food & photography
Oh dear South-Western Portugal. You have stolen my heart. I am literally tearing up while editing these photos. Your colours, people, beaches, food, textures, produce, seafood, wildflowers, flora & fauna! We had 12 Days of 24 degrees Celcius, West Wind & Cloudless Skies while visiting you in early May. Man did you treat us good. […]
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So in Early February, M and I finally found a weekend where we could travel to Hungary to visit our friend Timea. The talented yoga guide & furniture designer. We have been trying to see each other there since 2019! Covid, then new jobs, and conflicting schedules never allowed for it. But finally, we made […]
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This was a very special trip. Even if only for 10 days. I spent 2 or 3 nights in the 4 locations below. And took trains and buses and taxis everywhere in between. Even though there where many strikes in many of these places, I managed quite well to keep my timeline and days as […]
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ES IST FERTIG ! Grow to Gather’s German Sister :) Grow to Gather, my seasonal cookbook, has officially been translated from, English to German, für alle meine Deutsche Freunde! The German title is Gemeinsam Geniessen ( rough translation: enjoying together ) I have been working alongside my friends and colleagues over the past 8 months to […]
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For the longest time I thought that September was my favourite month. And I am not sure I have been totally converted, but man has this June has swayed my opinion by so much more than I could have ever thought. Even though it has been hot! Too hot actually ( yes, global warming is […]
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You know those moments in your life where you feel like you life is all of a sudden playing out like a film ? I had one of those moments a few weeks ago in Italy. Actually 5 whole days of moments feeling like a movie if you want to be more specific. I was […]
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IT’s OFFICIAL ! Grow to Gather goes German I am teaming up with the folks at the publishing house, Oekom Verlag here in Munich to bring together a German version of Grow to Gather, my seasonal cookbook. Ein großes Danke zu meine Deutsche Freunden und Familien für eurer Anfrage und Geduld! Earlier this week, on […]
Read MoreThis Winter, I knew I needed to go to the snow. I feel it calling me, because in the city that I live in, it just doesn’t stay on the ground for more than a few hours at a time. And this blue and white sparkling wonderland brings me such a sense of calm, peace, […]
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About two years ago, I started working part-time on the floor of Patagonia Europe’s Munich Retail Store selling clothes and other outdoor items as a sales associate. At the time I took the job because I needed something to get me out of the house and away from digital screens. I figured it would be […]
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The weather has made me cry multiple times in the past two weeks. I’m not kidding. Pure tears of complete joy. Everything is golden and red and yellow and frosty and fresh and mossy all around me. I smell the leaves and watch them fall, all of my favourite colours are all around me all […]
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” Bicycle ! Bicycle ! I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike … “ I have a new bicycle. And it feels exactly like the Queen song., “Bicycle Race” Fast, slow, dramatic, exciting, beautiful, smooth and so many other things. ( Except I am clothed while doing so! Check out […]
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This is going to be hard to write, talk about, and read. But that doesn’t mean that I am not going to post it. Many of you may have questions, and I will try my best to answer them. But first let me say how thankful and privileged I am to be in the position […]
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Nine Years Ago. Yes, I said Nine. It has officially been nine years since I made the decision to pack my two suitcases and my camera, and fly approximately 7000 kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean, to move to Germany from my small town in Canada. I was 22 years old, young, brave and in love. […]
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Hello Readers, I haven’t written much in the last months, or half a year really. Because I am a firm believer in only writing when I really feel like writing, and especially only when I feel like I have something to say. Since January 2020, I have been working from home almost exclusively, and posting […]
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On the first weekend in November, I had the privilege of working and attending the second Yoga & Mountain Get Away in Tirol. Together with my dear friend Christina, and 25 other yogis, we came together in this beautiful location in the Austrian Alps for two and a half quiet days of yoga, food and […]
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This September was a very special one for me. I again took a long train ride from Southern Germany to the Atlantic Coast in Western France. Where, on the island of Île de Ré, cooked, taught and lead a week long Yoga and Photography Retreat, Getaway to the Sea. This year I had the pleasure […]
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June 8th was World Ocean Day. Yes, there is almost a “Day” for everything these days, but this one is a very important to one. Muhammad Ali said ” Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths. “ […]
