09/06/2026
Eline is from Amsterdam, but Prague feels more like the kind of city she was always going to end up in.
She works behind the bar at Sansho because evidently she loves being around humankind.
The noise of a full room, small conversations, the feeling of helping create someone’s evening is anti-routine to the Dutch born mademoiselle. After spending a great chunk of time translating text behind a computer or sitting alone and working in solitary, hospitality is genuinely what keeps her connected to real live action.
Outside of work, she writes. Eline is an author.
Her novel “Sitting Next to a Stranger” by no other than Eline Vedder is already sitting on the bookshelf at Sansho.
To those somewhat color blind that would be the one with her name on it! Or if we do perceive color that would be the bright blue one 💙
She says the next book will take place in Prague, probably around graveyards. Supposedly it is meant to be her second novel that will be published within a year or two.
Ms. Vedder is a kind and generous soul.
Yet not without vice.
She admits she sometimes listens in on conversations, eavesdrops or steals tiny details for stories. Be it the way someone dresses, something said after a second glass of wine or the strange little things people reveal without noticing. A word of warning to not be surprised to find yourself on one of the pages of her forthcoming literary works and future publications.
Before working here, she used to come to Sansho for birthdays, Valentine’s Day, New Year’s, and other special evenings and celebrations. She loved the general vibrations so much that one day she simply asked Mr. if we were hiring.
A week later, she was behind the bar herself.
And she most certainly is now an essential ray of sunshine within our crew. Always polite, happy to assist and always eager to support a bit of camaraderie.
If she wasn’t here, she thinks she’d probably be living somewhere warm near the sea like a barefoot hermit. But for now, Prague has her.
P.S. You can purchase your own signed copy of “Sitting Next to A Stranger” online, at Sansho, or by DM’ing the author herself.
-À très bientôt, les garçons et les filles.
