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• Kapliczki and the Tannemberg Memorial

  

  KindleThe Freelander stops by a kapliczkaMiddle of September 2014. It’s about time to pay a little homage to the kapliczki, humble crosses or chapels scattered... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Meeting with Magic

  

  KindleThree days in Bialystok bring me new acquaintances (like Maka, the young Georgian volunteer, or Grzegorz, the bat researcher) and an unexpected meeting... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Upon the Trodden Track

  

  KindleHere and there, through the layer of clouds, a few sun beams shine on the land, cheering up the countryside. Behind me, noise of passing cars and lorries. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Vilnius, Jerusalem of the North

  

  KindleI wake up with the optimistic idea that today must be better than yesterday, simply because it can’t get any worse: my adventure with the Devil on wheels... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Nightmare in Lithuania

  

  Send to Kindle(Second part of The Devil on wheels)Fear hinders our ability for thinking, analyzing, and acting cunningly. When I realize the lorry driver wants... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Devil on Wheels

  

  This September 9th will be highlighted in my logbook as, by far, the worst date in this journey; and in my personal calendar as one of those few regrettable day... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Christmas Eve Among Bums

  It's Christmas Eve. A big round moon, very white, shines on the pure black of a Polish night. On an empty stomach, I drag my Christmas loneliness along the... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lights and Shades Latvia; Blessed Backwardness!

  

  Send to KindleA petrol station. I fill up the tank and go to the shop. When I tend my credit card to the cashier, she looks scared and steps back, hiding her... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Latvians, Embrace Consumption!

  

  Send to KindleI leave fair Viljandi behind, and head to the southeast of Estonia, where the roads –I’ve been said– are less boring, have curves and even slopes. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Summary of Scandinavia and Impressions of Estonia

  

  Send to KindleHere I am–almost one month later–in the ferry acoss the Baltic, from Finland to Estonia. On my way north I sailed with Eckerö and now I’m taking... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Porvoo, Outstanding Medieval Town in Finland

  

  Send to KindleOld houses of medieval PorvooIn the most hidden of Porvoo‘s medieval quarter, at the heart of its ancient cobbled streets, there is a short alley... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sysmä; Tribulations and Discoveries of a Lonely Biker

  

  Send to KindleSunny morning this August last day’s, that brings me a great view from the room’s balcony. Pity I’ve woken up too late and, as usual, laziness... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• End of the Summer in Finland: Vaasa, Pietarsaari and the Kesämökki

  

  Send to KindleIt was about midnight when, after saying farewell to the other bikers I met on the ferry, I landed in Vaasa, whose streets were–at that late... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Umea’s Desolate Ferry Terminal

  

  Send to KindleThe strong contrast, scenic-wise, between both sides of the Swedish border has rendered me useless for taking photographs: after two weeks in... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Elciego and Around, Cradle of Rioja Wine

  

  Send to KindleIt’s the heart of the summer, and from the height south-bordering the Álava plain there lies at my feet, majestic and fertile, hot and glaring, th... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Islamic Lapland

  

  Send to KindleSurely good willed yet somewhat thoughtlessly, Arctic Alaska’s employee recommends me to take an alternative route to Umea, very pretty, via... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bla Vagen, Sami Territory

  

  Send to KindleSweden has the misfortune of sharing one thousand miles of border with one of the most stunning countries on the globe: Norway, and so it always... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Maelstrom (and a Church Called Neverness)

  

  Send to KindleThe maelstrom! Could a more dreadful situation have sounded in our ears! We were then upon the dangerous coast of Norway [where], at the tide,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Miseries of a Traveller

  

  Send to KindleStill in this fable-like valley I entered yesterday through a hidden tunnel in the corner of a fiord: the campsite, the Laksagaosen ecological... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Through the Looking-glass

  

  Send to KindleAlong this journey to nowhere an idea has slowly been emerging from the depths of my subsonscious –where it lived as an embryo– to the surface of... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL