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Life as a pariah in Argentina (part 5)
Slowly but surely this whole adventure is turning into a complete nightmare. Or rather, a complete joke. Just recapitulate. I’m sure you already lost me a long time ago. 1. We had an Air France flight leaving on the 31st from BA. It was canceled after Argentina refused planes from countries affected by the virus.…
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Life of a pariah in Argentina (part 4)
It feels like our last day, but it isn’t. Probably because it seems like nothing more can happen to us. We have a new flight. Again. The borders are not closed (at least not for flights to Brazil), and with the necessary documents (boarding pass or ticket) we can leave our house and drive to…
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Life of a pariah in Argentina (part 3)
In times of Corona, nothing is sure. Changes are made by the hour, people hardly get time to adapt. Even in Argentina, where today there are (only) 79 cases and (only) 2 people died. The Argentine government came together to discuss a total lock down. That it would come was already certain. Even what it…
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Life as a pariah in Argentina (part 2)
We kept an eye on our rescheduled flight to Belgium, (our original flight was canceled and rescheduled through Brazil), it wasn’t canceled, yet, but the situation was getting dire, especially in Europe, where not only Italy and Spain, but also Belgium and France had gone into lock down. The Schengen borders were closed and so…
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Life of a pariah in Argentina (part 1)
life with corona in Argentina
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Amazing Albania
I feel like I am a real globetrotter right now, and after one amazing adventure I dive into the next. Another, equally amazing. From Ethiopia, Africa, straight to Albania, Europe. In a way, both countries are alike, and then they are also totally different. Ethiopia has never been under European influence. Albania has been closed…
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Into Africa
There is Africa, and then there is Africa. The Africa we ‘know’, and the Africa we ‘think’ we know. I was in Ethiopia, I was in Africa. Ethiopia is the only African country that has never been colonised, and that is what you notice when you are there : European influences are minimal, if not…
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Go South
It’s cucumber time. You notice it when silly things, in which nobody is really interested, fills our news apps and fills the home screen of our smart phones. So what else to do but talk about the weather? It might me an obvious subject to start a conversation in England, in Belgium it is one…
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TDF (also known as Tour de France)
Disliking bike races in the way that I do, is probably a sign that I am no real Belgian. (I should have a serious talk with my mother about this.) Much worse then what I called ‘Football Mania’ when I was living in Argentina, is this “Bike Mania” here in Belgium. What a day this…
The Feel Good Way 