Alone with the song of birds. The bright dewdrop on my shoe. Pretty flowers always smile.
294. | Sa Pa and Ninh Binh
A German, a Belarusian, and a Hungarian meet in Vietnam. This is not the beginning of a joke. Just another story in which our paths will cross again and again.
293. | Google Local Guide 8
My 2,000 photos have been viewed 800,000 times. I love those two numbers. Because I can believe that in a few moments I managed to help someone.
292. | How do we care for shoes?
One Saturday morning, an Asian man showed me on his phone who he thought I was. They even sewed my shoes.
291. | The sky is always blue over Sa Pa
I let my desire take me to the top of Fansipan. From there, it really seemed like the sky above the clouds was always blue.
290. | There are no notes on the map
I’m actually collecting sounds, smells and feelings. Then one day a song comes on… and suddenly I’m standing on the same street again.
289. | Look for the gift, not the opinion!
My most important realization wasn’t how to respond to comments, but that there is a gift hidden in every honest comment.
288. | Sometimes I give. Sometimes I receive.
There are paths that are challenging. Yet they are the ones that show us most clearly who we really are as we move forward.
287. | Sa Pa
Sa Pa is beautiful on the square. But my most beautiful memory so far is not about the mountains, but about an unexpectedly gifted half day.
286. | Release
Instead of letting go, I now believe in integration. The pains of the past have not disappeared – I have learned to live with them. And to be happy.