Posts from year 2019
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Way Out West 2019
Here we go again for another year at Way Out West. It’s getting a bit predictive, but there were a few new additions to explore.
Book signing event
My travel book “Här finns inga drakar” was released about a week ago. It’s been a wild ride to work on it for so many years and I’m thrilled to finally be able to share it with everyone.
My book has arrived
I am happy to announce the release of my book “Här finns inga drakar” (Here be no dragons). After many years of work it has finally been completed. The book contains 300 pages with assorted accounts of my travels during three decades, a lot of countries and even more cups of coffee.
Walking to Slovakia
After a tedious train ride, I had finally reached Esztergom. Once the capital of Hungary, today it’s a lot less busy. I walked through the town to a nearby hilltop, where both a castle and a large basilica overlook the Danube river. The basilica is impossible to miss, being the largest church in Hungary.
Ruin bars in Budapest
Somewhere between the faded grandeur of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the brutal hangover of Soviet rule, Budapest found a second life in its scars. And nowhere is that more intoxicating, both literally and metaphorically, than in the ruin bars.
The layers of Belgrade
I was curious to what I would find in Serbia. For obvious reasons, many of the surrounding countries are vary of Serbia, to say the least. When I was visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina some years ago, the locals all but spat every time I happened to mention the country.
The harbor of Hamburg
Nobody comes to Hamburg for sun-drenched beaches or umbrella cocktails. Hamburg is a working city, a place with callouses on its hands and diesel in its veins. And the harbor is the beating clanking heart of it all.
The bricks of Gdansk
Gdansk isn’t the kind of place that begs for attention. It doesn’t seduce like Paris or scream like Las Vegas. It stares back at you, silent and scarred, daring you to look closer.
Movie locations around the world part 7
This is part 7 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Jason Bourne, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Inferno, Moonraker, Way of the Dragon, A Room with a View, Mission Impossible 4, Eat Pray Love, National Treasure, Night at the Museum, XXX, Depeche Mode.
Wonders of the Vatican
There are few places on Earth where the divine smacks you across the face with such unapologetic grandeur. Vatican City is an empire built not on conquest, but on belief, guilt and an impressive collection of priceless art. It sits there smugly in the heart of Rome like a jewel-encrusted Fabergé egg, holy and priceless.