Here I am again, back on my blog and I got another (by the time I post it) old update for you. Here’s the fourth …
Dear Diary
Worst night ever
I’m in my tent. Camping at a wonderful place next to a church in the middle of a forest. There are picnic tables, there’s water …
Caught in a dream
“I’ll let you part of my dream, if I can be part of yours” Bob Dylan said that “I’ll let you part of my dream, …
Storyteller
Quite often I loose myself in trying to find answers. The right answers of course. I know that they don’t exist and if they do, …
What am I?
I remember that I once tried to write a song when I was a teenager. I just discovered the magic of music and words. I …
Hollandia
It’s one of these days. Sentimental, melancholic. Tired. Six weeks in Croatia. I talk about The Netherlands. I don’t know what I feel. I’m in …
Mali Princ
I’m in Velebit in a sweet little shelter on a fantastic spot with white rocks pointing out of the forest all around me. Wooden wildlife …
Back in Buna
I love to go back to places where I’ve already been. Mostly to visit people. Like Gaga in Buna who I met a year ago …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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; …
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. …
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 …