by Leire | May 6, 2024
I have just arrived from a moving and exciting event that took place in the magical garden of the Antzasti Euskaldunon Etxea, museum founded by my friend Cristina and her sister Elena. Today Naia, 30th of march, would have turned into her 15 if that fatal and...
by Leire | Jan 1, 2021
My year 2020 How could I describe this year? An exceptional year that neither I nor anyone could have expected and that has hit us all to the core and in the same way. Nevertheless I can not describe it as a bad or negative year, different and challenging yes, but...
by Leire | Nov 30, 2020
Leire’s Korner arrives in Leicestershire, a rural area in the East Midlands. I drive down the narrow county roads and see again the wonderful stone wall English houses surrounded by a multitude of brightly coloured flowers, they remind me of my long periods...
by Leire | Oct 23, 2020
A couple of months ago, my cousin called me asking for advice on a little restyling she wanted to do at her house. With great pleasure, I met with her, first to drink a tasty coffee and catch up on each other’s lives… we hadn’t seen each other for a...
by Leire | Sep 11, 2020
For me, bookshops as well as libraries have always been magical places where you can breathe a lot of peace. For those of us who like to read, visiting old bookshops bring an extra charm+fascination. I remember those queues that I used to do as...
by Leire | Aug 25, 2020
The truth is that for me, driving around the UK is an adventure+challenge at the same time. I think, I will never get used to it. First, because of the change of mind it requires, having to stop to think when you are about to go out in a roundabout, which right not,...