Exotic food and Canadian eccentricities

Maybe exotic and eccentric are not words you can use when posting something in English on the Internet as somewhere a reader is bound to be familiar with whatever you describe. Well, humour me. Let’s start with some food you can see on the supermarket shelves. On the left of the picture you can see …

From the highest tower in Toronto

You might have noticed my absence for a few months. Or not. I was in Toronto performing a scientific study, which is hardly news. And you might be wondering... was it cold? You couldn’t care less about my research. I asked myself the same question every morning. Luckily, the building in front of my apartment …

Catalonia inspires Poland

During my last trip to Poland and bearing in mind my nationality, I’ve noticed the Catalan presence in Marie Curie’s country. There’s the old classic: people speaking Catalan in every city. We’re a few millions, but we travel a lot. Anyway, after running into a Catalan family in Reykjavik, a couple of Catalans in Polish …

Tour around Poland 2014: Traveller’s diary

Once again I leave the linguistic experience aside because we don’t talk about serious stuff on holidays. However, next time Poland shows up in the blog, its language will too. Day 1: The plane lands in Warsaw, the capital, at midday. My first host shows me around the most touristic parts in the centre and …

Tour around Poland 2014: About the country

Last year I toured around Europe just visiting friends; this summer I’ve visited friends around Poland to learn their language. Allow me to keep the linguistic experience for another occasion and to focus on the most remarkable details about the country, which might be of your interest if you’re considering visiting it. Staying with my …

TE13: Sightseeing in The Hague and farewell in Amsterdam

Being physically tired and not having enough sleep, but still joyful, I left the country I’m linked to by my second surname to visit the Netherlands. I had been there when I was eighteen—when I meet the Slovene girl—although that time I visited other places, except for Amsterdam. The flight, or rather the boarding, to …