April 28, 2009
Posting from: Sighisoara
Only a very quick post to say that Budapest is a gorgeous city and Romania so far is beautiful (though I've mostly seen it from trains for now - hope to change that tomorrow).
April 18, 2009
Selah Sue - Raggamuffin
I'm not a huge fan of female singers but this girl sounds pretty amazing. 19 year old, from Belgium.
April 12, 2009
Easter
Despite the Easter holidays I'm having a very relaxed and quiet Sunday. This holiday doesn't mean anything special to me personally other than an extra day off. I had considered going to see my parents but as I had been there only two weeks ago, and I've had a really busy couple of weeks, I decided to stay at home and just relax.
That has worked perfectly. I spent the morning sleeping (after two long but very fun nights at Motel Mozaique), and the afternoon wandering through the city taking pictures and reading a book in the sun at a cafe.
My evening was spent making myself a yummy Easter dinner: chicoree/salmon lasagne. In preparation here:
And I know the end result looks like a big plate of mush, but it was actually pretty good!
Tomorrow will be more of the same. Yay.
That has worked perfectly. I spent the morning sleeping (after two long but very fun nights at Motel Mozaique), and the afternoon wandering through the city taking pictures and reading a book in the sun at a cafe.
My evening was spent making myself a yummy Easter dinner: chicoree/salmon lasagne. In preparation here:
And I know the end result looks like a big plate of mush, but it was actually pretty good!
Tomorrow will be more of the same. Yay.
March 27, 2009
Travel styles
The more I discuss this spring's holiday plans with people, the more I get the feeling that I have a pretty strange travel style compared to a lot of other people.
The current trip is probably a good example of this.
It all started with having earned up enough frequent flyer miles to qualify for a Europe-flight. So I thought I'd spend that this spring on a trip to somewhere not too obvious (like London or so where you can fly cheaply anyway) but somewhere where I wouldn't immediately think of going myself.
I settled on Romania - inspired by the 2007-trip to Bulgaria which made me interested to see more of the Balkans.
Then a friend announced he'd be working in Bucharest for a few months this spring, so I figured I try to fit in my plans with his.
Then another friend asked if I wanted to go to Budapest for a weekend to see friends of hers. Sure, sounds great.
So it would make sense to combine it. But now it turns out my Bucharest friend might not be there. But then I thought I'd be able to take some more days and add on Odessa as well as it looks close by on the map.
Fast forward to this week and I now have a one-way ticket to Budapest, travelguides to Budapest and Romania and a contact in Odessa. But I have no clue at all how I'm supposed to travel around those places, and where to go, and how much time it will all take.
As it turns out it takes 37 hours (!!) to get from Bucharest to Odessa.... Nice thought, but maybe a bit too much travel time to make it worth it (although it would give me 15 hours in between to explore Chisinau, capital of Moldova).
I guess I will be spending much of my time on a long train tomorrow actually reading my travel guides.... And deciding when I'm flying home from where!
It seems to be difficult to explain why I like the above though - but in a way it seems like the only option to me.
The current trip is probably a good example of this.
It all started with having earned up enough frequent flyer miles to qualify for a Europe-flight. So I thought I'd spend that this spring on a trip to somewhere not too obvious (like London or so where you can fly cheaply anyway) but somewhere where I wouldn't immediately think of going myself.
I settled on Romania - inspired by the 2007-trip to Bulgaria which made me interested to see more of the Balkans.
Then a friend announced he'd be working in Bucharest for a few months this spring, so I figured I try to fit in my plans with his.
Then another friend asked if I wanted to go to Budapest for a weekend to see friends of hers. Sure, sounds great.
So it would make sense to combine it. But now it turns out my Bucharest friend might not be there. But then I thought I'd be able to take some more days and add on Odessa as well as it looks close by on the map.
Fast forward to this week and I now have a one-way ticket to Budapest, travelguides to Budapest and Romania and a contact in Odessa. But I have no clue at all how I'm supposed to travel around those places, and where to go, and how much time it will all take.
As it turns out it takes 37 hours (!!) to get from Bucharest to Odessa.... Nice thought, but maybe a bit too much travel time to make it worth it (although it would give me 15 hours in between to explore Chisinau, capital of Moldova).
I guess I will be spending much of my time on a long train tomorrow actually reading my travel guides.... And deciding when I'm flying home from where!
It seems to be difficult to explain why I like the above though - but in a way it seems like the only option to me.
March 24, 2009
Zoku
I've re-discovered an old favourite - playing taiko!
I joined a local group yesterday, and practiced this song. Can't wait to go back again last week. I love percussion.
March 01, 2009
The Whitest Boy Alive - Keep A Secret
More new music - found this in the shop today. Very happy with this discovery!
Happy up here
Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
Am looking forward to the new album, but am also hoping that it will be more and better than just this song....
February 21, 2009
February 19, 2009
Beijing: Day 3
It turns out that I'm a bad shopper. On my last night here I'm trying to find some cute souvenirs for some friends. I usually find my buys by accident and I don't care much for the tourist shops and markets. This time I've had to resort to those anyway, but I'm not succeeding at all. Everything's so ugly and kitschy. Yuck.
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