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Kristina Lang
Sep 1, 20222 min read
By not loving you/Tako što te ne volim
You are not near me, your thoughts are far away, In your mornings there is no space for my dreams. Your reality - my imagination; two...
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Kristina Lang
Aug 30, 20223 min read
Croatian customs in Scandinavia/Hrvatski običaji u Skandinaviji
I already wrote in one of the earlier articles that I don't like being a tourist and traveling with the aim of just visiting and seeing...
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Kristina Lang
Aug 24, 20223 min read
Friends count/Prijatelji se računaju
While in one of the previous articles I wrote about soulmates primarily thinking of a love relationship, here I will refer to soulmates...
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Kristina Lang
Aug 19, 20221 min read
The beauty of the world/Ljepota svijeta
English translation With the melancholy of summer, with memories I wake, You are by my side, upon your shoulder my rainbow trembles. So...
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Kristina Lang
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Waking up/Buđenje
English translation You left my mornings quietly, And from a distance I no longer hear your voice. Dreaming minutes are now hours, And my...
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Kristina Lang
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Imaginary talks/Imaginarni razgovori
Photo credits to Bojana/Slika je Bojanina Perhaps it is not he whom I tenderly miss. From the distance, in this pretty summer night, It...
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Kristina Lang
Aug 6, 20221 min read
Words are my game/Riječi su mi igra
English translation Words are my sky and the infinity I sense, Within them, the star trails show me the way. Do not fear my nearness as...
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Kristina Lang
Jul 31, 20225 min read
Do you believe in soulmates/Vjerujete li u srodne duše
Do you believe in soulmates? You must have found yourself in conversations that touched on the term "soulmate" during your life. Right at...
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Kristina Lang
Jul 25, 20223 min read
Shakespeare's plays in Cambridge/Šekspirove predstave u Cambridgeu
Not long after I started working at the University in Cambridge, my new friend Helena recommended me to watch Shakespeare's plays...
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Kristina Lang
Jul 18, 20222 min read
My happiness and my sorrow/Moja sreća i moja tuga
English translation I am happy when you are warmly happy And when this illusive life caresses and cuddles you. I love it when you are...
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Kristina Lang
Jul 14, 20221 min read
One blue rucksack/Jedan plavi ruksak
On the road of my life there is a cyclist. My surroundings are not just an ordinary bright, In a splendour of an emotional rainbow...
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Kristina Lang
Jul 10, 20223 min read
The charm of London/Privlačnost Londona
When I went to Italy almost 30 years ago to do my doctorate, I stayed in a small, typically Italian, university town, Pavia. Pavia is...
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Kristina Lang
Jul 4, 20224 min read
Following Emma/Slijedeći Emmu
A little over ten years ago, when I moved into a different group within the Department of Chemistry, I was invited by my co-workers to go...
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Kristina Lang
Jun 28, 20224 min read
From the Croatian president’s office/Iz ureda hrvatskog predsjednika
I spent the last two days of my recent vacation in Zagreb. From the events of those two days, I would like to highlight a visit to the...
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Kristina Lang
Jun 18, 20225 min read
To have or to be/Imati ili biti?
To have or to be? Over the years, Sara and I have developed a kind of routine on seaside vacations. We get up relatively early around 7-8...
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Kristina Lang
Jun 16, 20222 min read
From Cambridge to Bol/Od Cambridgea do Bola
When I spotted a woman in a beautiful coat at a shopping centre in Cambridge last autumn, I couldn't imagine that she would become my...
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Kristina Lang
Jun 14, 20222 min read
My holiday is Croatia, what's yours/Moj godišnji je Hrvatska, šta je tvoj
"My holiday is Croatia, what's yours?" When my daughter was little, we always went on holiday to Croatia. Not only did we miss Croatia,...
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Kristina Lang
Jun 8, 20222 min read
"My beauty, my goodness"/“Ljepoto moja, dobroto moja”
"My beauty, my goodness" English translation You've been gone for long, my memories are blurry, I close my eyes to light that path. Life...
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Kristina Lang
Jun 1, 20223 min read
Weekend with Davorka/Vikend sa Davorkom
Last weekend my friend Davorka from Croatia came to visit me. I met Davorka 38 years ago when we were in the same class for the last two...
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Kristina Lang
May 21, 20222 min read
It’s all about sex/Sve je u seksu
Don’t trust me, I am a self-centred poet. I write a verse or two, to be happy and to relax. In my words you might read a lovely sonnet,...
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