The Personal Blog of Regev Elya
The road was dark and it was chilly outside. I parked my small rented Citroen by the side of the road and tried to get some sleep for the next day, a day that was expected to be the highlight of my trip in Serbia - the legendary Sargan Eight train [...]
So here I am – Bar, Montenegro. I didn’t really plan to come here, but I simply told the Serbian-speaking officer at Uzice (Serbia) that I wish to go to Montenegro, mistakenly thinking that I’ll get to see the famous Mala Rijeka Viaduct along the Belgrade-Bar railway trail. (Tip: there [...]
Twenty minutes. That’s how long it took me to mentally-prepare myself to the horrors of the Filipino Balut. It was a dark night in a local Pool-place in Anilao, and I was playing Snooker with my good friend Dominik. Some bunch of Filipinos were sitting outside, cheerfully drinking San Miguel, [...]
I am writing this piece from a nice little restaurant in London, enjoying a Mexican burrito, guacamole and a delicious Cappuccino. I have in fact just came from Rome and the Vatican, after having fulfilled a little dream that I had – following the path of illumination from the famous Angels and [...]
“6 o’clock guys, wake up! I made some porridge. We have to move fast if we want to make it till the sunset.” That was one of many early mornings of which we – Mor, Dor and I, have traveled the most expensive region of Europe for almost nothing, if you [...]
Sending an email to a loved one can be a nice gesture, but everyone can do it today with the click of a button, which makes it much less exciting. What’s more heart-touching is a genuine old-school postcard, all the way to the mailbox. Fortunately for us, we no longer [...]
It is futile to do with more things that which can be done with fewer. William of Occam (1288-1348) Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) “Where’s your luggage?” asked me the Israeli security [...]