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Welcome to the Big Smoke

19/8/2017

After bouncing around from city to city for the summer, I’ve landed in the Big Smoke. Welcome to the city of Big Ben, fish and chips, the world's slowest roller-coaster (aka the London Eye) ... erm… and other British stereotypes.

I am grateful to be settled in London for a prolonged stretch – ironic how four months has earned the qualified ‘prolonged’ – and I am thrilled I don’t have to keep packing and unpacking and hauling my behemoth of a suitcase to/from airports, along never-ending train platforms and up/down staircases (since there are practically no elevators in Europe). I have cursed every pair of extra shoes that I’ve been lugging around since I am normally a carry-on-only type (but that would be ambitious for even the most meticulous packer for a year-long trip).

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My Love Affairs with Divine Danish Design

4/8/2017

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Hygge first, then design – pretty much the two most Danish things ever. The entire time I’ve been in Denmark, I’ve been geeking on the great design. No surprise, since Denmark is the country that produced the architect, designer, and leading modernist Arne Jacobsen (even if you don't know him by name, you know his infamous chair!).

Some time ago I read a quote that stated good design is like falling in love. Your heart pounds stronger, and it’s almost an adrenaline rush. But if you asked me to name which building, piece of art, or public space I liked best, it would change from week-to-week. I started thinking that perhaps for me design is not about falling in love; it’s about having lots of short but steamy affairs.

Playing in the Rainbow walk on top of the Aros art museum.

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I'm Andi (hence the blog name). I'm a travel aficionado, passionate eater, tireless explorer of internet rabbit-holes, and amateur thinker. Join me as I give it all up (ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration) and go around the world on a mid-career "soul sabbatical" & year-of-learning to figure out what to be NEXT when I grow up. Won’t you grab a cup of chai and stay a while?
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