Masha The Hairdresser

March 20, 2015 / 2 comments

I always go to a hairdresser’s when I visit Russia. No offence to the Dutch, but they simply don’t have the magic for my Russian head. So, shortly after I arrive to Russia I go to a hairdresser. Any hairdresser. They all have the magic I need. Must be something in their training or being…

Mona Lisa from the Market

February 27, 2015 / 7 comments

When my son was serving his year in the army, I went to visit him in the beautiful old city of Novgorod In Russia. After I hugged him properly and fed him and his mates with home-made sweets from Holland, they returned to their duties. I was left on my own to wander the somber…