Gothenburg, Sweden
23–24 sept. 2024, Suède ⋅ 🌙 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 anEn savoir plus
Werder (Havel), Germany
2–9 oct. 2024, Allemagne ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Alpujarras, Spain
8–12 oct. 2024, Espagne ⋅ ⛅ 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 twoEn savoir plus
Düsseldorf, Germany
8 octobre 2024, Allemagne ⋅ ☁️ 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 octobre 2024, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 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 oct. 2024, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 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 areEn savoir plus
Back to the Alpujarras
18–22 oct. 2024, Espagne ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
More time with Sven and his family at his ranch in the Alpujarras.
Rome, Italy
23–24 oct. 2024, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 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 oct. 2024, Albanie ⋅ ☁️ 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 oct. 2024, Macédoine du Nord ⋅ ☀️ 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 theyEn savoir plus
Prishtina, Kosovo
29–31 oct. 2024, Kosovo ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Pristina/Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo.
Prizren, Kosovo
1–2 nov. 2024, 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 cameEn savoir plus
Ulcinj, Montenegro
2–3 nov. 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☀️ 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, Monténégro ⋅ ⛅ 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 withEn savoir plus
Kotor, Montenegro
4 novembre 2024, Monténégro ⋅ ☀️ 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. IEn savoir plus
The Border of Montenegro & Bosnia
4 novembre 2024, Bosnie Herzégovine ⋅ ☀️ 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, Bosnie Herzégovine ⋅ ☀️ 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 inEn savoir plus
Munich, Germany
7–8 nov. 2024, Allemagne ⋅ ☁️ 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 companyEn savoir plus
London, UK
8 nov.–8 déc. 2024, Angleterre ⋅ ☁️ 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 NewEn savoir plus
Beijing, China
9 décembre 2024, Chine ⋅ ☁️ 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 capitalEn savoir plus
Auckland, New Zealand
10–18 déc. 2024, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 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,En savoir plus
New Plymouth, NZ
20–23 déc. 2024, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 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. PaulEn savoir plus
Family Christmas in Palmerston North
23–26 déc. 2024, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 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. IEn savoir plus
Wellington and Home
26–30 déc. 2024, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌧 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 someEn savoir plus
Auckland
31 déc.–8 janv. 2025, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌬 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.