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On Patalsu and the art of walking on snow
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Snow rackets, in my humble opinion, are quite simply the best thing since sliced bread.
Born and raised on a tropical island, I have two left feet when it comes to negotiating icy and snowy terrain.
“Heel, Lin, use your HEEL!!”
I was supposed to push back into the ice with my snow boots to gain some traction […] -
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A day in the life at a German refugee camp
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“o you know what his name means?” I asked Amara and Ivana. We had just finished serving breakfast at a temporary shelter for refugees, the “Traglufthalle” in Berlin. Bilal, a Palestinian refugee who is a volunteer at the facility, bustled about, serving us coffee and tea, before finally sitting down himself, weary.
I continued: “It means […]
