Travel

Let’s inspire not impress each other

October 22. Eminönü, Old Memories, and Atilla.



Another late Turkish breakfast, and off I go to the old center. A ferry takes me to Eminönü, from there I walk into the park around the Topkapi palace, and... and... sounds like I have become a tourist again. But don't worry, a real bedazzling experience lies just minutes ahead of me. ...
October 21. Charity Travel on a CS meeting.
After a lazy morning and a delicious Turkish breakfast Mehmet explains me how to get to Taksim. Getting around in Istanbul with minibuses is easier than I thought. So, with the afternoon sun in my face I stroll down the main shopping street towards the famous Galata tower, and have myself shot to 60-something meters ...
October 20. Flying over Europe.



Up Early. The bus to Heathrow operates timely, in the huge terminal five there are no complications. The flight is comfortable and comes with a lot of smiles and a 187,5 ml bottle of Ceyraz. I read the in-flight magazine, the featured article about a Brit riding his bike across the Netherlands ...
October 19. Richmond park.

An internet morning and a nice Richmond park stroll, we enjoy the deer and their antlers. Richmond park is one of the largests city parks of Europe and an amazing phenomenon. Vast grasslands and bushes where deer are peacefully grazing. They are not scared of the cars that pass so close. They look at ...
October 18. National Gallery
Trafalgar SquareToday, I rush to the National Gallery and I like what I see there. Trafalgar Square itself, Nelson's Needle, the crowds populating this famous public space, it's all the more enjoyable because I am able to hide from it in the great fantasies of Monet, Van Gogh, and Degas soon.

Van Gogh's sunflowers ...
October 12. Call for prayer.



The countdown has already started. In four days Charity Travel officially start - two days before world food day at october 16th. Checklists are full, crosses drawn on them, I try to think of something I might have forgotten but I can't. Monday I'll pick up the tickets and tuesday I'll drive ...
October 16.
The feeling of being on the road again! Today Charity Travel starts officially. It feels very good.


Then I listen to an audiobook by Bill Bryson on the quirks of the English language, that will probably always remain a strange tool in my hands. I have to find the right pace and power ...
October 14. Thank you.
I use the German payed car-sharing website to leave nothing to chance. Of course, I could have hitched down to Hessen, but I have too much on my mind. Will Charity Travel be successful? When will I know? After my first orphanage or project in Turkey, or after I crossed the Levante into Egypt? Or ...
October 10. At the Nigerian embassy.
At the Nigerian Embassy I wait to apply for a visa. Theire is no "blond" on the form for hair color. Applicants are instructed to fill in "black" for the hair and "brown" for the skin. People smile. Their smiles all resemble each other from my perspective. I will make my payment online and talk ...