I know I’ve been talking about sticking to one place in the past posts. But now I took off to Cascais, a small pretty town about 90 minutes from Baleal. I’ve been here a couple of times before and I’ve always enjoyed the place. Interesting encounters While Baleal is mainly just about surfing, this place […]
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Baleal Surf Camp – Another Home Away from Home
The plan was to visit Porto and I did that too, but without getting out of Naranja. I did find a pretty place to spend the night though and went to Nazaré to see the spot that’s famous for the biggest waves in the world. And now finally I’m in a very familiar place in […]
Northern Spain Drive-by – Helpful Realizations
So, I took the detour that I was thinking about and at least so far it has been an excellent choice. Many cool things and new realizations have happened the past two days. San Vicente de la Barquera My first stop after Donostia was the town where I lost my surf virginity: San Vicente de […]
Crossed France – Now in Donostia/San Sebastian
Luxemburg When I left from the Devil’s gorge on Monday after writing the last post, I almost immediately crossed over to Luxemburg. I really don’t have much to show for it unfortunately. The road was good but I needed to be very awake to navigate through the many exits and crossings that I had to […]
Münster, Krefeld Linn and Goodbyes to Germany
I left Nordhorn on Saturday and drove to Münster to do some laundry and enjoy the pretty city. I went there plenty of times when I lived in Nordhorn and always liked it. After a night in Münster I drove to Krefeld Linn to do the last social call this trip. And the award for […]
Goodbyes to Ville and Riga – Back on the Road
We had a fun night in Riga last night with some cocktails and visits to some cool bars. I really like the city. I’ve been there once around twelve years ago. Even then in February when the weather wasn’t very pleasing I remember thinking that I need to visit this city again. I still have […]
All Clear – I Hope
Just a quick post to update you on the Naranja emergency. The problem seems to be solved right now. What it actually was is a bit hard to say though. I took Naranja to Autobrava motors and after they fiddled with the engine for about 90 minutes the problem has now disappeared. Apparently the secondary […]
The First 30 Hours – And the First Bump
The first leg to Riga Everything went very smoothly down to Helsinki yesterday and we found a pretty spot to sleep over close to Korso in Vantaa. We had a big breakfast in Naranja and then headed out to Katajanokka for the ferry. The drive from Tallinn to Riga was pretty uneventful and we reached […]
Planning: Completely Overrated
I hate making exact plans and there really aren’t many for this trip either. It may be that I end up regretting this choice at some point, but my traveling experience has taught me that the more specific the plan the more likely it’s going to fail. For the holiday part of the trip in […]