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Gypsies on the move Michael Spies
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In search of old footprints-Zagreb
October 7, 2022 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Zagreb where I lived for 2 years in 2003. Walking in the streets we slowly put together our memories to find where my appartment was and where I used to jog in the mornings. Ilica 10a near the market😃
Visited our favourite Sushi "Takenoko" which still existed after 20 years but in a new location with the cook being the only connection to the past.
But the same tables and the same delicious food🤩Read more
Travelerso cool! Hab noch gedacht: Mensch, ob ihr wohl sushi essen geht 😉? War meine erste sushi-Begegnung damals, und es war Liebe auf den ersten Biss😂. Weiterhin gute Reise, euch beiden! ❤️
10/14/22Reply
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10/16/22Reply
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Gypsies on the move Michael Spies
And finally we have left, !
October 6, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We have finally left!
I don't believe it!
The stress of these last weeks that seemed to be getting worse and worse is past!
Getting a house ready for 7 months of absence over winter actually felt like moving house to a new address. You know that feeling where the moving van is booked for a certain day and the appartment has to be handed over to the owners, and you still haven't started packing the first box. That's what it felt like!
But now we are gone!Read more
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Sunrise this morning
April 10, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Traveler Schöne Bilder Mike! Wohin wanderst Du?
4/10/22Reply
Michael SpiesHi Margit, schön dich zu hören. Bin 9 Tage mit meinem Bruder die west Küste von Portugal hoch. Dann haben wir uns getrennt und ich bin inland nach Tamera. Die Bilder der letzten Tage sind der Weg dahin. In Tamera mache ich eine einführung und kurs zum thema " landschaften die wasser zurückhalten". Alles liebe Mike
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Home for the night 🌙
April 9, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
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Joe the very big PAPA BULL
April 9, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A cow Herd with their own Papa Bull walking around freely guarded by two dogs. Isn't that cool!
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Paradise
April 9, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Sitting here doing nothing but Listening to the birds
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Real shepheards still do exist
April 8, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Was witnessed to a real shepherd. When pushing on his flock, a small lamb kept on falling behind, so he picked it up and carried it. My heart melted ❤️
Then big JOE the daddy goat 🐐 decided he prefers to stay here.After having called it several times, he spoke I a quite voice to his dog walking next to him. Immediately the dog ran the 100m to the goat and started running in circles around it barking in a way that would have made my heart freeze if I had been the goat. It tried to charge him a few times and then gave up an trotted to the rest of the heard. The dog ran back to his master and walked on his side.
WOW! What a theater!!!!Read more
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Camping in gods garden
April 7, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This evening I walked I to a future commune project in the making, "monte do aniche" to be found in facebook.
Two persons have bought 100Ha of Land with huge eucalyptus forests which they are now cutting down to replant indigenous trees and shrubs. All over they have constructed water retention basins aimed at raising the water table and regreening the area. In a next phase they want to invite people looking to live in a sustainable way to join them.
Sounds really exciting!
One thing is for sure, I have never heard such a Night concert of cricets. (See recording)Read more
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This kind of day makes my heart leap
April 7, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today I have been walking through the wildest of landscapes along sheep tracks and fire breaks in the middle of a nature untouched. Ancient Cork oaks, hundreds of years old looking like the "tree of life" in the film "Avartar" make my heart jump with joy. This beauty still exists on our troubled planet. WOW! ❤️
I am totally in my element, my heart overspilling with joyRead more
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A bit of 2x2 (legs and arms) off-road
April 7, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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And now, on alone to Tamera
April 6, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Alex left for Germany today dropping me off on the way at Tamera, a commune of 200 people In the Center of Alentejo where I will be doing two seminars: "Introduction to Tamera, their spiritual work and philosophy and "Water retention landscapes". As I have 4 days till the start, I have decided to hike around this part of Alentejo with its unbelievable landscapes.Read more
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Breackdast with a crocodile!
April 5, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
To celebrate the end our trip we went for breakfast in Sines and just ate everything.
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Reaching the end
April 4, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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The last days of the coastal trail
April 4, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
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Stopped for lunch and then.....
April 1, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Never drink a bottle of wine for lunch while waiting for low tide, because you end up with your legs up.
So this is where we are staying the night 😃
Hi hi hi 😃
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A bit windy today, 36kph with gale gusts
March 31, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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Sheer beauty!
March 31, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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Without words
March 31, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
TravelerHow beautiful..but doesn’t seem very warm…enjoy your trip.
3/31/22Reply
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Once again in gods garden
March 30, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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What a night, and what a morning!
March 30, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
I was exhausted today and realized that it is crazy for me to not do any excercise for 6 months and then promptly walk 25 kms with a 15kg pack. To make matters worse, as night came the wind got stronger and stronger. We set camp among some small pines hoping to be protected. The contrary was the case, as gale force was reached our tent jumped about with the wind screeching through the trees to then be joined by the snoring of Alexander. The perfect sound background for ghosts to come out, which they did, in the form of excruciating knee and elbow pain, my old fellows from the past.Read more
TravelerLove it! Hope your pains will disappear with the miles walking…
3/30/22Reply
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The most colourful shoes in town
March 29, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
AISICS tried really hard to get more colours into those shoes, but it didn't work ☺️
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Lunchtime 😃
March 29, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
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And off we go
March 29, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Wow! What a feeling to be back here, overlooking the sea, listening to the atlantic waves sitting on top of the many cliffs.
Sheer paradise!
But oh oh oh!
My body is screaming. After six months building my Sprinter, my body has completely forgotten how to move and carry loads. But experience has shown, in a day or two, I will be up to speed again.Read more
Traveler 😍
3/29/22Reply
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When a man gotta do what he gotta do
March 28, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today we start down one of the most beautiful nature trails I know. The Rota Vincentina in Portugal
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Gypsies on the move Michael Spies
The Journey starts with the first hole!
October 10, 2021 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
What an exciting feeling drilling the first hole through the side of your Brand New sprinter!
But we did it!
And then we sawed and hammered, shaping our new baby,.
He's very high, He's very strong, and he simply loves travelling and he's soooo cosy!
Our home on wheels,
our "GYPSY"Read more
TravelerWow! You made it 👍🥂☀️ ich wünsche euch viele tolle Erlebnisse und eine wunderbare Reise. Wo geht’s hin? (Marokko?)
7/14/22Reply
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The Spirit flies again Michael Spies
I dedicate this Camino to Gregor
May 28, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I dedicate this camino to Gregor.
And to the hero's around Gregor
Some day he might look into this Photobook which I will print, and see written down, and in photos what incredible joy his coming brought to me and others.

The last picture taken on the way to Finisterre shows a pilgrim battling on in the rain and wind, a symbol for the endurance of humans when they have something they believe in which lights their fire.
May Gregor have this resilence and may he find his belief, his Fire and source of energy to take him through his life and have an impact on this world.

In love 😍
May God bless him ❤Read more
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