Hello there! It’s been a while since I’ve posted. It’s been a while since I arrived home to Canada. It’s been a while since I developed the black and white photos that I’m sharing here today. I think they’re pretty nice.
But first, some stats! I travelled for 90 days, or 3 months. I visited 20 countries and 31 cities/towns in that time. I would go back to any one of these places.
What next? I don’t know. Enjoy some black and white film photos in the meantime.
I figure that to pass the time while I sit in the Toronto airport awaiting my flight to London where I will connect to Stockholm, I may as well start off this blog with a real post and let my adoring followers know what exactly I’m up to.
I don’t know!
Well, I have some idea. I’m backpacking around Europe for awhile, especially focusing on the Eastern and post-Soviet parts since they’re inexpensive and interesting.
I know what you’re thinking. “Stockholm, inexpensive!?”, you correctly exclaim, knowing full well that Stockholm is the opposite of inexpensive, out-expensive. There is a reason why I’m going to such a horrible, terrible, no good place however, and that reason is Waves of Darkness on the Baltic Sea. WoDotBS is a music festival of neo-folk, darkwave, and other dark, spooky music that is taking place on the ferry/cruise from Stockholm to Riga and back. Don’t know where Riga is? You’re probably not alone. Look it up.
Having seen this festival I’m gonna get the heck outta the Holm of the Stocks and head to the equally expensive but far superior country that is Finland. I like Finland. A lot. I need to go there for a while even if I can barely afford their glory.
After Finland… Wait. Look at a map, you’ll need it. I can wait while you find one.
Okay, after Finland I’m headed down through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Then, to Belarus, a country which almost takes the post- out of post-soviet. From there, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Moldova. Moldova is the least visited country in Europe, but you know what is less visited than that? A country which doesn’t technically exist. Transnistria, capitol Tiraspol, is a sliver of land in eastern Moldova that has its own government, currency, and passports, but just can’t get the recognition it needs to be a real country. It really takes the post- out of post-Soviet. Thrilling.
I may pop into Ukraine if the mood hits, then back through Romania to Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria. Heck, if I have time I might even go to Greece and Turkey.
This is my plan, so hold me to it.
And whither then? 