Because I'm pretentious like that!

The view from my balcony. Never gets old ❄️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCYt0pnKt6/?igshid=12g71dd3jps8r

On the first day of my new job as a PhD student at Leiden I’ve decided to wear the red velvet jacket that I always wear on the first day of a new venture. Even though I’m starting my work from Heidelberg and won’t make it to The Netherlands for some weeks at least. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwC4cXl2Gt/?igshid=1b74ly67v28yo

Pangur and Gecem, keeping an eye on the birds and the cars and the insects outside, to make sure everything is in order. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFosVG6qQ3k/?igshid=15ydrtcjvyhuc

Impressions of Italy 2020 - Part II: The butts of the Doge’s Palace, Venice. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEjC0fJqjFO/?igshid=1mtiqtrdpe0tm

Impressions of Italy 2020 - Part I: The spoopy skulls and skellingtons of the Basilica di sant’Antonio di Padova https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbW0H_KoDU/?igshid=n0baais2gmg7

Something my sister and I found the other day: our great grandfather’s wedding shirt from 1924/25! The flax was grown by his wife’s family, she spun it into thread, he weaved it into cloth and she sewed and embroidered the shirt. A beautiful collaboration to start their lives together. And... er... turns out it really fits me. Really well, especially around the shoulders. So... apparently I have the physique of a Polish/Ukranian peasant from a century ago... that’s good to know... https://www.instagram.com/p/CD8emIqK-3p/?igshid=l8128zmdtonh

Monday mood 😴 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDstsSAqGVH/?igshid=1l314dyz8tmsw

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary ‘tashes https://www.instagram.com/p/CAw4NfrqGua/?igshid=biso2fcm3a5v

I’m about to give my first ever paper at a conference, so here’s a PrePresentationPanicSelfie 😱 (at Unipark Nonntal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B83J5piIN4j/?igshid=10u0dhnhgab80

‪Went to see the Königskinder exhibition on Frederick V, Elizabeth Stuart and their children one last time on its last day. Here I am looking of a melancholy temperament, along with the melancholy monarch himself. ‬ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pA2abI1h8/?igshid=1q72q26uovjom

A guest on a river cruise tour kindly took these action shots of me being enthralled by a big barrel! https://www.instagram.com/p/B3RJxHLog66/?igshid=1oka5dne20a2z

One of my favourite things about Heidelberg is the way fog lingers in the Neckar valley, obscuring the outlines of the hills, conjuring its own slopes and peaks. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2yCbfwCIFy/?igshid=18p677762d0v8

I had a great 30th with some very great people! Thank to everyone who made the day as enjoyable as it was. Here’s to the portentous, menacing road of a new decade! https://www.instagram.com/p/B2bvkROCyg4/?igshid=c26bxocaea17

Another day at the office... (at Schloss Heidelberg) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byj6yRSi7Fi/?igshid=nwgqnsneqcy5

Heidelberg in the mist (at Heidelberg, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwOfc9tHmoz/?igshid=g4hnstk2rpld