There are some places that I’m not likely to visit, one of them Saudi Arabia which is almost closed to tourists. And even if getting a visa wasn’t a problem I’m not sure if I managed to get to know a country where a woman can’t drive a car o […]
Books and Films
Reading list of 2016, part I
These are some of the books I read in the first six months of 2016. Only travel-related or non-fiction. City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Teheran by Ramita Navai I was reading this book during my travels in Iran, and although I skipped Teheran, the […]
Travel and poetry.
Poetry is not something that many people care about. I won’t lie to you that I read it often. I don’t, I feel much better with crime stories, mysteries, shooting, fighting and heroes. Still, there are some poems that stay with me for long. Here I’d like to share my […]
My Top 10 African songs.
It’s time to share with you my African musical fascinations. Enjoy you time spent listening to the songs below! 1. Angelique Kidjo „Pearls” (born 1960 in Benin) There is a woman in Somalia Scraping for pearls on the roadside There’s a force stronger than nature Keeps her will alive This […]
What if you lived in a different country? My thoughts after watching ‘Timbuktu’.
“I’m happy to be a poor teacher in Poland,” said Eliza leaving the cinema after the screening of “Timbuktu”. I just nodded my head. What else was there to add? I had the very same thought only a few minutes before. If I moved to Timbuktu as it was presented […]