by Celine Cuypers | Dec 22, 2016
Early in the morning, I already had to make a run for it. Packing my bag as quickly as possible, I stuffed some shirts and pants in a duffel bag. Taking my passport from the cupboard next to my small apartment door, I lifted the duffel bag over my shoulder. I left the...
by Celine Cuypers | Nov 2, 2016
I am not in love with Paris. It might be called the city of love, but I don’t think Paris was a city to love. I arrived in its outer sectors on Tuesday, but that part of Paris is dirty. I always thought Paris was rich, but I think I thought wrong, because the city is...
by Celine Cuypers | Jul 8, 2016
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, Christmas is all around me and so the feeling grows. The song played on in the kitchen while I was eating alone. My parents were out and my sister was with friends and my brother was at work. So alone. It’s written in the...
by Celine Cuypers | Jun 2, 2016
It was only on the day that we departed that I decided to go to Les Auberts from 29 April to 6 May 2016. We were not sure where to go for a week, somewhere close and with good routes. I wanted to climb an 8c. But a week is very short for working and ascending an 8c....
