into one day? Tree of Life Yoga in Tervuren. Open day. Everybody welcome with an open heart. I started with a...

From the Port to The Beach.

Picture: The path leading to the Maasvlakte Beach  We zig-zag the roads and highways through the immense Port of Rotterdam: kilometres and kilometres of tubes, chimneys, steel and concrete constructions, smoking refinery plant towers, waste...

Berlin.The Bunker and How Long is Now?

Part I. The Berlin Bunker We pass the building couple of times on our regular way to the hotel at the Linienstrasse, Mitte-Berlin. Suddenly we notice it: a crude concrete block structure with very tiny windows, graffitti and no sign indicating...