In a small town in Germany, a man hangs himself in his attic. The camera pans towards a photograph of him and his family: a lovely wife, a dashing young man, a little girl, and his mother. Then the scene skips several months ahead in August, throwing us into moments of a loss child, troubled … Continue reading Can’t take my eyes off the screen: Recently Watched
Month: August 2019
The Deventer Book Market
The Deventer Book Market is one of the biggest book markets in the entire Europe, and occurs for only a day in August 4th. This was my first time visiting the city, since it was quite far from where I live - around one and a half hour by train. Fortunately the weather was wonderful, … Continue reading The Deventer Book Market
Bout of Books Readathon TBR
Time for another readathon TBR! After last month's near-success with the 24-in-48 readathon, I'm excited to do more readathons this summer. Coincidentally, two readathons are happening at the same week, so I'd like to mix these two together and try to read as much as possible. Femme Fan Tale readathon Hosted by Jean on Youtube, … Continue reading Bout of Books Readathon TBR
July reading wrap up
July was a month of warm sweltering heat, listening to audiobooks in the cool train, lying beneath the shade with my Kindle. I read a lot of books this month, most of them memorably good books. Though didn't really do much blog hopping, I still managed to try and post at least once a week. … Continue reading July reading wrap up
The beautiful Chillon Castle by the lake, Switzerland
Located by the small city of Montreux in the heart of Europe, the relatively small Chillon Castle was hundreds of years ago used as a defence construction for the ships passing by the biggest lake in Europe, Lake Geneva. Now, it is a place of Chinese tourists, historians, school trips and random solo-travelers such as … Continue reading The beautiful Chillon Castle by the lake, Switzerland