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Dear Friends, Family and fellow Readers … Now that the weather is cold, and the last week before Christmas busy and stressful, here is a little something to keep you going. A tiny getaway full of sun, the sea, beautiful landscapes, and great people. I apologize in advance for my image post hiatus. The last […]
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Hello Readers, This past June I spent 12 days on the beautiful Sorrentine Peninsula. This is an area of about 121 square kilometers just south of Naples on the West coast of Italy. A place so gorgeous and full of colour, I was blown away. Although I had been here briefly before, for one night […]
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Hello Folks, On a rainy Thursday in May, along with my mother, I travelled by train to Salzburg for the day. The weather said that the rain was supposed to stop in the afternoon, so we decided to travel anyway, even though we would be outside all day, and hoped for the best. We were […]
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If anyone reading this does not know much about Sweden, you will soon learn. Lately I have been a bit obsessed with this culture, it’s “Lagom” lifestyle and all that is the simple life. For further reading I suggest Niki Brantmarks book ” Lagom, Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a […]
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So……. French Brittany/La Bretagne, is a province in North Western France. It is a place with so much history. A place nestled between France and Britain. It is recognised by the Celtic League as one of the 6 Celtic Nations, holding a distinct cultural identity. With a spoken and written language completely different to that […]
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Can you imagine a city in the middle of Europe, surrounded by forests, alongside a river and looked over by an ancient castle? Well no, not until you visit Heidelberg. This colourful city, located along the Necker River, a tributary of the Rhine, is a site to see. It has been know for many years […]
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This May, I had the privilege of photographing two beautiful happy people, Ann-Katrin & Patrick. I have know these two for about 6 years, and was so pleased when they asked me to photograph their wedding. The civil ceremony took place in downtown Munich at the “Neue Rathaus” ( city hall ), a beautiful building, […]
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When the first snow falls I am like a child. I turn giddy, literally jump for joy, and run through it as if I was still 5 years old. I LOVE SNOW! When a huge snow fall came the day before our ski weekend in the Ziller Valley in Tirol, Austria, I was ecstatic. It […]
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You never know what life will throw at you. One day you are working along, minding your own photography business :) And the next day you win a trip to London, England, 2 brand new awesome cell phones, and prize money for your photograph. This is what happened to me 3 weeks ago. The creative […]
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Some of you may have heard of this place, The Dolomites. It is a mountain range in the North-East of Italy and it spans 16 000 square kilometres. Yes it is massive! And to think this was my first time visiting. We drove in the dark so I did not really know what I was […]
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As I sit here on the banks of the Isar River on a Friday afternoon in the first week of September, I reflect on my past 5 years here in Munich. I originally chose this city in order to build a relationship with my boyfriend. But as the years have passed, I have realized just […]
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Dearest readers, I was so happy when a friend of mine suggested we host a friend of his from Hamburg, because I hoped so much that it would give me the chance to visit the city, which I have wanted to do for so long. So in early July I did just that! I road […]
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Writing this post has been on my to do list for over 2 years. Yes I know, that is a very long time. But today, a rainy and cold Spring day, is the day that I tell you about my love for trains ( A love much different then Sheldon Coopers’ that is. ) The […]
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Hello All, Have you ever been to a place and felt completely comfortable and at home? Well that is how I feel when I travel to the small village of Le Tour. A small place just north of the popular, beautiful city of Chamonix. I had the privilege of staying there for a week with […]
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Hello Readers and Friends, I know it is December and everyone is in the Christmas mood/rush already. Believe me, I know how you feel! My room is filled with gifts, boxes and chaos as I pack for my Christmas trip to Canada, and pack to move apartments in January when I return to Munich. This […]
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The Lofoten! What a place. This is a group of islands and fjords that form a sort of peninsula in Northern Norway. It is really an amazing and variable landscape in the Lofoten. It is almost impossible to explain with only a few words and a some photos because being there is like no place […]
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Dear Friends I have heard so much about the “Chateau de Villé” for years now from my boyfriends family and have always wanted to visit. Such historic castles scatter the French countryside, some of them almost standing still in time, from when the soldiers abandoned them after WWII. I was so lucky to be able […]
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Andrea Senyk 