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Yellow Berlin: A One Colour Photography Walk
After long months of very grey and sad winter season, in spring, Berlin becomes colourful again. Cherry blossoms, tulip carpets, young green leaves, street festivals, picnics in the park and more people strolling through the city. My new camera was quietly waiting for an adventure and now it is perfect time to take it for a proper photo walk. I am always in for creative photography challenge ideas. They let me explore new locations, events and new approaches to photography. Recently, all over my Instagram, photographers were taking on a colour photo challenge. The concept is simple, you pick one colour and you shoot only objects in this colour. You…
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Vintage Voyage Through the Flea Markets of Berlin
A few summers ago, I was on the hunt for my childhood board game – Scotland Yard. It’s not very popular anymore, and I’d been looking for it for a while since I didn’t want to pay full price for a new version. One Saturday, while visiting a local flea market, I saw it on a table among other old toys. After several moments of convincing myself I could do it, I approached the seller with my broken German: “Excuse me, how much is it?” “This? Oh, you can just take it for free!” he answered with a smile. Since then, I go to every market with intention and a plan of what I’m looking for, and the hope of…
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Recipe for a Perfect Autumn Day in Vienna
How to make the most hearty, warming, and spiced seasonal treat and trip? Full spoon of cozy mixed with a cap of vintage and a pinch of spooky. All of it in the city of music and dreams, walking along the ‘blue Danube’, riding a horse carriage to the rhythm of Walz, and admiring golden works of Klimt. Let me show you how to immerse yourself in the autumnal aura of Vienna. You will need: Vienna Farmers’ Markets for a Cozy Autumn Breakfast Start the day slowly with a late breakfast at one of the farmers’ markets. I had my scrambled eggs with freshly baked bread and orange juice at…
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Cracow in Pink: A Photo Walk Full of Colour and Inspiration
My favourite colour is blue. But pink makes me happy. My face turns pink when I get a summer tan. I love cherry blossom season and coral-pink notebooks. Show me anything pink – a flower, a book cover, a door, a ceramic mug, and you can be sure I’ll take a picture. I collect these pink moments because looking at them brings joy, makes me smile, and inspires me. Several places around the world carry the title of “pink city” for different reasons, like Jaipur in India, where a city law dictates the colour of buildings in the old town, or Toulouse in France, with its warm-toned brick facades. Personaly,…
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Dutch Tulip Fields: A Cycling Trip from Keukenhof
My favourite things to photograph are flowers and insects, especially in macro. On this blog, I share my visits to beautiful parks and gardens – my playgrounds for close-up photography. For years, I dreamed of seeing the tulip fields in full bloom – not just in curated gardens, but stretching endlessly across the Dutch countryside. I had visited tulip exhibitions before, like Britzer Garten in Berlin or the floral displays at Aflopark in Poland, but I longed to experience the real Dutch tulips. Since tulip season is short, planning the timing wasn’t easy — but this year, I finally made it happen. I chose Keukenhof in Lisse as the starting…
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Literary Lisbon – book shopping with a map
“Better to go barefoot than without books” ― Icelandic proverb You’ve probably heard of Shakespeare and Company in Paris or the stunning Livraria Lello in Porto, but have you been to any of the bookstores in Lisbon? According to the World Cities Culture Forum, Lisbon has 35.97 bookshops per 100 000 people, which makes it the most bookish city in the world. It’s home to the oldest, the smallest, and one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world. And no, these aren’t all the same place. Let’s explore some of Lisbon’s literary gems! There are many more bookstores in Lisbon. This post features only places that I have already visited. Lisbon Book Fare –…
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A Photo Tour of Katowice: Street Art, Neons, and Architecture
Katowice is where your childhood dreams of living in space, like the Jetsons family, can come true. While there are no flying taxis, the city has its own ‘flying saucer’, non-pneumatic (yet!) glass elevators, and the Cosmos Cinema (Kino Kosmos). At night, the neon-lit streets are full of little alien-like figures called Beboks. Fans of the space age and modernism will never tire of exploring the city’s out-of-this-world architectural gems. I visited Katowice for the European Science Open Forum 2024, held at the International Conference Centre (which sits on an old mining waste dump site!). It was my first time in the city, and during the day, I soaked up presentations about transformation, innovation,…
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Mini Stories #4 : Breakfast at Karmelitermarkt: Vienna’s Slow-Travel Gem
Do you know the feeling when your weekend trip itinerary is packed because you just want to see it all, but you wake up in the morning and just aren’t in the mood? Instead of exploring all the magical corners of the city, you prefer to take it slow. That’s exactly what happened on my recent trip to Vienna. I looked through the window at the golden leaves and the grey sky and I found myself craving the cozy warmth of October—something the hotel buffet simply couldn’t provide. For an authentic Viennese experience, I decided to do what the locals do on Saturday morning – visited the farmers’ market. Slow-travel…
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Thieves’ Market in Lisbon and the Woman in Pink Scarf
Gloomy Saturday, June 2024 – day in Alfama (Lisbon, Portugal) We took the Azul metro line (blue line) towards Santa Apolónia. It’s only five stations from Marquês de Pombal. The Woman in the Pink Scarf sat across from me. She wrapped her head in a scarf decorated with golden and blue sardines swimming in pink waters. The vibrant flowers on her blouse complemented the pastel pink shade of her loose trousers. She answered a call with a smile, her golden watch glinting on her wrist. That morning, we were heading to the flea market at Mercado de Santa Clara, often called the Thieves’ Market (Lisbon’s oldest flea market, open every…
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Cracow Museum Marathon
Cracow – a city where every corner whispers history. And what better way to unveil the secrets of its past and present than to run a museum marathon? Every day, different museums offer free entry with Tuesdays featuring the most attractive selection. And the great news is that many of them are located within or close to the Old Town, so it is possible to just walk from one place to another. From Chelmonski to da Vinci From outside a beautiful palace, inside a modern exhibition space – Czartoryski Museum is displaying one of the most expensive art pieces in Polish collections – The Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da…
