Stories

I entered Budapest after seeing the Bavarian Alps and glimpses of Vienna on the way. It was twilight when the bus driver announced our arrival in the Hungarian capital. I followed Martina’s instructions (my peer from college), and after a long subway ride, I found myself on a cobblestone central street where an old tram […]

We walked through the wonder garden full of poignant green nuances. We were like those 2 kids in the school trip venturing off the beaten track, making our own personalized itinerary, just for the sake of invalidating all the plans our teacher had carefully and meticulously prepared for us. We were the rebels, the troublemakers,

I arose from my bed at the dawn’s calling. The sole thought in my mind was a simple one. One word with an exclamation point, in capital letters, to add further stress to the exclamatory nature of it: GO! No matter what, I needed to go. I made a promise to my dear Viet brother

Yusuf was coming back from breakfast and a quick promenade back and forth to the iconic Merlion statue from Singapore. It was only his 2nd day in the bustling South East Asian metropolis for him. The excitement of a tourist discovering a new city was untouched. Especially after licking his fingers due to one of

Eventually, I decided I had more or less enough of the whole Đà Nẵng business. What more could I even get from that city? And one could loaf around in a hostel with jolly Russians only that much. So, my sacred errand of reaching good old Saigon was thus resumed with renewed energy. 30km down

Once securing my stay in Đà Nẵng and leaving my belongings in more or less safe circumstances, I took a stroll around the coastal night market, which was quite nearby. I reminded myself that my beloved country, Romania, was playing in the Euros that very night. It was the round of 16 in the Euro

Life on the motorbike just seems to make complete sense. There’s that inner balance that the ancient scholars bragged about, be it somewhere in China or in the proximity of Athens. It’s all about the way, the balance, the 0 state or whatever one may call it. While on two wheels one seems to reach

I just woke up from a dream I really fancied. It was one of those dreams that you enjoy so much to the point that when you wake up from it, your disappointment is so bitter and complete that you make an effort to put yourself back to sleep. And you really try your best

I woke up in the morning thinking about all the lore and fantasy that Huế had to offer. And the fact that I could spend time in that city indefinitely just to uncover all those mysteries made me impatient to dive and wallow into all that sea of culture. I had the free breakfast down

I had another Bánh mì[1] at my favorite place in Da Nang, a city that kept me there indefinitely. If one reason to live in Vietnam was Bún chả Hanoi[2], another one would definitely be Bánh mì. After all this time in Vietnam, I must’ve had at least one thousand and one Bánh mì’s going in and