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Our souls at night/Naše duše u noći
We live in difficult times. Two years of fighting the pandemic has affected our lives in many ways, and it has not brought anything good...

Kristina Lang
Mar 14, 20223 min read


For Yuliya and Olga/Za Juliju i Olgu
Russia's aggression against Ukraine and thus the war in Europe is the main topic of all news and our talks. As a blog writer, I neither...

Kristina Lang
Mar 7, 20224 min read


You are with me/Ti si uz mene
Wherever I go, you are with me. In every ray of sunshine, I find A shining reflection from your eyes. On my way springs are mild,...

Kristina Lang
Feb 28, 20221 min read


Trips to Cardiff/Putovanja u Cardiff
Sara is studying in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, some 3.5 to 4 hours away from Cambridge by car. Sara's dad, sometimes with his...

Kristina Lang
Feb 20, 20223 min read


Like snowdrops/Kao visibabe
Worlds flow within you, you are my strength, And early spring flowers bloom through us. Spring is waiting for us and invites kisses Be...

Kristina Lang
Feb 8, 20222 min read


Watching “Doc Martin”/Preporučam seriju “Dok Martin”
I have found that Tuesday is somehow the most meaningless day of the week. After working throughout the day, I have started going to the...

Kristina Lang
Feb 3, 20224 min read


With dance and joy, with you/Uz ples i radost, sa tobom
January has passed somehow quickly, although it is really a long and for many people a boring month. As I promised myself in December, I...

Kristina Lang
Jan 25, 20223 min read


Our silences/Naše tišine
Some days are needless and empty, Then I think very little of you. I listen to myself and hear the silence, But I don't want a cold...

Kristina Lang
Jan 20, 20222 min read


The beauty of January/Ljepota siječnja
In December, I suddenly discovered that I was gaining weight again. I had nice new jeans, quite expensive, which I bought only a month or...

Kristina Lang
Jan 12, 20223 min read


I don't love it when I don't love you/Ne volim kad te ne volim
Sometimes I think about my love, And I wonder; how could I love so? Sometimes I stop and listen, And then, all I hear is silence and...

Kristina Lang
Jan 8, 20222 min read


Covid and I (and Novak)/Covid i ja (i Novak)
Today is my 7th day of self-isolation because, quite expectedly, I got symptoms of Covid infection on New Year's Day. The first few days...

Kristina Lang
Jan 7, 20224 min read


"To the real Jonathan Seagull who lives within us all"/“Pravom galebu Jonathanu koji živi u svima"
During last summer, I brought with me from Zagreb a handful of old photographs and a few books. I've been preparing to do this for two...

Kristina Lang
Jan 6, 20224 min read


"Love in New York"/"Ljubav u New Yorku"
Sometime in 1992, Don Branko Sbutega published a short story, controversial both in its content and in that it was written by a priest....

Kristina Lang
Dec 31, 20215 min read


“Lara's song”/“Larina pjesma”
Many have watched the movie "Doctor Zhivago", which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful and romantic love stories ever filmed. In...

Kristina Lang
Dec 24, 20215 min read


In giving there is having/U davanju ima imanja
Another December and a mild winter, The holidays ahead and the occasional frost. Colourful lights sparkle in the dark And in us, for a...

Kristina Lang
Dec 19, 20211 min read


My bow to the British opposition/Moj naklon britanskoj opoziciji
Last night, the British Prime Minister put to a vote in Parliament new restrictive measures related to the Covid pandemic, called Plan B....

Kristina Lang
Dec 16, 20213 min read


Friendships for life/Prijateljstva za život
I have one wonderful little family of friends in Cambridge. We call the father of the family on this blog Chris and so far, I haven’t...

Kristina Lang
Dec 9, 20214 min read


Sunday mornings/Nedeljna jutra
Since I live on the edge of the city, and I work in the centre, a working day for me means going to the city centre. I often go to town...

Kristina Lang
Nov 29, 20214 min read


Five loves of Josip Broz Tito/Pet ljubavi Josipa Broza Tita
Despite his great role on the world stage, little is known about Josip Broz Tito's love life because he kept his private life to himself....

Kristina Lang
Nov 22, 20217 min read


Alone in the silence/Sama u tišini
This woman carries the sun within her And love, with a handful of roses that do not wither. In this woman her worlds are linked, With...

Kristina Lang
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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