Last month at the library a book called The birth of Korean cool practically jumped into my hands off the "new and noteworthy" shelves. I have been fascinated with Korean culture from my very first encounter - I can't even quite explain why, but I find it so interesting that I just have to …
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Organised tours of Europe and my concession that sometimes, some are OK
I have never been a tour kind of girl. In fact, I searched the whole archive of Not A Ballerina to find any mention of the (very few) short tours I've taken and the only one I found was an overnight tour to Mt Fuji when I was living in Osaka. (Ominously, that didn't go too well - I walked down the …
10 years of Not A Ballerina in 2015 – my plans to celebrate my blog anniversary
Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome to 2015 - the year that Not A Ballerina turns 10. I can't believe that this blog which I started without too much thought in my little flat in Heilbronn, Germany, will reach its double figure birthday this year. Back when I started blogging, announcing that you …