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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....
Stagefright
Ukraine, Ternopil, November 2018 Years of exercise, discipline, and lessons preceded this moment. In only a few minutes your name will resound and all eyes...
WORD CUP 2016
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...
Påsk in Saltsjöbaden
March 2009 Saltsjöbaden near Stockholm Sweden My mother made this she says "min mamma gjorde det här":painted eggs in a basket as a Easter present....
Sasha Minsk
December 2017
Sasha, leading force at Kulturtsentr Korpus in Minsk
WRC Rally Cup
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...
Invandrare
June 2020 Stillingsön/Uppsala Sweden
Invandrare
“The little swelling in my neck bothered me for some time already but my colleagues said it was nothing. I work...
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...
CYCLING TOUR
Saint Nicolas song
Sad Flower Saint Nicholas celebration December 15th 2017 Drohobich Ukraine See for the full story Saint Nicholas
Contact improvisation Minsk
Minsk December 10th 2017
Studio of Вероника Чарковская Veronika Charkovskaya see her FB page
Contact Improvisation dance
Roots and identity, tradition and change
March 2018 Taroudant/Marrakech Morocco
In the Sidi Ayoub area of the Medina (the town inside the city walls) of Marrakesch Abderrazzak El Maana unexpectedly...
Sasha Minsk
December 2017
Sasha, leading force at Kulturtsentr Korpus in Minsk
Looking for a better life, 2 small portraits
2024 3 Taiwan DongGang, A morning in the busy fishing port DongGang in the south of Taiwan. Hundreds of fishing boats moored at the kay...
TENNIS
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....
Lepe moje crne ochi pogledajte na me
Serbia January 31st 2018 In the mainstreet of Belgrade the voices of the girls could be heard on a distance. The girl on the left...
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