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November 28, 2025

Story of a handed-over country

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Nihao! I am the QR code claoudiaki

Shenzen Monday, November 24 is always an ordinary day. One of those dates born for nothing to happen, not even the shadow of an

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To the unpronounceable Mtskheta, the Holy City

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Pity for the nation full of belief but empty of religion Pity the nation that wears clothes it has not woven, eats bread it

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It is the penultimate day of the year 2024, I am on the snowy road to the city of Gyumri, the ancient Aleksandropol of

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November 28, 2025

HONG KONG “You walk in the noonday sun and suddenly you can no longer see your shadow.” This is how Lawrence Osborne metaphorically describes

Nihao! I am the QR code claoudiaki

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November 24, 2025

Shenzen Monday, November 24 is always an ordinary day. One of those dates born for nothing to happen, not even the shadow of an

Driver of a Kosovar license plate

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October 15, 2025

I wildly park with my hazard lights on. It’s pouring rain. I get soaked just to order a takeaway coffee at Fabrik, Podgorica (Montenegro),

Paulista! Tudo acaba em pizza

brasil·stories

April 26, 2025

Pizzeria Veridiana, quartiere Jardins, São Paulo Tudo acaba em pizza!, just as for Italians it all works out in tarallucci e vino. The waiter of

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Story of a handed-over country

Nihao! I am the QR code claoudiaki

Driver of a Kosovar license plate

Paulista! Tudo acaba em pizza

Love’s Fury along the Copacabana–Leblon

I am a Yazidi

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The Oss Bar – being a farang in Bangkok

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Story of a handed-over country

Nihao! I am the QR code claoudiaki

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Wanna-be pilgrim in the Valley of Galilee

Tunis – myth and truth behind that blooming Jasmine Revolution

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