KRISTINA LANG'S LETTERS & POEMS

Kristina Lang

Feb 3, 20232 min read

I remember you often/Sjetim te se često

English translation On roads where there is no you, light breaks. I remember you often, but even time flies without us. Life is a magical...

My Chinese friend Ziyi/Moj prijatelj Kinez Ziyi

Kristina Lang

Jan 29, 20234 min read

My Chinese friend Ziyi/Moj prijatelj Kinez Ziyi

I started writing my blog sometime in the early spring of 2020 during the general lockdown in the UK, and the world in general, caused by...

Mid-January departures/Srednjo-siječanjski odlasci

Kristina Lang

Jan 15, 20233 min read

Mid-January departures/Srednjo-siječanjski odlasci

It is the middle of January, the weather is cold and gloomy, and our children, who are no longer children, are returning to their student...

Kristina Lang

Jan 7, 20231 min read

On The Bridge of Sighs/Na Mostu uzdaha

English translation/Engleski prijevod I will wait for you dear on the sunny side, While winters come and go through us. I will grow old...

Kristina Lang

Dec 31, 20221 min read

Mimosa flowers/Cvjetovi mimoze

In my heart flourish some yellow flowers, While winters and rain are passing near us. I think of you even as days are short and dark, And...

Midnight Christmas Mass and me/Božićna misa ponoćka i ja

Kristina Lang

Dec 25, 20223 min read

Midnight Christmas Mass and me/Božićna misa ponoćka i ja

I already wrote once that I was raised in an atheist family and that Christmas was not celebrated when I was growing up. But I don't feel...

Professor Sir Tom Blundell – Symposium/Profesor Sir Tom Blundell – Simpozijum

Kristina Lang

Dec 18, 20225 min read

Professor Sir Tom Blundell – Symposium/Profesor Sir Tom Blundell – Simpozijum

A few days ago, I was a participant in a symposium organized in honour of my first mentor in England, Professor Sir Tom Blundell. The...

What is the World Cup about/O čemu je Svjetsko nogometno prvenstvo?

Kristina Lang

Dec 11, 20223 min read

What is the World Cup about/O čemu je Svjetsko nogometno prvenstvo?

In my opinion, the World Cup is about love, deep and inviolable love, and a sense of belonging to one's country and one's people. My...

Football with colleagues – Croatia v Japan/Nogomet sa kolegama - Hrvatska v Japan

Kristina Lang

Dec 5, 20224 min read

Football with colleagues – Croatia v Japan/Nogomet sa kolegama - Hrvatska v Japan

This year's World Cup somehow did not impress me very much. My brother tried to get me interested, but until today I was quite...

In fogs, I’m looking for you/U maglama te tražim

Kristina Lang

Nov 30, 20221 min read

In fogs, I’m looking for you/U maglama te tražim

Autumn fogs feel like home, I find calm and longing within them. The loneliness with us - you are not far away. It leads me wistfully,...

Meet Dr Sanja Perić/Upoznajte dr. sc. Sanju Perić

Kristina Lang

Nov 20, 20229 min read

Meet Dr Sanja Perić/Upoznajte dr. sc. Sanju Perić

For my first interview, I asked my long-time friend, Sanja Perić, whom I have been friends with since my earliest childhood. Sanja is a...

Rain flowing down my cheeks/Kiša pada niz moje lice

Kristina Lang

Nov 6, 20222 min read

Rain flowing down my cheeks/Kiša pada niz moje lice

Why I can imagine your lips on my skin, And your long fingers intertwined around my waist? This autumn once again didn’t bring me peace,...

Kristina Lang

Oct 31, 20224 min read

Emily Brontё

In one of my previous articles, I wrote that my friend Helena was the first British woman I loved as a friend. But there was one before...

Kristina Lang

Oct 24, 20221 min read

My name is Karla/Ja se zovem Karla

English translation My name is Karla, My life is easy I sing, run, and dance While waiting for my train. Call me Karla While I play chess...

A British-Spanish, German and Croatian friendship/Britansko-španjolsko, njemačko i hrvatsko prijate

Kristina Lang

Oct 21, 20224 min read

A British-Spanish, German and Croatian friendship/Britansko-španjolsko, njemačko i hrvatsko prijate

Last weekend I hosted two friends, Helena and Frank. When, 17 years ago, I applied for a job in the group of a top world scientist, and...

Kristina Lang

Oct 3, 20222 min read

Let me be yours/Pusti me da budem tvoja

What can we do with our dreams, Have you ever asked your wild soul? In our lives the autumn is not as mild as it seems Let me be yours,...

A day with Wei and Trinity College/Dan sa Weiem i Trinity koledž

Kristina Lang

Sep 26, 20223 min read

A day with Wei and Trinity College/Dan sa Weiem i Trinity koledž

The University of Cambridge is unique in many ways, from the beautiful buildings and famous people who settled there to its internal...

Queues for Elizabeth II/Redovi za Elizabetu II

Kristina Lang

Sep 20, 20224 min read

Queues for Elizabeth II/Redovi za Elizabetu II

Yesterday the world said goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II of England. Her 70 years in power have in various ways touched the hearts of many...

Queen Elizabeth II and President Tito/Kraljica Elizabeta II i predsjednik Tito

Kristina Lang

Sep 15, 20224 min read

Queen Elizabeth II and President Tito/Kraljica Elizabeta II i predsjednik Tito

I am writing this article in honour and on the occasion of the recently deceased British Queen Elizabeth II. Although I have lived in...

Kristina Lang

Sep 8, 20223 min read

Wonderful Opatija/Opatijo bajna

This year I decided to take a late summer or early September vacation in Croatia, including a short stay in Opatija. Opatija is a small...