At this point in time, the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl is part of our collective memory. On April 26th 1986 a terrible accident happened with the 4th Reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near the city of Pripyat in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (present day Ukraine). It was one of…
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Kyiv, Ukraine
It was only 3 years ago that I was in Ukraine. A country filled with fantastic people, experiences and now synonym of pleasant memories for me. My few Ukrainian friends told me tales of their “back home”, a place in between Western Europe and former Soviet Block where beautiful architecture lives side by side with…
Praha, Czech Republic
I was patiently waiting for him at the airport bus drop off, near the station named Nordfriedhof (North Cemetery). Holding tight my little piece of cardboard written “Vince of wood” on it. My friend Vincent was coming to visit me in Munich. Over 6,000 kilometres away from home and ten months after leaving. I was…
Vanished Elsewhere 