Anna Kwiecinska 5 min Living in Sri Lanka - foraging in lockdown Between lockdowns and fishing bans, life on the Negombo lagoon can be a challenge when the cupboards start getting bare.
Kinga Urbanska, guest author 5 min 'Gdziekolwiek, byle upalnie" : polsko-australijskie historie powojenne A story of Polish postwar-emigration: a collaboration between Anna Kwiecinska and Kinga Urbanska, a genealogist and founder of...
Anna Kwiecinska 1 min YALA! Sahara with the 3 Mohammeds Dipping my toes into Saharan sands only made me yearn for more ....
Anna Kwiecinska 4 min First, Catch Your Crab! With so many of Sri Lanka's premium mud crabs exported, I'm up early to find some choice specimens for my Negombo Coconut Crab Curry....
Anna Kwiecinska 5 min Negombo Coconut Crab Curry - Spice Voyager Recipe #3 Sri Lankan Crab Curry, a signature seafood dish from the shores of the Negombo Lagoon cooked at home with Sri Lanka's premium cinnamon -...
Anna Kwiecinska 5 min The Spice That Put Sri Lanka on the Map How did a small island between the Arabian sea and the Indian Ocean became the epicentre of a European battle for dominion of the...
Anna Kwiecinska 3 min Sri Lankan Christmas Cake - Spice Voyager Recipe #2 This richly flavoured fruit cake is flourless and made in two easy parts. On Day One you steep the fruit in spices and brandy and five...
Anna Kwiecinska 5 min Remembering Poppy Day in King's Park Dedicated to Zbigniew Tadeuscz Sixtus Jerzy Grabiecz Kwiecinski AO June 2, 1922 - July 16, 1999 My Dad didn't talk much about the war....
Anna Kwiecinska 6 min Sri Lanka in Lockdown - a tale of serendipity Lockdown in Sri Lanka during the time of COVID-19 is a gentle and surprising experience
Anna Kwiecinska 9 min Looking back to 'Sea to Sahara', Morocco 2019 What first comes to your mind when you imagine Morocco? Exotic cities with legendary names? Remote and mysterious Atlas mountains?
Anna Kwiecinska 8 min East Bali's Spiritual Landscape Known as 'The island of the Gods', Balinese harness the power of Mother Earth to appease the Gods. I journey to the volcanic heights to...
Anna Kwiecinska 3 min Painting Retreat with Jenni Doherty in Bali Jenni Doherty, one of Western Australia's most sought-after artists recently taught a 6-day Art and Yoga Retreat with Anna Kwiecinska at...
Anna Kwiecinska 3 min Painting with Cate Edwards in Bali 8 years on and still going strong - my dream to create a nurturing space by the sea, where everything one needs is taken care of whilst...
Anna Kwiecinska 7 min Textile Retreat in Bali with Roberta Leary Creative Living Retreats evolved from my 20 years as a gallery director in Perth, alongside my love of yoga and making art. Now, after 8...
Anna Kwiecinska 5 min FERIA Seville's Sensational Spring Fair To visit Seville at any time other than during feria is both a blessing and a loss. What was originally a livestock fair in 1846, became,...
Anna Kwiecinska 5 min Volunteering in India Accepting an invitation to volunteer at a remote desert school without knowing exactly what would be expected of me was an act of faith,...
Anna Kwiecinska 5 min 3 Indian Ocean Rim Literary Festivals: Galle, Jaipur and Perth (This blog was first published in February 2019 ). Latest Jaipur Literature Festival News for 2021 ; HERE January is a big month for...
Anna Kwiecinska 9 min My Superb Ayurvedic Retreat in Sri Lanka In this age of FOMO*, my greatest fear is missing out on the best version of me, so a secluded forest retreat offering traditional...
Anna Kwiecinska 8 min A Very Private Camel Trek - Sahara Dreaming: Part 1 revised edition 2021 We're heading off to the Sahara on a private 5-day camel trek. Before we start, how about some soulful desert-inspired music to set the...
Anna Kwiecinska 1 min My Secret Souk - opens Dec. 9, 2018 My Morocco-At-Home exhibition this year on Sunday 9th December includes a special collection of original paintings by Cate Edwards, who...
Anna Kwiecinska 3 min My Secret Souk You're invited to a bazaar of Eastern delights My Secret Souk MOROCCO AT HOME OPENING NIGHT DRINKS Tuesday 28 November, 6-8pm at my...
Anna Kwiecinska 4 min The Pleasures of a Moroccan Hammam Morocco abounds with hammams - oriental steam baths - and over many months here I've tried a range of them: from inexpensive communal...
Anna Kwiecinska 3 min Paradise in the shadow of Mt Agung If you're wondering about the rumblings of Mt Agung in East Bali, this is a quick local update from my neck of the woods. I've been here...
Anna Kwiecinska 2 min Our village welcomes evacuees in Bali I was expecting the worst when I arrived in Bali 2 weeks ago, having seen an early TV report by an Australian journalist describing...
