The beggar and the xenophobe

On the Christmas eve morning in 2022, I landed in Budapest to spend the holiday season with my partner’s family. This Christmas was different. It was the first one we spent with his 84-year old lovely grandma post-Covid, and I wasn’t thinking as much as I used to in the gifts I would give, butContinue reading “The beggar and the xenophobe”

The toothless photographer

Have you ever entered a cafe where you didn’t have to pay to get free beverages and pictures taken? This is a story about a resourcefulness Bedouin who embraced technology like no other. In the autumn of 2022, my partner and I visited the ancient city of Petra, a half-built, half-carved into the rock cityContinue reading “The toothless photographer”

A Greek’s hidden gem

I always dreamed about Greece. Even before all those Instagram reels showcasing Greek sunsets in some picturesque island such as Santorini or Mykonos. It started like an idea, details not fine. I was sure I wanted to visit the famous Greek acropolis in Athens, but that was pretty much it. Of course I ended upContinue reading “A Greek’s hidden gem”