Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Monsoon musings

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In just 6 hours from now you'll board your flight in London heading to Thailand to be with me for a whole month. I'm excited to hav...

Leaving for my woman

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     In a few hours I will be traveling to Thailand in order to meet you again. I never imagined someday I would be crossing the world in o...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Delicious memories

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I arrived home four days ago and have been busy catching up and getting back into the flow of normal everyday life after a long holiday wit...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

A samba evening in the old Rio

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     We have just arrived from a samba place in central Rio de Janeiro. It was a great evening talking, kissing and dancing together while ...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Steps

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We have finished our visit to Minas Gerais and are headed for Rio, a city I have long looked forward to visiting for a long time now. I ...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

A journey through part of Brazil

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     This huge concrete jungle is São Paulo, where I lived 17 years of my life, a place that I love despite of all annoyances and proble...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Means of expression

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Street Art, Penang, Malaysia Your last post included an image of street art which you took for me on one of your walks around your h...
Friday, June 20, 2014

To love is to have, to desire is to want

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I recently listened to a talk by a psychologist on the dynamics of relationships: about why so many of us today are unhappy in love and why...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Blowing hearts on a wall

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       It's great to be back to my hometown for a few days and meet my family, my friends, my books and my dogs again. Everytime I ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

A glimpse of things to come

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 Ouro Preto I came across this old photo of the colonial town of Ouro Preto taken by a traveler in the 19th century while researchin...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Two passions

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     Today is Valentine's Day in Brazil. I woke up thinking about you and wanting to be with you. My 18-year old nephew has just gone o...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

If I should lose you...

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Smalls Bar, Bangkok Last Sunday evening I stumbled across a cozy new neighborhood bar whilst out walking around and exploring a  neig...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Expecting you

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     I'm now in São Paulo, in a sojourn along the south hemisphere winter. Some days can be very cold here, especially in July and Augu...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The start of a love affair

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Cacha ç a - Camden Town I have been lucky to travel to many countries and to discover cultures and places which are different from my ...

Heading south

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     Tomorrow I will be crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards São Paulo. I am looking forward to this for a few weeks already, because Brazil...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

This Lonely House

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One month from today I will be aboard a flight, finally taking the long journey to meet you in Brazil. You know how much I am looking forwa...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Still about giving

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     The story of The Gift of the Magi you retold below reminded me of a great tale by Giovanni Boccaccio in his Decameron . It's ...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Giving

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I was just thinking of the nice and popular story "The Gift of The Magi", which is told often around Christmas time to illu...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A place two hearts can understand

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'You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood....
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Under martial law

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     I have accompanied what is happening in Thailand, where last night the militaries declared matial law. That means that public manifest...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Your bathroom cats

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     I felt like home in your apartment along the three weeks I stayed there. It is a cozy and tidy place, with many souvenirs of your...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

My Captain!

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This morning I found myself back at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on my way to catch a flight south to Krabi. The last time I was ...
Friday, May 9, 2014

A rose in Regent's Park

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     It's springtime, my favorite season in London, despite of the weather, which is sometimes a bit chilly, sometimes a bit rainy. ...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

A memorable snack

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Thod Mun Pla Today while having lunch next to my office I noticed an old woman carrying a plate of Thod Mun Pla (spicy Thai fish cak...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

Warmth of my life

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Seville Still Life #2 - Henri Matisse Matisse painted this still life in 1910, inspired by his travels in southern Spain where the col...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Bangkok to Brazil

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Garrincha steals the show.... From the beginning you told me you were passionate about football. And you have been telling me many ...

For the grace of you

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     It's five days now that I am back to Europe, after crossing the world to see you in Thailand and also to travel with you to Vietna...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Next to me

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Hanoi Moment I just returned home from sending you off at the airport. It is quiet here and I am missing you. It is hard thinking of y...

Home away from home

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23 Love Lane This is ‘23 Love Lane’, the little hideaway we shared in Penang these past few days. Simply named after its street address...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Love Lane

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     We have just returned from Penang, in Malaysia. This is a lovely place, but it is far to be one of my favorite cities in the world....
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A skillful sleeper

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Henri Rousseau - The Sleeping Gypsy - 1897 Referring to your earlier post on our time in Hanoi, I am reminded of one of your most ado...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Taking the good and the bad times

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     Yesterday you had an allergic reaction, possibly related to something you ate. I went to the hospital with you and tried to support yo...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

A house in Hanoi

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     I love traveling with you who are a traveler indeed, not just a tourist. Beside you, I have experienced new places and different cu...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Traveling to you

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    I'm leaving for Asia today in order to meet you. I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time already. It will be...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

An ongoing conversation

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Homage to J.S. Bach - Georges Braques- 1912 This afternoon the music of Bach’s Concerto for 2 Violins came into my head. It is a be...

On kisses and kissing

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     I am really excited to cross the world in order to meet you again. It will be great to be guided around Asia by you. For sure I wi...