Author Archives: Stoo

  • Moving to the USA – The Farewell Europe Tour

    One last journey before moving to the USA. This is my whistle-stop account of returning to old haunts in Europe.

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  • Propaganda, Patriotism, and Politics – My Two Cents on this Election

    It genuinely beggars belief for me why people are still voting Tory. I’ve been wracking my brains and reading as much as I can about this whole affair, and I’ve come to the conclusion that people continue to back these sinister, money-hoarding, privileged elites for one of the following three reasons. They’ve been misinformed. They’re …

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  • On the Belgrade to Sofia train

    Belgrade to Sofia – “The Balkan”

    The very last train I boarded was from Belgrade to Sofia circa 2015. At the time I was trying to get over a girl called Sofia. I am now once again on a train to Sofia – only this time not trying to get over a girl – but rather trying to be in the …

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  • Croatian Monuments – Anti-Fascist Weirdness and Rare Photos

    It’s been a crazy few weeks and things aren’t settling yet. This is what we got up to on a weekend break in Croatia

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  • Phobias, Anxieties and Broken Things

    It’s an overcast day in Skradin, the charming Croatian town that serves the picture-perfect Krka national park. It is here that I will be shipping guests to and from, hopefully with more regularity now that the season appears to be picking up and the bad weather has finally got the message. More or less. I …

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  • Zadar. We Meet Again…

    Sometime in the late April of 2013, with the summer teasing its hedonistic promise just over the horizon, I crossed the border between Slovenia and Croatia. After a relatively brief but nonetheless indulgent experience in the capital of Zagreb, I was at a loss as to where to turn next. My hitchhike to India was …

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  • A poem for my father and for yours too

    Shortly after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, I penned the following words as a gift for my dads birthday.  It seems fitting to share it with you today.  Mum thought it would be too much to read it at his funeral, but we printed a copy out, and slipped it into the breast pocket of …

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  • Hitchhike to India; leg 29: Lviv to wherever.

    As beautiful and as welcoming as Lviv was, events were taking a turn for the drunk.  It was time to move on.  Otherwise I’d get stuck in a wonderful dive bar called Bukowski’s.  Those who know me fully understand how that man is my hero, so it was a dangerous place for me to be …

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  • Hitchhike to India leg 28: Kiev to Lviv and The Tunnel of Love

    Oh lordy where do I begin.  At the beginning I suppose.  It was time to move on.  Russian separatists, Canadian alcoholics and depression were getting the better of me.  I don’t know what was making me lower; my recent romantic loss, or the last Game of Thrones episode.  I dragged my carcass to the roadside at …

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  • Kiev today

    “Oooooh don’t go to Ukraine!”  Said everyone.  “It’s dangerous!”  Well so is your kitchen.  After spending a couple of days aclimatising to the local vodka, I’ve ventured into the centre of this beautiful city, and I’ve never seen anything like it before. Now I’m not a political genius, or profess myself to have any actual …

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