Posts from year 2018
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New Years Eve in Rome
Today, the Eternal City becomes the Eternal Party. Tourists flock to the big sights like modern-day gladiators armed with selfie sticks and plastic champagne flutes. Locals? They know better.
Exploring Pompeii
It’s a sunny day, but the past is anything but. Pompeii isn’t just ruins. It’s a moment, frozen in terror and volcanic fury. In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius blew its top and gave the Roman Empire a masterclass in humility.
Looking for pizza in Naples
Naples is a city that doesn’t give a damn what you think. It’s chaotic, gritty and full of garbage. The kind of place where chaos isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.
Henry Rollins travel show in Copenhagen
Henry Rollins doesn’t walk into a room, he detonates into it. His shows are more than just a performance. It’s a one-man blitzkrieg of thought and unfiltered rage wrapped in black cotton and inked skin.
Along medieval alleys in Tallinn
Tallinn is a postcard wrapped in barbed wire. Picture-perfect medieval towers cast shadows on crumbling Soviet-era blocks. You sip your overpriced coffee in a fairy-tale square, while the KGB museum down the road reminds you that fairy tales often come with a body count.
Hill of Crosses
Northern Lithuania whispers through birch trees, footsteps on gravel, the hush of old grief. Then I get to this place, just outside Šiauliai, and the whispers become a scream. A silent kind of scream. Welcome to the Hill of Crosses.
Depeche Mode bar in Riga
There are several bars related to Depeche Mode around the globe. The Depeche Mode Baar in Tallinn is probably one of the better known, together with the bars in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. But the one in the capital of Latvia is a true gem for devotees.
Returning to Riga
Riga doesn’t change much. The skyline is still tangled in spires and Soviet leftovers, and the Daugava river still cuts through it all like an old scar. But every time I come back, I realize that maybe it’s me who’s changing.
Travel map of Anthony Bourdain
I was a bit surprised to discover that a new season of Parts Unknown will start this weekend. Since, you know, the leading man Anthony Bourdain is unfortunately not with us anymore.
Way Out West 2018
So here we are again at Way Out West. For each year I’m starting to feel more like the old men Statler and Waldorf in The Muppet Show. I’m getting older and the bands booked are getting a bit less interesting.