How Saraswati sent me to Bosnia and then further east: from Kosovo independence to my own visit to Kosovo (Saraswati puja 2008, 2009) (plus: early dreams of self-education and Iceland)

Travel fantasies from Saraswati Puja 2008 become reality after Saraswati Puja 2009: backpacking trip through Eastern Europe inspired by February 2008

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written Durga puja 2022:

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highlighted part from February 2008: conversations about learning Icelandic and going to Kosovo

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Above: Traveling somewhere in Kyrgyzstan (April 2017)

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#25: Full Moon Party in Cappadocia (August 5, 2022, the severed branch)

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#25: Full Moon Party in Cappadocia (August 5, 2022, the severed branch)

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How Saraswati sent me to Bosnia and then further east: from Kosovo independence to my own visit to Kosovo (Saraswati puja 2008, 2009) (plus: early dreams of self-education and Iceland)

Travel fantasies from Saraswati Puja 2008 become reality after Saraswati Puja 2009: backpacking trip through Eastern Europe inspired by February 2008

my house: a sacred place for me and claire (first snow)

Saraswati guides me to Buddhism and a new habitat: Saraswati Puja 2015, 2016, 2017; Durga Puja 2022

Reality, Saraswati, and me: Saraswati puja 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Friendship Gained and Lost: the importance of forgiveness (October 1, 2022, the severed branch)

My Tragic Love Affair with International Relations (March 5, 2022, the severed branch)

#25: Full Moon Party in Cappadocia (August 5, 2022, the severed branch)

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