Times fly – never has it seemed more true to me. I had nowhere near finished reading all the books I wanted to read about Portugal, and had barely touched the surface of all the blogs there are to explore – about the country, adventuring and long distance cycling – when I found myself sittingContinue reading “From Reading to Riding”
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Reading Countries: Journey to Portugal
All things going well, in exactly one month from today, I’ll be saddling up my trusted ‘Steppenwolf’ and start cycling. Viva Portugal, here we come! What better way to prepare for an upcoming journey, than to read about the destination? Not just travel books – novels, travelogues, short stories, crime fiction, anything goes… After aContinue reading “Reading Countries: Journey to Portugal”
The Big 7 for 2017 – or – Times Fly…
Seven big goals, adventures, journeys, experiences – 2017
Is it really???
Yebo, it’s that time of the year again… Times really fly 🙂
Lost in Translation
Japanese, noun Borrowed from http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/24/lost-in-translation-ella-frances-sanders/
Wild
Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me. WILD From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed one of the best books I’ve read in the last year or so 🙂 Enjoy!
World Book Day
Yesterday, 23 April was World Book Day. It was created by the UNESCO to celebrate books and the love of reading, and as a worldwide tribute to authors and books. It is also the anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, both in 1616, and inspired by the Catalan custom to exchangeContinue reading “World Book Day”
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