Bow strings from Simone in Amsterdam
Destiny
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2016
Simone looks up from her work to me through the open door of her workshop. She just finished her rolled...
Beachclub Samotrakhi Greece
Tourism and the EU
June 2011
More than 30 years ago my wife and I had a wonderfull time camping on this relatively unknown Greek island....
Kovbasa krovjanka and farsherovanii perets in Drohobich
Ukrainian hospitality
Drohobich, Ukraine, August 2016
The Ukrainian language is not easy to master but I have decided to learn its basics, at least. In western...
Brains but no work in Sibiu Rumania
A new Euro generation tries to build a life
I am on the train from Brasov to Sibiu, in the middle of Rumania. The weather...
Olexandra, a village near Dikanka
Plains near Poltava
Ukraine, October 2016
Sunflower fields are abundant around Poltava, Ukraine. It is an important local industry and has been for almost a century....
Angela Šutka Macedonia
The only Roma town in Macedonia
Macedonia, Skopje, August 2012
It is not easy to find the right bus to my destination Šutka. The signs are...
Košice – Ushgorod
Crossing the EU border
Ukriane, Slovakia, Uzhgorod, August 2014
There is airco when the driver feels like it. It is nearly 40 degrees in the bus...
Przemyśl, Weronika and Mikal
European youth
January 2016
Przemyśl is a sleepy bordertown in the east of Poland, just a few kilometers away from the Ukrainian border. The river that splits...
Andrea at the Gara in Brašov Rumania
Roma and Sinti in Rumania
November 2016
Andrea asks me habla Espagnol? She gestures: she is hungry. The three gypsy girls circle around me like a...