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My travels

Artificial ruins of Tata

On one of the last sunny weekends of November, I took a short trip to Tata in Hungary to see the water castle and the Old Lake as primary attractions. In late autumn, the area around the city and the...

a remény alagútja

Tunnel of hope

When I traveled to Bosnia, the first thing that struck me in my chest beyond the beautiful landscape was the sight of bullet-riddled houses and depopulated villages.  I was a child when the Bosnian...

Auschwitz: in memorial

When I traveled to Krakow, I knew I wanted to see the former concentration camps: Auschwitz and Birkenau. I knew it wasn’t going to be a good experience, but for once in my life, I thought...

Salt of our life: the Wieliczka mine

Have you ever wondered how many of our phrases contain salt? In everyday life, we often use terms like rubbed salt into the wound,  above the salt or salt of the earth,  but we may not know their...

Who is who: in the Red Sea

After my latest diving blog post, I received much feedback from you that you’d like to read more about the marine life of the Red Sea. I am pleased to do that so let me share with you a...

The underwater paradise

I remember when I was a kid, I was interested in street artists dripping paints of different colours onto a disc. Then they started spinning the puck, occasionally adding a different colour of paint...