I was thinking to participate at Julian Alps Trail Run by UTMB for some years now, but I decided 2026 is the year. And the 54K was the lucky one. Unlike many other races, this is not a loop. But from point A to B. This is something I have experienced in the past, but…
Running heart: 42, accepted as my lucky number
26th of September 2026, the running heart shaped medal from the end of my fourth participation at the Run for Life charity event rests around my neck. Instantly, my mind goes back in time, with (almost) six years. When running became for me, I guess, mostly a source of fueling my heart, instead of a…
Slovenia is not a country, it is a wonderland!
I like to learn in may ways, but traveling has the biggest toll. Because traveling puts you in front of facts, not against pure theory. I heard and read many good things about Slovenia, and this was a good enough reason to subscribe for Julian Alps Trail by UTMB 2026. This, and the fact that…
One year of solitude in Budapest
Seven years have passed from this moment. There is an opening in Budapest, to go for a transition. I am tempted, but the statement is clear: “if you want to be promoted, you need to go there for one year, not six months”. There was no more room for negotiations, in the direction I wanted…
PHOTO | Tourism in Romania: honest view from Dornișoara
Going to interact with the core of Via Transilvanica was the goal, and I needed to leverage Cluj’s main airport to do that. I didn’t miss Cluj-Napoca, but I missed the train scheduled for Bistrița and was stuck in the second largest city in Romania for a few hours. A disaster! I didn’t have any…
Via Transilvanica – a short interaction: the marathon!
I have, in some ways, a bound with Via Transilvanica for 10 years already. This is, for sure, the only touristic place that Romania has to offer to everybody. Details are here, on the very well maintained website. In essence, for those who don’t know, Via Transilvanica is a main path that goes from North-East…
2X2 Race: proof of what confidence can do
I should never have been able to do it—to finish the 2X2 Race. Maybe that is exactly why I wanted so badly to complete it. The 2X2 Race is perhaps the running event that defines me most as a human being. For a guy who is scared of heights, with only basic flat training on…
Norway’s football, on the rise! You know why?
Everybody witnessed Norway’s performance at the World Cup 2026, with the team reaching the quarter finals, with some controversial moments forbidding them a dream semifinal against Argentina. Many put Haaland as the head of the performance, some consider just that Norway has a once-in-a-life generation. This is not it. Because, for example, the captain, Ødegaard…
FIFA, UEFA and the degrees from the idiot
UEFA members threaten FIFA to boycott the 2030 World Cup. I am crying, except I have no tears. There are none left for football, since many decades back. It is always easy to be brave when the stakes are low. To threaten with a boycott in four years is funny. “All Europe came to an…
Tromsø’s tunnels – the experience of Tromsøysundtunnelen
I’ve noticed that my previous article about the Tromsø’s tunnels captured a lot of interest, and now I will express some impressions about the real experience thru Tromsøysundtunnelen. Well, it is not a long story, but I just to show you how it feels like going beneath the Norwegian Sea. It is a humbling sensation,…