Austrian Advent Calendar Day 1 Winter has arrived in Vienna, and with it comes the opening of the Christmas markets—those enchanted corners of the city where wooden stalls glow with warm light, the air fills with the scent of roasted…
Hello dear friends, and Happy Advent ! Welcome back to the most festive time of the year, here at The Ritual of Reading, where we follow the tradition of the Advent Calendar by opening a new video every day of December…
Hello friends, and Happy Thanksgiving ! It’s been a while since my last video, but I am glad to be back and for such a joyful occasion, since this is my third annual celebration of nonfiction books I’m thankful for…
I am a cosy-at-home person. I love my comfy couch and my rocking chair, my flowers and my cat. I’m one of those people that were happy not to leave their house during lock-down. But every once in a while,…
Why the Heat Makes Reading Feel Like a Chore Last Tuesday afternoon, I read the same paragraph three times before realizing I hadn’t absorbed a single word. The heat had turned my brain to soup, and the ambitious novel I’d…
My earliest memories of tennis are snapshots of hot summer afternoons in front of the TV, while my father watched a game at Wimbledon. Or was it Roland Garros ? I can’t remember, and it was probably all the same to…
Anna Pavord and the Keukenhof Gardens
A cruise on the canals of Amsterdam… You get to marvel at the architecture, to admire the vision of a nation that has built a legacy for centuries to come, and without even knowing it, you experience a small part…
You know that buzzing feeling you get when you check something very dear to your heart off your bucket list ? That was me back in January when I decided this would be the year I’d finally see the Dutch…
Hello friends ! I hope you’re all doing well, whether you’re still waiting for Spring, enjoying the blossoming trees, living under permanent sunshine or slowly going into Autumn right now. There’s beauty in every season, and never ending wisdom in…
