Ukraine 2017 (2/7). Intermezzo at Budapest airport
1 Sept 2017. It was around 2pm. We’d just had our sandwiches near the access to the gate area of the airport, and the couch we’d been sitting on was half Continue Reading →
Ukraine 2017 (1/7). Preliminary remarks
Preliminary remark #1 If somebody had told my 11-year-old self that one day I would only watch the sea from the shore throughout the whole summer, and that this sea Continue Reading →
Brno 2017 (19/n). Babí Lom in Fall Bloom
14 Oct 2017. I’d never been hiking around the same place more than one time. Until I went to Babí Lom, where I’ve been hiking three times now, and in less Continue Reading →
Chernobyl 2017 (4/4). And then, Pripyat’
Pripyat’ (Припять) was the final stop of our Chernobyl tour, which somehow made for an uncanny, ‘save-the-best-for-last’ coincidence. In fact, Pripyat’ is one of the key spots of any Chernobyl Continue Reading →
Chernobyl 2017 (3/4). Entering the 10-km Zone
Leaving Chernobyl also means entering the 10-km Zone. It’s not that it looks or feels that different. It’s just something you know. And not even while it happens. At least, Continue Reading →
Chernobyl 2017 (2/4). One-Day Tour. So it began
3 Sept 2017. We were super lucky that we managed to book a convenient tour option, i.e. a one-day semi-private visit that ended up to be a private one. Just Continue Reading →
Chernobyl 2017 (1/4). The Exclusion Zone. Preliminary remarks
FOREWORD I was still two years old when Reactor no. 4 exploded in the early hours of the morning of 26 April 1986, so the Chernobyl catastrophe is, alongside the Continue Reading →
Norway 2012 (2/3). Daytime Hurtigruten to Stamsund
Thirteen hours. Thirteen hours solid on a boat without ever getting off. I always said I’d pick up sailing at some point, and go on a one-week holiday out at Continue Reading →
Dresden 2017 (2.0). Colours of Dresden
I solemnly swear that this post will not exceed 200 words. (Well, I can try.) 12-13 Aug 2017. Last weekend I went back to Dresden and, despite the awful amount Continue Reading →
Brno 2017 (18/n). Two sides of Podyjí National Park [2/2]
PART II. LISTICLES I repeatedly wondered how I’d be describing Podyjí National Park and its highlights without pointlessly and exaggeratedly droning on about them. I soon came to the conclusion Continue Reading →