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You and me, my love/Ti i ja, moja voljena
Every day with you my beloved There is a trace of the sun that warms and warms. Your years are my sun and day And I don't remember what...

Kristina Lang
Jun 26, 20241 min read


Sunday morning shines/Sjaj nedeljnog jutra
One Sunday morning you’ll knock on my door, I’ll look at you, our eyes meeting in silence. “May I come in?” your lips will move, For...

Kristina Lang
Jun 18, 20242 min read


My youth and Dejan/Moja mladost i Dejan
Recently, the photo attached to this article brought me back to my past and my life from 35 years ago. I was young and in love with a...

Kristina Lang
Jun 11, 20243 min read


All the Palestinian girls in Gaza are Anne Frank/Sve su Palestinske djevojčice u Gazi Ana Frank
A lot of awful things are happening in the world these days. In Europe, for the third year, a raging war in which occupying Russia is...

Kristina Lang
Jun 9, 20243 min read


Finally, the hand of the international court shook/Konačno je zamahnula ruka međunarodnog suda
For months now, the world has been watching the Israeli retaliation in Gaza. Hamas killed 1,139 people, mostly Israelis, in October 2023,...

Kristina Lang
May 25, 20243 min read


Florentina and David's wedding/Vjenčanje Florentine i Davida
The wedding time of my generation, people who are now in their late fifties, is long gone and the time of our children's weddings has...

Kristina Lang
May 8, 20244 min read


The timeless beauty of the Avatar movies/Bezvremenska ljepota filmova Avatar
At the time when the first film Avatar came out, in 2009, I did not go to the cinema and watched the film at home once it was shown on...

Kristina Lang
Apr 6, 20245 min read


You get mad at me/Naljutiš se na mene
You get mad at me. I get mad at you. And nothing has changed within us. We still love each other; we dream like before. You separate me...

Kristina Lang
Mar 6, 20242 min read


"Drops of hope" by my aunt Anka/Kapljice nade" moje strine Anke
I remember my aunt Anka, the wife of my father's cousin Šime, from my earliest childhood. Year after year, we spent summers together, and...

Kristina Lang
Feb 18, 20243 min read


The charisma of Josip Broz Tito/Karizma Josipa Broza Tita
Tito was a charismatic personality who built a unique path in the world of politics during and after World War II. As an extremely...

Kristina Lang
Feb 4, 20246 min read


Welcoming 2024 again/Ponovno doček 2024.
Last weekend, in the company of friends, I welcomed the New Year 2024 for the second time, which, according to the Julian calendar, is...

Kristina Lang
Jan 16, 20243 min read


With joy we welcomed 2024/S radošću dočekana 2024.
My daughter and I welcomed this New Year 2024 in the wonderful Zrinjevac park in Zagreb. We arrived in the city centre by tram and got...

Kristina Lang
Jan 1, 20243 min read


One ordinary happy year, 2023/Jedna obična sretna godina, 2023.
Another year is coming to an end and somehow, we spontaneously turn around and sum up what happened and how we felt. In the course of the...

Kristina Lang
Dec 23, 20234 min read


Minuet in my soul/Menuet u mojoj duši
In my soul sorrows dance a minuet, They are a part of me, and I wear them gently. I go through the days; I don't count the nights. Bright...

Kristina Lang
Dec 2, 20231 min read


Žarko Laušević as an officer with a rose/Žarko Laušević kao oficir sa ružom
In my teenage years, I adored the Serbian actor Žarko Laušević, who died earlier this month at the age of 63. Žarko played a Croatian...

Kristina Lang
Nov 22, 20233 min read


Liljana and my serenity/Ljiljana i moj spokoj
Short, rainy, autumn days pass, and I somehow get lost in daily tasks and notice autumn too little both around me and within me. Autumn...

Kristina Lang
Nov 2, 20233 min read


Walking through Sofia with my daughter/Sa svojom kćeri u šetnji Sofijom
On my flight from Sofia back to London, I am writing this article with the intention of reminding myself of the wonderful three days I...

Kristina Lang
Oct 21, 20234 min read


Because I'm your mom/Jer sam tvoja mama
Another autumn with you, my little one, I am grateful for the moments in which you are here. A good heart and inner beauty, happiness,...

Kristina Lang
Oct 12, 20232 min read


The Pelješac bridge that connected Croatia/Pelješki most koji je povezao Hrvatsku
Croatia has a somewhat unusual shape, and the shape of the country is dominated by the long coast along the eastern side of the Adriatic...

Kristina Lang
Sep 15, 20234 min read


Red rose of love/Crvena ruža ljubavi
Our old lady, time flies and I wonder now, Where has all our time together gone? In all gentle encounters, there was so much of you, Why...

Kristina Lang
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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