- 17 Jul 2021
Protected: Minxology, a short story from Slovakia.
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"Short stories and travel reports from my life adventures around the globe".
Category: wanderlust
- 15 Jul 2021
Protected: The Welcome Party, a short story from Slovakia.
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- 13 Jul 2021
Protected: Up on the Hill, a short story from Slovakia.
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- 10 Jul 2021
Florida Nostalgia.
Florida Nostalgia. The summers of 1989, 1991, 1994. Hey folks, I’m gonna try something different today. In fact, this is is not your usual programming. After eight instalments documenting my U.S. travel nostalgia, I found myself tempted by the prospect of concluding the series with a piece that goes even further back. Now when I say […]
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- 07 Jul 2021
Iowa Nostalgia.
Iowa Nostalgia. May 2012. I think I can state, as an absolute fact, that I would never have gone to Iowa if it hadn’t been for Bill and Mary. Forgive me for being a touch hokey, but they really are wonderful people. Salt of the earth types if you will. We met in Slovakia back […]
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- 04 Jul 2021
Chicago Nostalgia.
Chicago Nostalgia. May 2012. It’s hard to say what my overriding emotion was as I rattled through the streets of downtown Chicago towards my hotel. I reckon I was fifty percent beside myself with unfiltered excitement. But also fifty percent dog tired following the long and exhausting flight from Amsterdam. It didn’t take long to […]
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Chattanooga Nostalgia.
Chattanooga Nostalgia. Cover photo courtesy of Imilious. May 2009. “Woo, woo, Chattanooga, there you are! There’s gonna be a certain party at the station!” And so goes the 1941 big band swing tune Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. Written by the American composers Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, the song stands as a playful […]
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- 28 Jun 2021
Memphis Nostalgia.
Memphis Nostalgia. May 2007 & May 2009. It felt good to finally get out of the damn car. Ok, the journey from Nashville had only actually taken four hours. But hey, I’d never enjoyed car journeys. Plus I was simply itching to get to grips with Memphis. Stretching my legs and taking in my surroundings, I remember […]
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- 25 Jun 2021
Nashville Nostalgia.
Nashville Nostalgia. May 2007 & May 2009. The American city of Nashville had never been on my radar. And it almost certainly never would have been, had I not befriended a guy called Jon who hailed from Music City. I met Jon in Bratislava way back in the summer of 2002 when we began working […]
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Washington DC Nostalgia.
Washington DC Nostalgia. May 2007 & May 2009. Once upon a time, in what often feels like a galaxy far far away, my friend Henry lived and worked in Washington DC. I’d known Henry since our days living in the Belgian city of Leuven, where we used to meet up to watch live football. That’s […]
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- 19 Jun 2021
New York City Nostalgia.
New York City Nostalgia. May 2007 & October 2012. When people ask me about my most magical travel experiences, I still think of New York City. When I say magical, I’m talking about a genuine sense of awe that at times felt almost overwhelming. A big part of it was context, of course. In May […]
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- 16 Jun 2021
Central Market: Phnom Penh’s Art Deco Landmark.
Central Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. September 2020. I really love the old French Art Deco buildings across Cambodia. From the shapely structures of Siem Reap and Battambang, to the crumbly, balcony-laden houses of Kampot and Kep, we had seen dozens of the country’s most impressive colonial creations. One afternoon, in Phonm Penh, we mapped out […]
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Traveling the world, one country at a time.
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