Gothenburg, Sweden
23.–24. Sept. 2024 in Schweden ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
I spent a night in Gothenburg where I caught up with a friend, Sam, whom I met months before in Krakow, Poland. It seemed like a nice city but it rained the whole time I was there and I got into anWeiterlesen
Werder (Havel), Germany
2.–9. Okt. 2024 in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Alpujarras, Spain
8.–12. Okt. 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I visited southern Spain to see an old friend, Sven, whom I've known for about 26 years now. I spent a few nights in his ranch in the Sierra Nevada national park with him, his partner Gabriel, his twoWeiterlesen
Düsseldorf, Germany
8. Oktober 2024 in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I spent half a day in Düsseldorf on my way to Southern Europe today. It seems like quite a nice city with a lot of focus on art and culture.
Guadix
11. Oktober 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
An hour north of Sven's ranch is Guadix, which is a good place for train and bus connections. I took my first Blablacar from here to Cadiz, but I had half a day to explore the ancient city first.
Hadas del Sol (Faeries of the Sun)
11.–18. Okt. 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
So.... I had heard of this global community called Radical Faeries. It seemed a little disturbing at first and I avoided it. In the last few years I've discovered some really nice friends of mine areWeiterlesen
Back to the Alpujarras
18.–22. Okt. 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
More time with Sven and his family at his ranch in the Alpujarras.
Rome, Italy
23.–24. Okt. 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
One night and a day in Rome on my way to The Balkans. The Colosseum was much cleaner and whiter than my last time here. Like every trip to Italy this year, it was raining a lot.
Tirana, Albania
24.–27. Okt. 2024 in Albanien ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Tirana is a lovely little city in the Balkans, definitely one of my favourites. Cheap RyanAir flights make it easy to visit, too.
Skopje, North Macedonia
26.–29. Okt. 2024 in Nordmazedonien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The capital of North Macedonia is an interesting city with some interesting traditional foods. In 2014 the city installed a lot of statues all around the city centre. Unfortunately over time theyWeiterlesen
Prishtina, Kosovo
29.–31. Okt. 2024 in Kosovo ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Pristina/Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo.
Prizren, Kosovo
1.–2. Nov. 2024 in Kosovo ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The second largest city and quite a cute city to visit in Kosovo. I stayed at the most stylish and cleanest hostel so far. You had to take your shoes off and swap them for slippers when you cameWeiterlesen
Ulcinj, Montenegro
2.–3. Nov. 2024 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Within a couple of hours I had driven through 3 countries; Kosovo, Albania, and Montenegro. Ulcinj is the southern most city of Montenegro located on the coast.
Budva, Montenegro
3.–4. Nov. 2024 in Montenegro ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Budva is a nice coastal town in Montenegro. I had a nice walk around their beach and into the Old Town. Old Town had a nice feel to it as I made my way through the small stone alleyways filled withWeiterlesen
Kotor, Montenegro
4. November 2024 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Kotor reminds me a little of Queenstown in New Zealand. A beautiful lake surrounded by majestic mountains. I passed through it on a 9 hour bus trip from Montenegro to Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. IWeiterlesen
The Border of Montenegro & Bosnia
4. November 2024 in Bosnien-Herzegowina ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Some random photos of the signs, "wildlife", and landscape around the border between Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina.
Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
4.–7. Nov. 2024 in Bosnien-Herzegowina ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Sarajevo and all of Bosnia Herzegovina that I've seen so far look beautiful in autumn. I got myself an Airbnb for a few nights so I had some space to work on a presentation for a job interview inWeiterlesen
Munich, Germany
7.–8. Nov. 2024 in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
I spent one night in Munich. The next morning I gave an hour and a half presentation and interview for a programme manager job at a German company. It's the fifth interview I've had with this companyWeiterlesen
London, UK
8. Nov.–8. Dez. 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
I've finally come back to London. I lived here for most of my 20s and half my 30s. My last few years there were awful, and after their atrocious riots in August 2011 I resolved to move back to NewWeiterlesen
Beijing, China
9. Dezember 2024 in China ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Breaking up my flights from Europe to New Zealand, I had a stop over in China's capital. Lots of websites and apps don't work here, and Google Maps is pretty useless, but it's an interesting capitalWeiterlesen
Auckland, New Zealand
10.–18. Dez. 2024 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
I arrived back in New Zealand, exhausted after only 4 hours of sleep over the last four days of travelling around half of the world. It was lovely to be back home in summer, seeing old friends,Weiterlesen
New Plymouth, NZ
20.–23. Dez. 2024 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
I bused from Auckland to Hamilton then from Hamilton to New Plymouth over 7 hours to stay with my dear friends Janita & Neil and their kids Fletcher & Jasper, whom had been through quite a year. PaulWeiterlesen
Family Christmas in Palmerston North
23.–26. Dez. 2024 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
My family gathered at my younger brother's home for Christmas. I managed to get a ride via a Facebook community group, a modern take on hitchhiking, to get from New Plymouth to Palmerston North. IWeiterlesen
Wellington and Home
26.–30. Dez. 2024 in Neuseeland ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
My parents and I travelled from Palmerston North for our family Christmas to enjoy some days together in Wellington at my apartment. It had been the first time there in nearly a year. We spent someWeiterlesen
Auckland
31. Dez.–8. Jan. 2025 in Neuseeland ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
I spent a week in Auckland catching up with old friends, and seeing Bailey (my daughter), sleeping on a bunk bed, visiting beaches and Rainbow's End amusement park.