ABOUT
Travelling has never been about ticking places off a list.
What interests me far more is observing cities, their rhythm, history, and the spaces that exist between the most famous landmarks. Sometimes I remember the light above the water, the layout of the streets, an old harbour, or the view from a coach window more vividly than the checklist of attractions from a guidebook.
This blog grew out of those kinds of journeys.
Most of the photographs published here are my own, usually taken during fairly intense trips that combine multiple locations and many hours spent on the move. Some posts begin as quick notes written late at night in a hotel room, while others take shape months after returning home, when I go through hundreds of photographs and try to organise the images that stayed in my memory.
By education and profession, I am a transport infrastructure economist. Because of this, while travelling I naturally pay attention not only to monuments and museums, but also to infrastructure, borders, ports, urban layouts, and the way public spaces function. History, however, remains equally important to me. Travelling is also about better understanding the places I visit – not only through their architecture, but also through their political, economic, and cultural context. That is why the blog also includes personal historical notes and reflections on art, cities, and past civilisations.
Travel, for me, is also closely connected with local food. I enjoy discovering regional dishes, visiting markets, bakeries, and small restaurants, and observing everyday culinary traditions. Occasionally I even try to recreate some of those dishes at home, which is why the blog sometimes expands into culinary posts inspired by my journeys.
Me, 12 years old, in Leptis Magna with my first camera – many years before this blog existed.
Some of my earliest memories are connected with the ruins of Leptis Magna, the great ancient Roman city located in present-day Libya.
As a child, I lived relatively close to the site, and the ruins became part of everyday life rather than something distant or abstract from a history book. Running through ancient streets, climbing old stones, and playing among the remains of temples and baths felt completely natural at the time.
You will not find 10 things to do in a weekend lists here. This blog is rather an attempt to look at places more slowly and more carefully than we often do while travelling.
Sometimes those places are great cities such as Istanbul or Rome. At other times they are small towns, old churches, art galleries, or seemingly ordinary places that, for some reason, made me stop for a little longer.
With more than 400 posts and pages, more than 6000 photos published over the years, this blog has gradually grown into a large collection of travel notes, historical reflections, photographs, and observations from different parts of the world.
The easiest way to explore the content is through the main menu, categories, and tags which organise the blog by countries, themes, and subjects rather than simple chronology.
All photographs and observations published here come from my own travels.
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