Istanbul, 12.08.2019 In the past three months I had crossed the borders of Europe and Asia repeatedly. In the Urals and the Caucasus I criss-crossed from one side to the other. From Çanakkale to the Gallipoli peninsula it was a short 30 mins crossing over the Dardanelles on the car ferry, avoiding the big cargoContinueContinue reading “Crossing the Bosphorus”
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Mediterranean
Çanakkale, 10.08.2019 It’s home, the sea, the wind and the heat of the Mediterranean. And it’s very much defined by what I know from the northern stretch between the Aegean and the pillars of Hercules. Looking at the map this is just about a third of the total coastline of the actual Mediterranean sea. TheContinueContinue reading “Mediterranean”
Borderlands
Mersin, 05.08.2019 14 real border crossings after leaving Barcelona 11 weeks ago, there were two more to go. I expected these to be of the easier sort. Reaching the Georgian border post, in 10 minutes and a short conversation later I was done. It only took so “long” because the officer saw that I hadContinueContinue reading “Borderlands”
