On forgetting and retaining

- You like hairy things, don't you? said he.

And thus it was decided.

And what better place than a bar, 

to be reminded of the importance to retain memory

and not become detached from the past.

Remember, even "last night" is the past.

Bois de la Cambre

Every once in a while nature overwhelms you

Strictly speaking, this is not exactly a "note"

but when in nature, you have to take what you can get

Others had the same idea of imprinting their hopes, desires (and let's be honest, sometimes insults)

onto this artificial tree.

A little note in Paris, Mon Amour

Books and bookshops are perhaps the best places to fall in love and travel

perhaps both are intertwined

Whatever happens, don't forget to thank for love's fleeting visit.

Yogi tea and Kundera coming together

Travel light

Said a note on my Ayurveda tea bag

Two short words with a grand meaning, and I pondered over them while getting lost in a wonderful quartier Panier, in an old part of Marseilles.

A great place to evaluate life's baggage and plan for a lighter future

This is where Kundera's thoughts on lightness met yogi and united they rest in an old French geography book

Feelings of fiction at Filigranes

Hot days of summer are best combined with long breaks in bookshops.

This time at Filigranes, stocking up on Kundera, Winterson and Saint-Exupery.

It is only fair that I should back give some words about the importance of fiction.

Whoever picks up this book will hopefully cherish them.

Italian coffee with a twist of Spanish poetry

The ILLY sugar-packs jump out at you, full of imperatives. 

Dream! Think! Watch!

I thought a little Machado was in order.

Seizing the day in Zagreb

After some fantastic days in Zagreb, we felt compelled to share a slice of what we learnt.

Thoughts about paying it forward,

neatly folded among the Carpe Diem sugarpacks.

 The very first Umiverse-note, on a wall in the DOMUS cave.

A good-vibe compilation that now rests in a jewelry-box in the amazing PMS, Zagreb.