"To be happy, it is enough to think you are." ... an Occitan saying.

"If you want to be a writer, you have to come to Paris," Sherwood Anderson.

Forty four years today I came into this world. A Drop of water from outer space, taking the shape I have now. The only intention I am aware of – that this dr...

Coming to the end of another year and I let  myself carried away with the wave of all the rush to remember everyone... Have we "bought something" for everyon...

It's been raining and the sky won't change its grey tones. Why not get a rainbow in my plate with this salad created as I go along. 2 carrots grated, 1 courg...

Once upon a time, there was a girl who dreamt of a specific place by the sea. She did not know if the place was real, but that did not matter, as it was real...

Reminiscent of an invitation to dine within the inner temple of the kitchen in the Oitavos Hotel in Cascais, I have to thank Chef Sebastian Fratye for such a...

I have touched the silent menhirs in Carnac, Brittany several years ago and I left with more questions than I came with. I needed to try my hand again, in Po...

Airports can be such a contrasting combinations. On one side, they are cold, characterless warehouses, with no soul – we never spend enough time there to lea...

There is something comforting about hotel lobbies. Like being in front of a portal to a world where you are simply a guest. No commitments, no expectations, ...

It’s no coincidence that I have been reading “Tomorrow’s God” by Neale Donald Walsch when the events in Paris happened. And even though Walsch says that any ...

I believe the initial idea of the afternoon tea was to feed the hunger and satisfy the thirst of those who were too passionate to converse, to stop the flow ...

I have my yoga teacher to thank for her gift: "try to find that quiet place between two breaths." I did not know how much I was looking for it... I have not ...

At this time of year I always get asked the question: “Was Dracula real?” Growing up in Transylvania, in a small town in the mountains, where old traditions ...

I have left parts of myself in each corner of the world where I have travelled. The moment I stopped and fully realized I was THERE, a thin slice of my being...

"There is no such thing as "change for the worse." Change is the process of Life Itself, and that process could be called by the name "evolution." And evolut...

...that's how I met Cristiana, who had just arrived at Vama Veche beach, on the shores of the Black Sea. ...and I asked her if she minds me taking some photo...

After a hard-working week, a perfect ending, with my collection of seven photographs being awarded third place in the "Street Fashion Photography" section. F...

For the last two days I have landed in a sort of heaven - a week-long festival of photography on the sunny coast of Black Sea, in the village of Vama Veche. ...