Slowing Down Life in Krakow
The randomness and freedom of a roaming travel life helps assess places with an open mind, and remain in the ones we like, as we desire. The original plan for this trip A friend in Berlin recently sent a message asking my thoughts on “Slow travel”. I believe he saw my original plan for this Baltic trip, and wondered if I was rushing? As fate would have it, on the second day of this seven week journey, I found a person and...
Impressive Poland Impressions, as Plans Evolve
My first visit to Poland could not have started any better. I’m writing from a cafe in the historic Eastern Polish city of Lublin, after a traditional Polish breakfast at a quaint restaurant in the Old Town. Last week, I arrived in Krakow, ahead of seven busy weeks on the road. I was filled with self-doubt about my means to afford this trip, exhausted, with urges to settle somewhere quiet, even for a little while, with much...
Czech Mountain Party, and the Baltic Trip Begins
Sea attends a small festival atop Czech mountains, making final preparations before heading off on his latest 7 week trip. View of Povalec Festival during the quiet, hot daytime Life has been surreal for so long, that it becomes the normal, the real, so real. I write from the historic, revitalised Polish city of Krakow. A day removed from a pair of night buses, after a fulfilling final evening in Prague, and restless, pseudo-sleep....