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GOING HOME
THE SAGA OF A JOURNEY
Fundamentally, travelling is quite an ill-defined concept. Different people travel for different reasons: to experience other cultures, for instance, or to relax.
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  • Trip start
    July 23, 2020
  • Dinner time :-)

    July 23, 2020 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Very difficult to find cheap food on board of this boat :-), but eventually I’ve found pizza.
    Definitely €36 for a buffet, which doesn’t have any vegan dishes, isn’t cheap.

  • Good Morning Sweden

    July 24, 2020 in Sweden ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Nearly there,

    Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all coastal. Stockholm is built on 14 islands. It has more than 50 bridges, as well as the medieval old town, Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as open-air Skansen.Read more

  • Lunch break

    July 24, 2020 in Sweden ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    A strange feeling, Sweden doesn’t look like been affected by the virus at all, in fact, looks like Finland at the moment. No social distancing and the tills got this glass to protect the person at the till. But it’s scary when someone started to cough right behind you :-).Read more

  • Corona Virus Control

    July 24, 2020 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Control of the virus to enter Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country comprising the Jutland Peninsula and numerous islands. It's linked to nearby Sweden via the Öresund bridge. Copenhagen, its capital, is home to royal palaces and colorful Nyhavn harbor, plus the Tivoli amusement park and the iconic “Little Mermaid” statue. Odense is writer Hans Christian Andersen’s hometown, with a medieval core of cobbled streets and half-timbered houses.Read more

  • Border Line

    July 24, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Border between Scandinavia and Germany

    Germany is a Western European country with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountain ranges and North Sea beaches. It has over 2 millennia of history. Berlin, its capital, is home to art and nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate and many sites relating to WWII. Munich is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, including the 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the European Central Bank.Read more

  • Time for fuel

    July 25, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Wearing masks are mandatory over here in closed spaces. Apart from the Swedish couple which went in without one

  • Driving trough Eifelpark

    July 25, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Maps it’s taking me trough the countryside with nice villages on the way.

    The Eifelpark is a wildlife and leisure park in Gondorf near Bitburg in the Eifel mountains of Germany.

  • Don Bosco Heleneberg

    July 25, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Here in the Don Bosco Helenenberg youth center, the lives of young people are very diverse and lively. In various group homes in and around the Helenenberg around young people who can no longer live at home for various reasons to live. With us you have the option of completing your secondary school qualification or an apprenticeship in order to open up a positive future perspective for yourself.Read more

  • Eisenach

    July 25, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    DescriptionEisenach is a town in central Germany. It’s known for the medieval Wartburg Castle, which sits on a high rock overlooking the countryside. Lutherhaus Eisenach is a half-timbered house and museum dedicated to religious reformer Martin Luther. The life of local-born composer Johann Sebastian Bach is celebrated at the Bachhaus Eisenach museum. In the northeast, trails run through Hainich National Park’s beech forests.Read more