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Joke De Roeck
Dec 22, 20192 min read
Rotorua adventures
While everyone is enjoying Christmas holidays, I got most out of my two days off last week. A random Wednesday and Thursday but when you...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 28, 20192 min read
My week with the Hare Krishna's
"Looking for volunteers to help out in the garden of our vegan yoga and meditation retreat!" I was already in the car on my way to Otaki,...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Biting the horizon
“She was the girl who bit the horizon. The one who peeled the stars from the sky and put them on her tongue. She was the girl who was...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Back in Bangkok
And just like that, I'm back in Bangkok. A place that will forever be filled with memories of love, shabby hostel rooms, lots of...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Ten days on a French farm
As soon as I got back to Belgium, new plans started to unfold. The car I bought just before summer was begging me for a road trip. Grape...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 16, 20192 min read
Poesia sin fin
Some days feel extra exhausting. Not because of the crazy amounts of work, the aggressive traffic, the endlessly pouring rain. More...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 13, 20191 min read
52 WEEKS
Could there please be 52 WEEKS in one year? Not your average week from Monday to Sunday, where you work and party and savour every second...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 9, 20182 min read
Impulsivity
Today I bring an ode to impulsivity. The act, without the thought of what the result might be. As long as everything is fun and no one...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 18, 20182 min read
Le Guess Who?
What just happened? Since I work full time (how do people do this their entire lives??) my tiny two day weekends are holy as the pope...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 1, 20181 min read
California Road Trip
Ain’t life sweet The sun coming up easy No where to be I call the world my home No key needed The door is always open The Beast caught my...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 14, 20181 min read
Alice in Wonderland
I like to decorate my life as if it were a Wonderland. Living in the reality of grey Brussels with work and responsibilities, but opening...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 25, 20182 min read
Harvest moon magic
Sometimes in life, magic happens. Of course: when you least expect it. When you focus on something and forget about all other thoughts...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 18, 20181 min read
Guilty pleasures
I will never understand the person who decided to combine the words guilty and pleasure. For me, there is only one kind of pleasure. What...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 12, 20182 min read
The poet
Today a stranger wrote a poem for me. I was strolling around the neighbourhood, where a huge flea market was flooding the streets with...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 5, 20181 min read
Feeërieën
With the end of summer, my favourite Brussels festival comes around. Hidden in the dark of the beautiful Royal Park is a stage adorned in...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 21, 20182 min read
Rosa Bonheur
Bonjour Paris! Oh how sweet it is to be wandering around the streets of the city of romance. Early rise in my Brussels bed, waking up to...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 6, 20182 min read
Staycation
Some words are just made to give you an itch you can’t scratch when hearing them. My current favourite: staycation. Horrible! After the...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Biking in Brussels
While travelling, there were only two things I really missed in Brussels: my friends and my bike. Nothing beats riding your bike every...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 22, 20181 min read
The Wedding
I married the city I live in. The time had come to seal the deal, after years of long distance, passionate rendez-vous and a long, bumpy...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 19, 20182 min read
Festivalling like a teenager
I find it so wonderfully easy to live at festivals. I’ve been doing it for nearly fifteen years, so I found the hacks and blended my own...
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