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Gabriela
Dec 12, 20241 min read
The naughty bit. Part 2
Victor Hugo used to write naked. So here I am! Well, he would have someone hide his clothes so he couldn’t leave the room until he...
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Gabriela
Dec 10, 20241 min read
Untitled
I read somewhere this morning that, when the heart is heavy with pain, people no longer cry. They turn silent. Completely silent. The big...
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Gabriela
Nov 22, 20241 min read
Uncategorized
Do you think we would have become friends if Covid hadn't happened? Or if I hadn’t joined the Seniors’ team? That’s what I wanted to ask...
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Gabriela
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Gratitude.1
Who knows me for longer might remember my stories about "degetele reumatice" - the rheumatic fingers. For the past 7-8 months, I changed the
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Gabriela
Sep 13, 20241 min read
Goodbye, summer!
I don't know how your Facebook/Instagram feed looked like at the end of August, but mine was full of end of summer melancholia.
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Gabriela
Sep 8, 20242 min read
Vacation roulette
I have no clue how it came to this, but it seems every vacation ends with a side order of illness.
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Gabriela
Aug 30, 20241 min read
Upgrades
After a million years, I made the decision to take a leap of faith and switch from the extremely outdated blogging platform to a more...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Camping - morning observations
A colleague recently pointed out, while asking B if he had visited Piața Centrală in Chișinău, that markets like these offer a glimpse...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Camping story
Andreea &Doru taught me how to pitch a tent that chilly autumn evening. They then made a dark joke about needing a hammer to knock the...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20242 min read
The impostor's hangover
2010 - 2017 I had the time of my life and that's not just a Dirty Dancing song. Wednesdays Karaoke, Saturdays - the regular night out in...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Challenge me!
I must confess, I don't hold the title of a culinary virtuoso, and it's no wonder why. My upbringing shielded me from the kitchen until I...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Thirsty? Think again...
Moving to another country brings the joy of diversity, and sometimes, the hilarity of cultural collisions or associations. Case in point:...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
6 years in (a) life
6 years today. I spent my last night in Sibiu at the hotel, with my parents. I was already renting out my apartment and my GM was kind...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Romance and gratitude
A couple of weeks back, I started writing down stuff in this gratitude journal. It's a pretty good one, makes you see life from a...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20242 min read
Mexico - part 3. The naughty bit
This is intended to be on the verge of scandalous. Here we are, round two in Mexico. Same spot, same sand, same crash pad. It's supposed...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20242 min read
Mexico - part 2. How it all started
We had big plans. A week in Zipolite, by the beach then renting a motorbike and going up the mountains all the way to Oaxaca City. So we...
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Gabriela
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Mexico - part 1
Lounging under the blazing sun in the mystical realm of CAMP – not your typical camp, not quite a hostel, definitely not a hotel. It's...
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