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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I'm the road that drives away

I'm the road that drives away

More than a year and a half ago, I first came across this blogpost ("What Happens When You Live Abroad") by Chelsea Fagan. She writes about moving abroad and about a feeling of belonging in more than one place. Consequentially, there is always a part of you that is far away from home.  More than two years after I first left Belgium, these words still articulate a feeling that perhaps will never entirely disappear (and that does not have to be a bad thing). I know the message resonates with many people who live abroad, and it is phrased so much nicer than I could ever put it...

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Formidable, formidable

Formidable, formidable

In 2013 there was a big train crash in Spain, Syrian children died of nerve gas and the Philippines got hit by a major typhoon, while Edward Snowden dramatically demonstrated the relativity of privacy. The Boston marathon got startled by a bombing, a Nairobi shopping mall got invaded by terrorists....

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