There are many reasons to write this story. It was a wonderful experience that I would like to share, not only by telling friends, but …
Goings in Sarajevo
It’s Tuesday today, which means I have already been here over a week. Time flies! The to-do list I made last week may not be …
I’m going on a trip and I’m taking
Saturday May 14th, accompanied by two friends and with all my luggage, I left home and took the night train from Amsterdam to München. Because …
I Move with the Earth
Maggie is a girl I met in Sarajevo during the Via Dinarica Networking Conference. On her blog Backroad Balkans she writes about her eclectic adventures in …
Princess of the Mountains
Dobro jutro! While kneeled down in front of my guest bed rummaging through my bag I suddenly feel two small arms around my shoulders and a small …
Under Construction
I’m under construction just like my website becoming a self-hosted version step by step it’s a process which I enjoy little steps big dreams I’m …
Sarajevo; a Concrete Gem Amidst Mighty Mountains
While cycling up a tough mountain in Una National Park last summer, I came across a group of touring Bosnians. Just like any other passers-by, …
Dance of Life
“I am dancing with my true love – a memory of her. A smiling, blond-haired woman enters who wishes to take the flower of love …
Between Two Worlds
After a night on an aeroplane, a transfer and another flight, I arrived at Sarajevo airport mid-morning. As forecasted, it was a rainy day with …
Innertrail
I’m confused. I’m excited and a bit nervous, but there is also an indescribable calmness which comes from a deeper place. Wow, seriously? Am I …
An inspired trail through the Dinaric Alps
To this day the Balkans and especially Bosnia and Herzegovina is unknown territory for many outdoor people. It remains a blind spot within Europe and …
Thoughts on Adventures
Good morning! I just received an email from Alastair Humphreys, currently one of my great heroes. He is an extraordinary adventurer, author of nine books …
FiveFingers and sandals
A couple of years ago, I started taking feet photos. I stole this idea of a couple of friends who jokingly took photos of their …
Balls
This is how I see it: we are all floating around in an enormous swimming pool, filled with balls. Nice balls, beautiful balls, scary balls, …
From marathon to burn-out
After having fiddled around on bare feet and borrowed FiveFingers, I thought it was time to participate in a ‘small run’. With the 100 days …
A lot of shit is compost for the future!
Surprised I looked around the room: a bed nicely made up, with a small pile of towels and a face cloth at the foot of …
Ranko
Day 45 – 1st of August, 2015 It’s late in the afternoon, I should be looking for a good place to set up my camp …
Ode to friendship
I call her “my oldest and longest friend”, but she’s not the longest or oldest among my friends. We have known each other since kindergarten; …
GAGA
Gaga is the name of a man I met in Buna, Bosnia & Herzegovina. I don’t think it’s the name his parents gave him, but …
I would like to mount my immunity
I am not the only one, but will we work it out together? The Chicks Love Food burger is the symbol for perfectionism, a need …
What do you believe in?
A couple of years ago, a nice guy asked me at our date what I dream of. Whether I had dreams and what those were. …
What moves you?
What moves you? An uncoordinated stream of thoughts, voices, desires, dream, fantasies, plans and expectations is flooding my mind. It’s hard to answer such questions, …
Bare feet
Two years ago, Ruth Langemeijer‘s birthday present to me was four lessons of ‘natural&barefoot running’. Running naturally, with minimalistic shoes on, FiveFingers or even on …
Soriška Planina
On a calm road going from Bohinjska Bistrica, I was cycling my way up through the woods. I left early, so I would have plenty …
Full fear ahead!
Two days after writing my first blog, I ended up giving well-meant advice myself. It is good to be a listener and to be sympathetic, …
Clichés and well-meant advice
Listen to your heart and don’t be too harsh on yourself. Stop wanting so much, life’s short and you’re not obliged to anything. There’s a …
Biking from Amsterdam to the Balkans
I had two months off, two months to bike. What shall I do? Where shall I go? One thing I knew for sure, I wouldn’t …
Mini Balkan Road Trip
August 2015, One week with two friends in the Balkans. After being on the bike for almost seven weeks, I managed to meet two friends …
Mini Road Trip in Slovenia
It’s Friday afternoon, I’m waiting for a good friend who’s visiting me in Ljubljana for the weekend. A short break from biking to visit the …
Alpine Adventures
Summer 2014, I decided to give climbing another chance. Don’t get me wrong, I looooove climbing and I looooove mountains and I even looooove climbing …
4 Days hiking on the Alta Via Dolomiti
Although I would love to hike the complete Alta Via Dolomiti, I knew that I could never convince my friend to join me on a …
Hiking the Pyrenees
Summer 2013, hiking the Pyrenees from East to West. My brain had been working literally all the time and my body was getting fed up …
Meeting Miss “Adventure is my Middle name” in Budapest
July 2012, Meeting ˝Miss Adventure is my Middle name˝ in Budapest! Already on my way back from the Black Sea, miss “Adventure is my middle …
Biking to the Black Sea and Back Home
I was dreaming of an adventure. A big adventure. A biking adventure. A bike across Europe to the Black Sea biking adventure. The months before …
Biking the Green Route to the Mediterranean Sea
Staying in the mountains means getting the best out of life and being there always puts a grin on my face. The mountains make me …