Estonia is often presented as Lithuania’s archetypical competitor, and, judging from many media reports, it seems that the main goal for Lithuania is to be ahead of Estonia one day. Personally, I grew up with my dad’s stories from Tallinn, after he did an internship there in the 1970s, about how Estonia was more western in many ways. Access to …
Espresso in Hungary
Dear Hungarian waiters,
Idyllic in Budapest
Margit island, Budapest (click on the image to enlarge it)
Going to the Negev again! Sde Boker and Yerucham
I had a chance to visit the Negev desert again. It was very different there.
Gothenburg notes: money and leisure
My most regular readers will think that birthday makes me overly nostalgic. But in fact, searching for some long-lost research notes, I discovered notebooks that I had long forgotten. One of these unexpected treasures is my very detailed notes from studies in Sweden. Below are my impressions from fall 2005. Some prices are too much even for the Swedes. So …
The most impressive sights in Seoul
It’s been a long time (3 years) since I went to Seoul, but, having found my guidebooks, notes and other things to lend them to my colleague, I realized that memory is fading fast, so I should record it now. The only blog entry I wrote about that trip .
Beautiful Central Lithuania
May has been an extremely busy month at my new job. I organized a seminar on doing business in Asia, worked as a discussant at a student conference, organized a visit of a group of academics from Indonesia, and gave two workshops for students on job search (how to write a CV and a letter of motivation). The last event …
Exploring London’s cultural life
London happens to make an excellent escape for spring . When spring comes, people hurry to wear summer clothes, which always looks really extreme to my eyes. It reminded me of Gothenburg in many ways. People seem to appreciate every sunny day. This time I went to explore London’s areas that I hadn’t visited before, and experience more of its …
Cold-resistant blossoms
You may or may not blame climate change, but over the past several years weather has become unpredictable. Instead of four distinct seasons, we are moving towards sharp contrasts. It may be hot one week and freezing the next. Despite the late-spring gloom, these blossoms inspire people to hope that temperatures will leap . Sakura trees are blossoming close to …
Cambridge revisited
“… When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils” This is Cambridge – wrapped in greenery and blossoms, full of wildlife and very village-like, although it has been urban and academic since the Middle Ages. This time I stayed at the edge of the town, close to Churchill College.