Moscow walk
A recent walk through Moscow (only equipped with the camera on my phone, unfortunately). The contrasts of old versus new Moscow on a sunny spring day. The new buildings that appeared in the last years (and still in progress) are mainly concentrated in Москва-Сити, the designated business district located near the Moskva river. Being grouped […]
Abkhazia
With the Olympic games currently taking place in Sochi, I thought it would be a late but good moment to write about my visit to Abkhazia in 2011. “What and where is Abkhazia?”, is the first question most people ask. Abkhazia is a disputed and de-facto independent state bordering Russia near Sochi (see map). Its […]
Brussels
Living in The Netherlands and having travelled frequently within Europe in the last years, one would expect that included Brussels. Well, it didn’t. Probably because I figured it is nearby I could do this anytime. From Enschede, it was (relatively) still quite a distance, but when since I lived in Breda for the last months, […]
HH
Where: Hamburg, Germany When: a gray day in February 2013
VNO-RIX
Travelling recently between Vilnius and Riga airport, I noticed the small regional aircraft was a Fokker 50. I’m actually not sure if I’ve flown in a Fokker before, but it was actually quite cool to see that many of them are still in use. Why is that cool? Well, simply because Fokker was a Dutch […]
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