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Will Travel for Shawarma

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 2 Jun 23
On my way home from registering at the municipality the other day, I noticed a little shop that said Papa Ganush – Syrian and Arabic products. It had a menu board outside that had…
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What We Did In May …

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 2 Jun 23
Of all the months this year, this one went by the fastest. We spent most of May exploring Sittard and the cities around it – Geleen, Heerlen and Maastricht. This is what we discovered:…
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How We Found Our Flat in The Netherlands

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 19 May 23
The one thing we were really worried about when making our move to the Netherlands was finding a flat. We heard and read horror stories about how notoriously difficult this can be as the…
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We Moved!

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 18 May 23
Last week we moved to The Netherlands – to Sittard, located in the southernmost province of Limburg. We’d been thinking about the Netherlands for some time as the place in which…
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Spring Intentions: Re-emergence & Outward Connections

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 5 Mar 23
Winter was all about surrendering the things – feelings, thoughts and habits – that prevented me from rooting down into what brings me joy. The best way to do this, I found was by journaling…
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Cultivating Spaciousness / What I’ve Learned So Far

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 5 Feb 23
For the past month or so, I’ve been practising space clearing and it has made all the difference. As I mentioned in an earlier post, during the second half of last year, I started to…
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A New Year, A New Start

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 5 Jan 23
We spent the holidays with family at home in Bratislava. The weather was surprisingly warm which meant that we didn’t need our heavy winter boots nor jackets. We took advantage of the…
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Winter Intentions: Rooting Down

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 15 Dec 22
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What Sparks Delight / 11.15.22

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 15 Nov 22
What sparked delight this week was hanging out with friends and visiting new places. Our first stop on Friday night was Spin, a tiny cozy cocktail bar tucked in a side street in…
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But It Isn’t Winter Yet.

  • Martina Azkoul
  • 12 Nov 22
When a day after Halloween I walked into Flying Tiger Copenhagen and found it completely full of Christmas stuff, I felt a little sad and disappointed. Have we really lost touch with the…
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Martina Azkoul
Hi, I’m Martina. I’m a full time educator and writer based in The Netherlands. Welcome to my personal blog.
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