Tag: #wanderlust
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Having to cancel a trip (partially) was an experience I had never had before June 2026. But fortunately, I achieved the main goal of the trip: to see the famous lavender fields of Provence. This was our ambitious plan, but it didn’t come to fruition solely due to circumstances beyond our control. A serious health…
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I shot these videosof Armenia during the last few days of my 11-day trip to the Caucasus, during which I also visited Azerbaijan and Georgia. All of these countries of the former USSR feature structures built during the Soviet era. Take, for example, the featured photo. It shows an old carousel that is no longer…
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Here are some videos from Georgia, which I visited in 2026. It was during my solo trip in June 2026, when I also visited the other countries in the Caucasus. I left from Azerbaijan, spent some time in Georgia, and ended my trip in Armenia. The trip lasted 11 days, and I used public transportation.…
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For most people I know, staying with strangers is somewhere between crazy and inconceivable; I’m happy to have a few stories to share about Couchsurfing. This article explains in more detail how it works. I signed up in 2016 when it was quite popular. Now, however, it’s on the decline, and the COVID-19 pandemic has…
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Of all my stories about accommodations, the one from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, definitely ranks in the top ten. I did have some inkling that I might run into problems. But I couldn’t have imagined that I’d find myself at midnight with no idea where I’d be spending my first night in Azerbaijan. I…
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I chose the title “Taking the Bus to Istanbul” because it sounds good. But this article belongs in the “OK/KO” category, not the “Transportation” one, because I turned a mistake into a lucky break. Travel Planning: A Day Wasted As I mentioned in my previous article, once I arrived in Izmir, I had to reconsider…
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In this article, I’m sharing some videosfrom Azerbaijan that I edited after returning home from my solo trip in June 2026. I used public transportation and took a few local tours. During my trip, I also visited Armenia and Georgia for a total of 11 days. But I started in Azerbaijan and spent most of…
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No, I don’t want to list the world’s must-see museums. After all, they’re simply the most famous ones—the ones everyone already knows. I don’t think I’ve managed to give a single piece of advice in this blog post. If one slipped out, I apologize—I didn’t mean to. I believe that every traveler, like every healthy…
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The expression fairy chimneys is used to identify the fantastic rock formations in Cappadocia, Turkey. With this article it gives space for other videos and photos taken in my wanderings both by hot air balloon, but mostly on foot. In particular I observed them around the town of Goreme. The colorful hot air balloons that…
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That of seeing Mount Ararat was one of the inescapable goals of my trip to the Caucasus. Mount Ararat is just the famous one in the Bible, and where Noah would have leaned with his ark. This live video from Armenia is the last I publish from my solo trip to the three countries in…