Some books make you want to hit the road. The Baztán Trilogy is one of them: barely closed, it sends the reader looking on a map for the valley in Spain's Basque Country where the whole story unfolds. Novels, film adaptations and the real landscape mirror one another so closely that visitors can sometimes be …
Continue reading Dolores Redondo: A Journey into the Heart of Baztán and Basque Myths
This visit to the Baztán Valley and Elizondo took place in the spring of 2026, steeped in the works of Dolores Redondo. It seems everyone knows her novels; you might even stumble upon them in the bookcase of a rental apartment! As the official website puts it, "Baztán is imbued with the fantastic; after all, …
What does it mean, to be rational? Philosophy and Ecology : the purpose of any rational action must be Life on Earth.
I like statues in cities. Here a some photographs in Bucarest, Bratislava, Timisoara and more. Enjoy this gallery !
Analysis of Netflix's Monster: the Ed Gein story series - historical distortions, voyeurism, and misogynistic portrayals in true crime storytelling.
Review of Alan Moore The Great When : exploring parallel London, magic, historical figures & philosophical foundations.
Sci-fi? Fantasy? Thriller? Read the review of this excellent novel !
Photo gallery of an incredible variety of cascades.
Summary of a long journey, access to pictures galleries of Croatia, Bulgaria and more.
Pictures of these huge cascades and Krka river, from South to North.
A plenty of surprising transformations and hacks, a journey to another dimension.
Wall paintings and decorations from great street artists.
At a bend in a climb through the Bosnian forest is a large abandoned building. The Korcanica Hotel bears witness to the past of a vanished world and possesses a very powerful presence. It was built in the 1980s for visitors to the nearby Revolution Monument. It remains a place of profound dereliction. You can …
Una National Park in Bosnia is home to two very large waterfalls, Martin Brod and Štrbački. The easily accessible Martin Brod site also offers a hiking trail to the heights and remarkable forest sites, sometimes very steep, along the Una River. There is a disused railway line, so fans of dark tunnels will find something …
In Bulgaria, above Sofia, in the forest, the hiker may encounter an unlikely large abandoned hotel, once part of the Bor chain. One can enter through a kitchen window, which still contains much of its equipment. A highly unusual place to visit as a guest, yet one so used daily by a staff that has …