A story for us to read on the International Women’s Day! Since I emigrated from my hometown, it became the new normal for me to visit my family and friends every year, typically for the Christmas season and January. In my last visit in 2023, 365 days since I visited the last time, things wereContinue reading “My grandma quit, and she got a raise”
Author Archives: The Random Wanderlust
The Dubai’s motto
Is Dubai just one more urban jungle? A desert with a bunch of buildings all over the place to make it look nice an cool? This simplistic question was rounding my head before I visited Dubai in December 2022. Some friends and colleagues had told me how impressive the city was, and how it wasContinue reading “The Dubai’s motto”
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”
This is what happens when you wear a colorful dress in Jerusalem
Aren’t summer dresses universal now?
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”
Random Lessons 