My New York

Today’s edition is set in New York, a city I wanted to see for a very long time. Was wonderful to be here in June, from first arriving in Manhattan at Grand Central, walking the Brooklyn Bridge, at a Yankee game and the Staten Island ferry, to running in Central park like in the movies, MET museum, Metropolitan Opera, Broadway, and the skyline at night in Midtown, where I was staying.

A I D AJune 21, 2026July 4, 20262 Comments

Berlin, Events, Journal

2025 year | Working title

The passing of time feels different for everyone. 2025 was filled with fragments of time I choose to preserve and journeys I continue to relive. Movement through both new and familiar cities that left their mark, in 10 countries in total. Work unfolded into new challenges, and somewhere between that and travels, I found joy in writing here and conducting 7 interviews for CreativeMornings / Berlin—a privilege to listen, ask questions, and spend time with creatives and core team members.

A I D AJanuary 1, 2026January 12, 20266 Comments

City Guide, Denmark, Events

Thinking out loud. Copenhagen 2025

Under the light of a thousand stars. In Copenhagen. Found myself thinking out loud about my Erasmus in Denmark – the experience that had the first greatest positive impact on my life. “Europe, here I come!” was the thought in my head the weeks and days before my scholarship started. Years later, I return under the Danish sun for a reunion or for new memories and an Ed Sheeran concert.

A I D ASeptember 1, 2025January 2, 20262 Comments

Belgium, Brussels, Events, Food

Brusssels food tour – Phil edition

Why Brussels? And where would Phil eat!? Not so long ago, while back in a dear city this March, I attended also the event of Phil Rosenthal, host of Somebody feed Phil unscripted travel series. Happy coincidence and a show I mentioned in my travel stories as inspiration a few times, including in Lisbon or Dublin. Now Brussels, next Berlin.

A I D AJune 24, 2025January 4, 20267 Comments

ART, Austria, Events, Vienna

From Vienna with Music

It’s music o’clock in Vienna — the capital of elegant balls, classical music, waltz dancing and traditional coffee houses. It’s fascinating to think that “The Blue Danube” and more of the world’s most important and celebrated classical music was composed here, during the time when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Beethoven, Gustav Mahler and Johann Strauss called Vienna home.

A I D AMay 30, 2025June 23, 2025Leave a comment

ART, Berlin, Events, Germany

Theater Nights | Berlin edit

Berlin is not a city that tries to hard to seem what is not. Is unfiltered. Do you agree? This year I found myself thinking about the contrast between the raw edges of Berlin and the joy of cultural moments in elegant halls. So many contradictions in modern cities and classical art, and if you find it also confusing – you are not alone.

A I D AApril 30, 2025September 8, 2025Leave a comment

Berlin, Events

2024 puzzle

Thoughts from the road (literally), looking back at lessons and highlights of 2024 from sports and corporate work, family and travel, the ups and downs. A year that felt like a pilgrimage in 9 countries. With both cities and nature as inspiration in an extension of a complex life.

A I D ADecember 31, 2024September 30, 20255 Comments

Events, Germany, Postcard

Hello, Adele in Munich

You look like a movie. You sound like a song.

Every summer does not look the same. This one had also a memorable concert in Bavaria, at the arena at Messe München, a custom-built stadium with around 75,000-seat for the German residency of Adele.

A I D ASeptember 30, 2024July 28, 2025Leave a comment

Events, France, Paris

Paris 2024, star of the Games

Merci Paris – for Les Jeux, the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games 2024 – for moments of joy and waves of admiration for all athletes in stunning venues. Grateful for two summers feeling the Olympic spirit, after being a volunteer at the Special Olympics 2023 Berlin.

A I D ASeptember 9, 2024January 17, 20253 Comments

ART, Events, France, Paris

Brâncuși at Pompidou

There are so many museums in Paris and in this constellation of exhibitions there was one retrospective at Centre Pompidou, a tribute to Romanian born Constantin Brâncuși, pioneer of modern sculpture. Art worth traveling for.

A I D AJuly 6, 2024November 4, 2025Leave a comment

ART, Berlin, Events, Germany

Theater nights in Berlin (2024)

The light goes out, people take their seat and the silence settles down, before the play starts. My notes from Berlin, after I spend the month of March in the theater world, described in an amateurish way also in my last London story.

A I D AMarch 28, 2024June 23, 20251 Comment

Events, United Kingdom

Theater night in London

Hello from London. It felt natural to be back. After a February filled with Berlinale festival films and other cultural events, March theme is Theater, both English and German.

Bucket list item (read with British accent) was a theatre night in West End, in the City of Westminster, London (with good seats). Theater is a strand of English national culture, next to afternoon tea, their accent, pub’s fish and chips, Shakespeare, sarcasm, or the monarchy.

A I D AMarch 21, 2024April 16, 20252 Comments

Events, Germany, Romania

Year in Review – 2023

For my retrospective, is not always easy to put in a few paragraphs the results of a year’s work and of personal milestones, of travels, planned events or unexpected moments.

Writing small notes and travel diaries helped me to reflect, remember details of this year, or to hold feelings in my body. I wrote and worked, traveled and volunteered to open my eyes more and grow.

A I D ADecember 31, 2023January 22, 20252 Comments

ART, Berlin, City Guide, Events, Germany

Museum Island, Klimt & Fashion

Berlin mix of the week. This edition is about an exhibition from Vienna, Berlin Fashion Week, a nomad at home, art after work, one island and 5 museums.

One of my favorite and the first place I recommend to anyone heading to Berlin is this Museum island, located in historic Mitte, in the heart of the city. Every. Single. Time.

A I D AJuly 12, 2023July 7, 20242 Comments

Berlin, Events, Germany

Berlinale Special

One of the biggest public international film festivals in the world. That special time of the year if you are a Berliner and movie enthusiast, as special as the history of this city. To attend again last week the 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival, for a 4th year in a row, was a great joy.

A I D AMarch 1, 2023March 19, 2025Leave a comment

Belgium, Events, Germany, Romania

2022 Wanderlust Diary

Memories, emotions and also less happy events from 2022 unfold in my mind. I browse through all to remember the sunset in Portugal, a reunion in Sweden, days in nature and time spend on a Greek island.

I traveled more than I expected. I remember spring days in Brussels and nights in Berlin. The midsummer light in Paris after work and the streets of Vienna before German classes.

A I D ADecember 31, 2022December 31, 20243 Comments

Berlin, Events, Germany

Berlin Science Week

I started thinking at my life so far when I was in the Naturkunde Museum, during Berlin Science Week, while surrounded by children (and dinosaurs). Growing up, I did not had the opportunity to attend this type of events.

This November, Berlin Science Week was a 10 days international festival with innovative scientific organizations, a different type of travel experience, and most important, a reminder to stay curios and optimistic.

A I D ANovember 12, 2022June 30, 2025Leave a comment