walk the line

   August 2025. Had a Lux Express bus free ticket, so decided to take a long weekend trip to Krakow. Had been to Krakow once ten years ago and loved it, so was excited to go back.

   We bought tickets to see Linkin Park in Milan a while ago. When June was approaching, flight schedules had changed and traveling to Milan had suddenly become quite expensive (there have been times I have flown back and forth with around 30 eur). As weather in Estonia wasn't that great anyhow, decided to take a bit longer vacation. Fly into Treviso and went to Venice. I had been to "mainland" Venice several times before, but never to Venice Beach.

   Warsaw, June 2025. Had a quick work trip to Warsaw during Polish Presidency term. Always nice to be back. As close as it is to Estonia, the last time I was in Warsaw , was exactly 10 years ago. 

   Beginning of March, we went to visit our lovely friends and snowboard a little. As they live not too far from Helsinki and we only went for a long weekend, we did not go to the north, but opted for some smaller resorts near Espoo and Kirkonummi. Still more slopes than in Estonia. Also, did some sightseeing and walking around, cooked together and had a great time. Fun fact, we chose the warmest weekend to go, which is not the greatest for hitting the slopes. It was +10 degreed on couple of the days..

   Early February, headed to Munich for a concert and a fun couple of days with Inx. We got really lucky with the weather. Although early in the morning we landed in complete fog (as you do apparently every time, you fly to Munich), the days were sunny and quite warm for February. So we walked around a lot, did a lot of window-shopping, some actual shopping, ate and sipped a couple cocktails.

   January 2025. 

   Our choir's friends from Murnau, Germany were celebrated a 100th anniversary of their choir, our other friends from Berlin were going to join them for a couple of concerts so we decided to surprise them as well and flew in for a long weekend.

  October 2024. As it was Hungary's Presidency term, our first autumn meeting took us to Budapest. As I have been to Budapest before, there was not much touristing around, more touristy info here and here . 

 Porto had been on my list for a while, so now, when I was already almost on the border of Spain and Portugal, I had to visit. 

   A Coruña - Praia das Cadedrais - Ribadeo - Lugo - Santiago de Compostela - Vigo,  August 2024

 July 2024.  Took a train (and a bus, thanks to Renfe) from Valladolid to San Sebastian! I have not truly explored north of Spain, ever, so about time to rectify the situation.

 July 2024. Our dear friends were getting married in their hometown in Valladolid, so we all traveled there for the wedding and a few days before and after. It was so so hot, but also a lot of fun, and what a beautiful wedding it was! 

    Second time at Pinkpop festival (second year in a row, in fact) and still impressed! The weather was a bit more eventful this year, as last year was a complete heatwave. This year, we got heavy rain on the first day, perfect mild, sunny weather on the second day, and back to the heat on the third day. 

    May 2024.  Had once been to Bruges (Brugge) to tourist around ( look here ), but as there was a conference and a regular EJN meeting right after each other, there was still enough time to enjoy the beauty of the city.