I should confess that my first meeting with the city in June 2025 was bad, that day was my first appointment for the apartment viewing. I did not like the city at all at that time; even more, I was returning from the apartment to the train station and weeping: “I do not like this city, this is the ugliest city in Germany, my tiny Hof is even better.” After months of searching for apartments in all nearby cities near Ettlingen, I began to shift my mindset: “Maybe Karlsruhe is

The first thing I was recommended to do in Karlsruhe was to go to ZKM (Center for Art and Media), one of the biggest media art venues in the world. One quiet Sunday morning, I walked into ZKM, I paid 14 euros and spent about three hours wandering through different halls and floors, exploring various exhibitions.

I am obsessed with the UK and particularly London. I fell in love with it from the phrase “London is the capital of Great Britain”, which is one of the few phrases an ordinary child remembers from post-Soviet school. For many such children, London became a dream, or, like for me, even an obsession. When I first came to London in 2020, just before global isolation, I came together with anxiety disorder and diverse panic attacks, it accepted me as I was and healed in the way it

Going out from the apartment, I saw a tiny cafe with huge letters PAUL, a well-known sign for a French bakery. My nose caught the pleasant aroma of coffee, while my eyes took in the kaleidoscope of colors and shapes in the visitors' clothing.

Climbing the Seven Sisters was the toughest hike I’ve ever done. I saw only stunning pictures on the Internet, my sister’s photos from Beachy Head Cliffs, and heard her stories, that was my knowledge about this God’s masterpiece…. If I knew the truth, I would not go the whole path; my fears would stop me.

Millions of people come to London every day with their dreams. Some of them return like tourists, some find a possibility to stay there, and some never come back. Every person coming to London has his/her own story: a story of loss, suffering, pain, struggle, and fight, but with a hope for a better life. London is not only the capital of Great Britain; it is a city of contrasts and gorgeous beauty, diversity and inclusion, challenges and chances, chaos and order, opportunitie

I finished the first module of resilience and adaptability at McKinsey Forward Program. The most important insight is I lived through an exclusive traumatic life experience that forced me to become resilient and adaptable and through the life-learning process I made almost all the conclusions on my own that I studied in this module. I am very thankful that my chaotic experience now is structured and framed with business words and categories. So, I studied adaptability and res

That morning I looked at the mirror to braid my hair and suddenly realized that I was almost completely gray.

On my first full day in London was raining all day, so I dedicated half of my day to museums and the other half of the day to walking

Borough Market is one of the oldest and largest food markets in London, which has existed since the 12th century.

Unexpectedly, I found myself in the National Gallery of London and this event brought up old hidden pain and the feeling of a life

I lived in London in the Pimlico district, which is considered the center, and it took me twenty minutes to walk to Westminster Abbey.

There are three main and biggest museums in London that are situated very centrally and one by one: Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Muse

Each country, city, nation, and particular person has its/his/her shadows, backsides. It’s not bad or good, it is as it is,

That's my second trip to London and I would like to share important tips and insights about London.

Hereford is a nice city about 4 hours from London by train. It is close to Wales and here Borderlines Film Festival takes place.

I was in Mallorca in November 2023 and in my opinion, this is the best period. There are tourists but not as many as during summer and you

I liked the small tangled streets of Palma. You can always see something that is not in the tourist guides, come across a chamber gallery, a

Not the destination or the final goal is important, but the journey itself....

I stood on the coast in Mallorca and watched the kite surfers in fascination, I literally could not take my eyes off their rhythmic,...