The ambush

Spring was just beginning. I was somewhere in the Argentine Patagonia, near the Andes. I had driven for hours along the forest-lined route. Uncertainty grew with each passing mile—I didn’t know where I was headed, but something, or someone, was waiting for me. Eventually, I reached the shore of a lake. ...

The masters

It was December 2018. That week, I had finished my final exam to earn my university degree, but something about my studies didn’t align with my nature, and I needed to change course, find a new destination. Deep inside, a hunch was pulsing: “Go far, far away and leave everything behind.” But I still needed a little push, ...

Five days in Siberia

PROLOGUE Walking through the cobblestone streets of Prague for the last time until who knows when, I stop to think about the blissful days of witnessing such beautiful architecture, when in a passageway I look to my right and see a modest chocolate shop. It was at that very moment that I was left with the best memory of having met this ...