Kotor

An old walled city tucked into a corner of Europe’s southern most fjord on the coast of Montenegro

Cats of the Balkans

So many cats.

Mostar

Sarajevo

Budapest

The best dog in Prague

He just looks so wise. I think he should be king of Prague, and for that he gets his own post

Prague skyline

I don’t normally like to post lots of photos of buildings, but I had to make an exception for Prague. Such an amazing city, from every angle.

Dresden to Prague

The Elbe river, runs from Dresden to Prague creating a flat, but winding path between the mountains. Here are some photos from the ride.

Dresden

A city where bombed out buildings sit next to palaces, Dresden was blown to pieces, and then built back up almost exactly how it was before.

Teufelsberg

The Teufelsberg in Berlin is a hill made up of rubble from the second world war with an abandoned US listening station at the top, once used to listen in on Soviet and East German military traffic, it is now used for secret parties, sound recordings and as the place where you get the best view in Berlin.

The abandoned ice cream factory

Another abandoned building in Berlin. It would be better if it still made ice cream, but it still looks pretty cool

Tourists in primary colours on rainy days!

I only have a black rain jacket, and no umbrella. How boring…

Berlin

I’ve been in Berlin for over three weeks now, and it is getting more and more difficult to leave. This place is addictive, and is difficult to describe in pictures, but here are a few

Spree Park, Berlin

Spree Park is an abandoned amusement park in Berlin. As soon as I heard about it I had to go see it, twice. It’s a pretty fucking cool place. Berlin is full of abandoned buildings and spaces like this, which makes it a great city for urban exploration (wank term for breaking into abandoned buildings) and just like everything else in Berlin, it’s only kind of illegal and no one really cares.

Crossing Borders

The other day I crossed my second international border by bicycle. It’s really not that exciting in the EU. There’s no one waiting at the border to stamp my passport while I trackstand. I was really hoping to do that. But this time it was on a dirt road and I wasn’t even sure exactly where the border was, but then all of a sudden the road signs change language and everyone is driving a Mercedes. Here are some shots from my ride from Arnhem, The Netherlands to Dusseldorf, Germany (where I then cheated and caught the train to Berlin)