Spending five nights in Bodø was not in plan. Actually, only one was scheduled. The main course was Lofoten, and just a layover, for one night, in the “bridge” town, which offered us the link from Oslo to Svolvær. The impression of this frugal stay is not great. Bodø looks moist, sad, deserted. It is…
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PHOTO | Discover Lofoten for New Year’s Eve
Lofoten came on are radar quite natural, given our growing passion for Norway. After two years in a row in Northern Norway, now it came the third. I didn’t name this by accident “Discover Lofoten”, as this company shaped in the best way possible our trip, and not only that, but our whole view about…
Inside, The Village – a different kind of Romania, in the remote rural
After competing at the “Run for Life” Cross in October 2024, organized by Life Call, we both won our races, and then gained several wonderful prizes. Anca got a two days accommodation at Inside, The Village, in Dâmbovița county, Romania. Of course, being a two persons award, we both went there. It happened in mid-December…
Oslo – secrets from the capital city of Norway
Being a natural born explorer in the sense I like to visit as much as possible from I place I go to, in order to consolidate and diversify my knowledge, Oslo was no exception in the way I have approached our vacation. It is true that the visit from the capital city of Norway was…
Paris during the 2024 summer Olympics: report
Going to Paris during the 2024 OIympic Games is an idea that came up more than one year ago, in 2023. The original plan was to take part at the “Marathon Pour Tous”, an event in which I believed without questioning its fairness, but in the end it just proved out to offer slots mostly…
Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2024 – the story of a mighty experience
Lavaredo Ultra Trail was on the wish list for quite long, and in 2024 the time for the participation came, as I was successfully extracted at the ballot. A procedure that becomes more frequent at such competitions, ones of the most popular in the world, with limited slots available. Being in the mountain side, it…
Madeira, the running island you must see! – two weeks guide
“Machico, the world capital of trail running”, is written somewhere at a stand at the MIUT finish line. It might be a slight exaggeration, but it is not far from truth. In Funchal, for example, I saw the most runners on square meter from all the places I have visited in my life, and I…
PHOTO STORY | Being and feeling in Nazaré, the land of giant waves
When it comes to unique places in the world, I am the first to want and explore them. Nazaré, from Portugal, is one of these places. Maybe having huge waves at your disposal is not something that happens only here, but having recorded the biggest waves in the world, indeed grants a stamp of a…
Walking thru Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost town with more than 1000 people!
Narrating about a full lovely experience in Svalbard is nice, but when we are talking about intense feelings, it’s so hard to expose them in a single article. So I am back with some tales from the town of Longyearbyen, the most populated settlement from the archipelago, and also the northernmost settlement with more than…
Some more activities in Tromsø: Polaria, Mack beer & visiting the famous Arctic Cathedral
When we travelled first time in Tromsø, in January 2023, at the beginning of the year, we covered a lot of things, and activities, but we actually miss some as well. This is why when we decided to spend our New Year’s Eve in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, we jointed four more nights in the Paris of…