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Slovenian lakes

Arrival The Lesce-Bled train station has two quays and you go to the second quay by walking over the first one, which is something I hadn’t seen in a decade and a half. I love it. The walk to the hostel is short, if you don’t get lost. My walk to the hostel includes a…

par Alex 2024-04-11 | 1,508 Mots | 1 Commentaire

Ljubljana, Slovenia

As I arrive, exhausted and dehydrated, in Ljubljana, I expect to have the worst possible time going to the train station. Instead, I stroll to the hotel in a 5-minute walk and the first thing that really hits me is the smell – at this hour, without any cars and in empty streets, Ljubljana smells…

par Alex 2024-04-09 | 1,436 Mots | Commenter

Trieste, Italy

Day 1 It’s Trieste time!! When I arrive, my first feeling is one of anxiety. There’s something about the (gorgeous) neoclassical architecture that just isn’t working for me, and I dont know what it is. Until, after a few hours, I understand my issue: Trieste is tiny Vienna. Nothing against Vienna – in fact, I…

par Alex 2024-04-08 | 1,165 Mots | 1 Commentaire

Venice, Italy

From Bologna to Venezia The landscape on the train is lovely, with many bright colored houses. I would definitely stop and spend part of the day in Padova if my leg allowed for it, since my train stops there for a few minutes. Unfortunately I know it will ruin the rest of the day, so…

par Alex 2024-04-06 | 1,517 Mots | Commenter

Bologna, Italy

In my last post, I left you a few minutes before being given a snack and then being fined 10 euros for having taken the wrong train? That is: I got the train that left from quay 2 at 1.50pm for Bologna instead of the train that left from quay 2 at 2pm for Bologna.…

par Alex 2024-04-04 | 1,261 Mots | Commenter

Turin, Italy

Day 1: strolling around I am delighted to announce that the first thing that happened when I got out of the hostel this morning was running into a woman on a bike, telling her friend: « ma la pasta era buona! » (« but the pasta was good! »). I’m in Italy alright! I like Torino, I really do…

par Alex 2024-04-02 | 1,419 Mots | 1 Webmention | Commenter

Grenoble to Torino

Because all trips have to start somewhere. I left home at 3.30pm, ready to take the first few trains: one to Chambéry, then a whole adventure ending in Torino a bit before 10pm. (Good thing summer time started today, or I’d be exhausted.) This first journey is the biggest hassle I’ll have of the entire…

par Alex 2024-04-01 | 477 Mots | Commenter

March 2024 in review / Récap de mars 2024

Cerisier en fleurs au crépuscule.

I turn 30 years old today, and I am happy. This past month has been mostly about wrapping up everything before disappearing going on holidays for a month (and a half in the case of my day job). I finally feel ready for my trip − and my leg has healed enough that hopefully it…

par Alex 2024-03-27 | 1,372 Mots | Commenter

My web archive, from 2001 to 2022

Finding the Internet Archive link for my 2012 blog made me realize that the Internet Archive (bless them, and of course, support them financially) has a bunch of my 2012 to 2017 blog posts which I mostly considered lost forever. While I might prefer for them to be lost forever, I’ll still dive into the…

par Alex 2024-03-19 | 371 Mots | Commenter

101 blog posts ideas for your personal website

Inspired by James’s recent lists of 100 things you can do on your personal website, here’s a list of 100 blog posts you can write. They’re based on enthusiasm for blogging and writing, not SEO or career advancement like so many of these lists are. I didn’t want to say content so I said blog…

par Alex 2024-03-15 | 1,318 Mots | 4 Commentaires

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