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Time was not passing – Literary quote

October 30, 2020October 27, 2020 / Sirri / Leave a comment

A literary quote from One Hundred Years of Solitude

Just keep walking – The Salt Path

October 25, 2020November 5, 2020 / Sirri / 6 Comments

When I told my friends I was reading a book about an old couple walking a path, they rolled their eyes. But this book about homelessness, survival, and walking is a great read!

Too much for the title – Lost Pianos of Siberia

September 19, 2020November 5, 2020 / Sirri / 2 Comments

Lost Pianos of Siberia. What an enchanting title! I But you can’t fit the whole Siberia underneath this title. The author had a great idea, but the book is missing a clear focus.

Speak like rain – Blixen’s Out of Africa

August 22, 2020October 22, 2020 / Sirri / 2 Comments

Travelling in time and space with books. This time to Karen Blixen’s Kenya where colonial racism mixes with friendliness

Would you read Ulysses? – Travel to 20th-century Dublin

June 4, 2020October 22, 2020 / Sirri / 2 Comments

I spent a few months this spring remotely wandering the streets of the early 20th-century Dublin and the seas of ancient Greek when I was reading the Ulysses and listening to a podcast about Odyssey.

Outlander tour – missing the story

January 29, 2020October 22, 2020 / Sirri / 6 Comments

A tour with Outlander filming locations could be great fun, but unfortunately, I wasn’t impressed. Although I am going to be rather critical, I do admit that the tour was a good way to visit a few of the less accessible sites.

Next stop, Barter Books

November 27, 2019October 22, 2020 / Sirri / Leave a comment

I knew that Barter Books is one of the biggest second-hand bookshops in the UK, yet I didn’t expect it to be so great.

Moat Brae, a place called Neverland

September 8, 2019October 22, 2020 / Sirri / Leave a comment

The shadow of Peter Pan lands on the mantelpiece, hands on the hips, feet wide apart. Try to catch the shadow at the National Centre for Children's Literature and Storytelling which opened its doors this summer.

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I have to take a summer break from silks so I did a one last morning session today. #aerialsilks #aerialacrobatics #flying #acrobatics #sirkustelua #ilmaakrobatia
How to get to the Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro…More on my blog, which is no longer blocked! Link in the bio.
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