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• Memories of Tampere, Yearnings of Sauna

  

  My four days’ stay in Ranta-Hölli was like a short holiday that rendered a brand-new me, phisically and spiritually, as if I had been in a balneary. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• First Steps on Finland Two-wheeled

  

  .It was when entering Estonia that I had felt I was stepping on Scandinavia’s doorstep, but only after crossing the Baltic sea and going ashore on Helsinki... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Treviño, a Castilian Exclave in the Basque

  

  .Despite the many routes that I’ve already done around the Basque Country, I’m yet to see, in its southern part (called the Álava plain), something that... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Bikers’ Brotherhood

  

  Waiting to get on board the ferry to Helsinki.Competition among the lines on the ferry route Helsinki-Tallin is big, schedules are flexible and sufficient, fare... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Tallinn, a City by the Sea

  

  .July is passing away, but instead of days getting shorter, they’re becoming longer and longer as I am more to the north. We are, the bike and me, me and the... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Between Two Worlds

  

  .Coming from Latvia, my first impressions about Estonia were: this is really where Scandinavia begins; this, and not the Gulf of Finland, is Eastern Europe’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Latvia Off-road.

  

  .The North calls me with a powerful voice, and I’m looking forward to leave Riga’s gravitational field behind, with its radial layout of roads; but before... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Latvia Off-road.

  

  .The North calls me with a powerful voice, and I’m looking forward to leave Riga’s gravitational field behind, with its radial layout of roads; but before... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Raiders of the Lost Lats.

  

  .Gods felt generous yesterday and gifted me with an endearing and warm experience in Panevezys; but a veteran wayfarer like me knows well that there aren’t two... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Songs of Old Russia.

  

  .Yet one more day. How many, already? It’s seven weeks since I left home; seven weeks journeying not knowing where to, heading vaguely north, maybe escaping fro... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Lithuania Connection.

  

  .It’s been hot and humid for the past few weeks, and I’m riding on a shirt; I know it’s risky, but then… what isn’t? Every day in our lives we’re deciding,... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Border Lands.

  

  .Chance has had it so that, aiming for a secondary border crossing to Lithuania from Bialystok (where I stayed the last few days), I ended up in the small town... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Border Lands.

  

  .Chance has had it so that, aiming for a secondary border crossing to Lithuania from Bialystok (where I stayed the last few days), I ended up in the small town... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Across the Rainbow.

  

  .After talking in the previous chapter about the new social gods –wild capitalism and crazy consumption– I reach, coincidentally, the city of Toruń, which... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Catching the Polish Soul.

  

  .Driving in Poland is something of a challenge for which we, riders, must maximize carefulness; in every sense.Despite having a vast railroad network reaching... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Memento Mori.

  

  .Poysdorf is just a border town with a considerable road traffic, as it lies on the main route between Viena and Brno (these four letters are not an abbreviatio... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Memento Mori.

  

  .Poysdorf is just a border town with a considerable road traffic, as it lies on the main route between Viena and Brno (these four letters are not an abbreviatio... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Spain, Undisputed Leader in Stock Opacity.

  .Today I receive this information from my broker:“Presently, the settlement period of stock exchange transactions across European venues is: trade date + 3... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Rock Me Amadeus!

  

  .Despite the rain shower that got me soaked in Lake Como and the intermittent drizzle this morning, every day I’m more satisfied with having brought the jet... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. The Good Land.

  

  .Only two chapters back I said that Germany is a boring country, but obviously that is not necessarily true. Actually, once I recharged batteries thanks to my... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL