Pre-birthday birthday cake, prepared by niece and nephew… (Chocopie, with ehm… unique taste in decoration, each kid had one half…) Θεία, έλα λίγοοοο!!! 😀 And on the exact time… 😀 Ehm… isn’t that a bit radical for birthday candles? Fire coming our way, fast… Good thing the firefighters got there and got it under control. […]

And as the world around us spins into one of intolerance, injustice, unemployment, conservatism and bigotry, in our microworld, we are blooming!!! Christianna, already 7 and a half, got her growing up gift: 3 weeks on her own, with her aunt!! Aw, the girls, living the big life! 😛 Which, included SCHOOL….   …(yeah, ok, […]

” But for now let me get back to this paper…” Social Network Analysis: Achievement Unlocked! 😀

ii Being with you here, in this room is like groping through a mirror whose glass has melted to the consistency of gelatin You refuse to be (and I) an exact reflection, yet will not walk from the glass, be separate. Anyway, it is right that they have put so many mirrors here (chipped, hung […]

This is not the laptop you’re looking for…. Instead, it is hot, spicy, salty and sweet, much like life… Crumbly bits and all! 😀 “Sophia’s loot” has landed after a loooong journey from Mexico (seriously, almost a month? A MONTH???) to follow up the previous loot from Argentina… Who says that Christmas is over? 😛 […]

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” Margaret Atwood The Moment The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island, country, knowing at last how you got there, and say, I […]

When going to buy A Clash of Kings in Greek, as a nameday present, turns you into a spectacle at Ianos, because, right next to it, the Greek translation of  The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, quietly awaits the clueless observer… Ok, I admit jumping up and down holding the book and making […]

Street festival for Colombia’s Independence Day, in Buenos Aires. Aaaaaaand, colombian food… arepas (didn’t last long enough to take a pic, lol) and patacon. Lunch, with a view! 😀 Museum of the Bicentennial, located in the historic corridors of the former Taylor Customs Agency, which was functional back in 1855, and over the remains of […]

Rainbow Warrior in Puerto Madero, and then, a quick pass by the Obelisk and beeeeeer!!! 😀 Tango. By everyday people…. Spectacular and captivating. Food for the mind, food for the body. Tarta rogel in librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid, in Buenos Aires… Bliss…. Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid, in Buenos Aires. Librería El Ateneo Grand […]

“What time’s sunset around here?” “We normally manage to fit it in  between night and day”. Terry Pratchett Aaaaand way up to the north, in the Netherlands… Arggghhhh… Ok, sunbathing in Amsterdam? What’s wrong with the world? Diamonds are a girl’s best friends… Tropenmuseum. Hortus Botanicus. Ok, I only wanted to see the carnivorous plants… […]