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Soviet Kiev
Ukraine

The Detailed Guide to Soviet Architecture in Kyiv: Mosaics, Monuments, Architecture

In Kyiv there’s a drink called Green Mexican. It’s served...
Ukraine

Notes from Kyiv, Ukraine (with lots of pictures)

This was not my first time in Kyiv. This visit...
Yard of lost toys
Dark Tourism•Ukraine

The Yard of Lost Toys in L’viv

It hadn’t stopped raining since my arrival in L’viv the...
Mariupol
Ukraine

Travel Stories: Traveling from Zaporizhia to Mariupol

We must have been about one hour outside of Mariupol...
Cemetery Odessa
Dark Tourism•Ukraine

Taphotourism: Odessa’s Second Christian Cemetery

Odessa's Second Christian Cemetery was opened in 1885 and was...
bandura
Ukraine

Discovering Ukrainian Traditional Music and the Bandura

One of my preferred ways to connect with a foreign...
Chernobyl
Dark Tourism•Ukraine

Dark Tourism: Visiting Chernobyl Today

On April 26, 1986, disaster struck at the Chernobyl Nuclear...
Euromaidan
Ukraine

Kyiv’s Independence Square and the Euromaidan

Kyiv’s Independence Square didn’t look like I remembered it; granted...
Ukraine

Everything You Need to Know Before Traveling to Ukraine

Thinking about traveling to Ukraine? Good call! Not every country...
Hungary

Seven reasons why I love Budapest (and Hungary)

Not too long ago I was fortunate enough to return...
Kazimierz
Poland

Discovering Kazimierz, Kraków’s Jewish Quarter

My last trip to Kraków was a short one, as...
Ukraine
Ukraine

Off the Beaten Path Travels in L’viv, Ukraine

Through  Carpathian Forests The train took us to Zahony, the...
Czech Republic•Dark Tourism

Taphotourism: The Bone Church in Kutná Hora

Kutná Hora is a small city in the historic region...
Away Days•Poland

Away Days: Flares and Heavy Metal in Szczecin

Not too long ago I came across a football-related blog...
Latvia•My Baltic Way

My Baltic Way: Latvia

Let me just start this post with a statement: I...
My Baltic Way•travel

My Baltic Way: Lithuania

A few hours after landing in Riga from Berlin, my...
My Baltic Way•travel

My Baltic Way: Foreword

I often get the impression that Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania...
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📍 Berlin

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Really missed the feeling after a good training se Really missed the feeling after a good training session! 🥊🤜🏼
Took a break while I was in Mexico but got the ball rolling again today and I feel like a million bucks.

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Had a really good time exploring Chemnitz this wee Had a really good time exploring Chemnitz this weekend!

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Saw Karl Marx's head in Chemnitz today and can fin Saw Karl Marx's head in Chemnitz today and can finally scratch that off my oddities  list ✅
The city was known as Karl-Marx-Stadt in East Germany but the name was changed back to Chemnitz after German reunification. 
Fun fact: Locals call the monument "Nischel" ("skull" in the local dialect).

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Quick visit to my old stomping grounds ✌🏼 #h Quick visit to my old stomping grounds ✌🏼

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The streets of Xalapa. #mexico #mexico_maravillo The streets of Xalapa.

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Traveling off the beaten path 🌍
📍 Berlin

Seb
📖 #bookstagram #bookstagramgermany #library #l 📖

#bookstagram #bookstagramgermany #library #libraries #berlin #typeface #calligraphy
Really missed the feeling after a good training se Really missed the feeling after a good training session! 🥊🤜🏼
Took a break while I was in Mexico but got the ball rolling again today and I feel like a million bucks.

📸 @alexdjangophotography 

#muaythai #berlin #oowee #nakmuay
Had a really good time exploring Chemnitz this wee Had a really good time exploring Chemnitz this weekend!

📸 @not_everybodys_darling_
Saw Karl Marx's head in Chemnitz today and can fin Saw Karl Marx's head in Chemnitz today and can finally scratch that off my oddities  list ✅
The city was known as Karl-Marx-Stadt in East Germany but the name was changed back to Chemnitz after German reunification. 
Fun fact: Locals call the monument "Nischel" ("skull" in the local dialect).

#brutalism #architecture #brutalist #brutalistarchitecture #concrete #brutal #architecturephotography #modernism #brutgroup #betonbrut #art #architecturelovers #design #archilovers #archdaily #brutalismus #brutopolis #modernarchitecture #minimal #minimalism #socialistmodernism #concretearchitecture #modernistarchitecture #brutalismo #germany #visitgermany #chemnitz #ostdeutschland
Quick visit to my old stomping grounds ✌🏼 #h Quick visit to my old stomping grounds ✌🏼

#hamburg #hh #welovehh #welovehamburg #hamburg_de #hansestadthamburg #hamburgliebe #hamburgerhafen #hamburglove #hhlove #typischhamburch  #hamburggram #deutschland #germany #schönstestadtderwelt #schönstestadt #hansestadt #hamburgvision #hansestadthamburg #explorehamburg #hamburgmeineperle #meinhamburg #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography
The streets of Xalapa. #mexico #mexico_maravillo The streets of Xalapa.

#mexico #mexico_maravilloso#igersmexico #pasionxmexico #loves_mexico #worldcaptures 
#xalapa #veracruz #unesco #ruins #awesomeearth #instagood 
#hallazgosemanal #mexicodesconocido #mochileromx #travelphotography #travelblogger #urbanart #urbanwalls #paintedwalls #globalstreetart #jj_urbanart #awesomeearth #streetart #streetartnews #streetartglobe #streetartistry #skull
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