Here's to joy and the light it brings

Here's to joy and the light it brings

Donald Trump was inaugurated and the day after, the Women's March became the largest single-day protest in US history. And so began 2017.  It was also a year in which I travelled so much that I better plant a small forest. A year where 38 flights took me...

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We've got holes in our hearts

We've got holes in our hearts

On 22 March, I was going to fly home to Belgium. On my way to the airport in Denmark, I was stopped in my tracks as my dad called me. He said my flight may be delayed. There had been an explosion at Brussels airport. It quickly turned out to be the first of several bombs...

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Hello, can you hear me?

Hello, can you hear me?

In 2015, for the first time, I was afraid. Afraid for my precious Europe. It's only three years ago that we, the European Union, won a Noble Peace prize, for bringing decades of peace to the continent. In 2015, there's no denying there's a war raging at our border. The Ukranian-Russian war revealed...

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Harder, better, faster, stronger

Harder, better, faster, stronger

Today came the announcement that it finally happened: Boston broke the all-time seasonal snowfall record today! This winter, 275.8 cm (108.6 inches) of snow has fallen at the Boston Logan station. The previous record was set 19 years ago, when 273.3 cm fell in the winter...

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

In between days with flights canceled due to snow storms, I safely got to Boston two weeks ago for the start of a semester of PhD research at MIT. But before I dig into the snow situation, let me say a word about my flights. Last year I wrote a post about my frustrations...

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Open de vensters en open de ogen

Open de vensters en open de ogen

A few weeks ago, my friend Tine visited me in Aarhus, and during the past Easter weekend I had the pleasure of welcoming my parents. Since they've seen Aarhus before and I haven't been exploring the rest of Denmark much, this provided us with the perfect occasion for...

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