MrJohn
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Travel blogger and podcaster trying to lead a more adventurous life: travel | going outside more | discovering new music 🎶
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Not my actual plane, the one next to it, but you get the idea. Flights to Budapest are about 3 hours from Madrid, so too short to warrant free food and inflight entertainment - good opportunity to finish my book
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Not my actual plane, the one next to it, but you get the idea. Flights to Budapest are about 3 hours from Madrid, so too short to warrant free food and inflight entertainment - good opportunity to finish my book
Last trip of a long and difficult year
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Last trip of a long and difficult year
A bit less sure about my music purchases, I'd researched a few that I couldn't find except this Replikas CD, but - on advice - went for Cem Karaca too, father of Anatolian rock, who might not be up my street, but the guys in the shop were so proud of him I couldn't say no
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A bit less sure about my music purchases, I'd researched a few that I couldn't find except this Replikas CD, but - on advice - went for Cem Karaca too, father of Anatolian rock, who might not be up my street, but the guys in the shop were so proud of him I couldn't say no
Happy to find this book on my Istanbul tour - I've read some Orhan Pamuk but fancied this by Elif Shafak
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Happy to find this book on my Istanbul tour - I've read some Orhan Pamuk but fancied this by Elif Shafak
Fancy metro here in Tashkent
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fancy metro here in Tashkent
Flying visit to a lonely sunny and warm Tashkent
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Flying visit to a lonely sunny and warm Tashkent
Exciting - don't often get the chance to go on a proper train. Heading north.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Exciting - don't often get the chance to go on a proper train. Heading north.
I don't really take many photos at gigs, I like to live in the moment and enjoy the music, but this time I erroneously stayed in the balcony so a lot of the music was drowned out by the many people who come to a gig to chitchat with their friends #CountingCrows
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I don't really take many photos at gigs, I like to live in the moment and enjoy the music, but this time I erroneously stayed in the balcony so a lot of the music was drowned out by the many people who come to a gig to chitchat with their friends #CountingCrows
Poor start to today's journey, security strikes at the airport mean I'm going in early, but the trains have a different idea - delays...
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Poor start to today's journey, security strikes at the airport mean I'm going in early, but the trains have a different idea - delays...
My favourite pic from today's lengthy walk around Porto
August 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My favourite pic from today's lengthy walk around Porto
The river Minho looking towards the Atlantic, forming the border of Portugal and Spain - I quite fancy buying that island, cracking off-grid spot that would make.
August 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The river Minho looking towards the Atlantic, forming the border of Portugal and Spain - I quite fancy buying that island, cracking off-grid spot that would make.
Yes, it's a crocheted turkey (Vila Nova de Cerveira)
August 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yes, it's a crocheted turkey (Vila Nova de Cerveira)
Today's photo. A study in yellow parasols:
August 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today's photo. A study in yellow parasols:
So we've been mainly heading to the more protected beaches in the estuaries (or fjords, whatever they are) which are much less exposed to wind, but then don't have much in the way of waves - so less fun. The water is too cold too, so a bit one-dimensional as beach experiences go.
August 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So we've been mainly heading to the more protected beaches in the estuaries (or fjords, whatever they are) which are much less exposed to wind, but then don't have much in the way of waves - so less fun. The water is too cold too, so a bit one-dimensional as beach experiences go.
The Atlantic beaches here in Ferrol area (Galicia, Spain) are stunning, but the water is ice cold and this year they're too windy for my liking
August 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Atlantic beaches here in Ferrol area (Galicia, Spain) are stunning, but the water is ice cold and this year they're too windy for my liking
Just tried this record shop Discos Memphis - closed... according to the sign they open when they want, close when they go... so, not very professional... might try again because I'm sure it's a decent shop, but really not impressed with this time wasting nonsense.
August 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just tried this record shop Discos Memphis - closed... according to the sign they open when they want, close when they go... so, not very professional... might try again because I'm sure it's a decent shop, but really not impressed with this time wasting nonsense.
I love the old-fashioned name of this shop in Ferrol, it translates as Widow of Pedro Fernández. I'd like to turn it into a bar, and keep the same name, although I seem to be alone in thinking this'd be cool.
August 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I love the old-fashioned name of this shop in Ferrol, it translates as Widow of Pedro Fernández. I'd like to turn it into a bar, and keep the same name, although I seem to be alone in thinking this'd be cool.
Windy again today, I suspect we'll be going to the sheltered beaches on the rias - here's a photo of two people I don't know going to the beach here
August 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Windy again today, I suspect we'll be going to the sheltered beaches on the rias - here's a photo of two people I don't know going to the beach here
Daisy Duke certainly likes the beach, especially now there's a little bit they actually allow doggos on - it's not quite gold-standard in the dog-friendly department but it's pretty good and getting better - a million miles from when I first came here in 93
August 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Daisy Duke certainly likes the beach, especially now there's a little bit they actually allow doggos on - it's not quite gold-standard in the dog-friendly department but it's pretty good and getting better - a million miles from when I first came here in 93
Scorchio in Ferrol today, and although the Caranza beach is not exactly the Caribbean, being nestled between shipyards and electricity pylons, it is rather lovely on a hot summer's day
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Scorchio in Ferrol today, and although the Caranza beach is not exactly the Caribbean, being nestled between shipyards and electricity pylons, it is rather lovely on a hot summer's day
Saw AC/DC last night, and maybe I'm getting old and curmudgeonly but I thought it was a bit loud - still enjoyed it mind, they were great, but I needed a long old sit down after standing up for so long.
July 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Saw AC/DC last night, and maybe I'm getting old and curmudgeonly but I thought it was a bit loud - still enjoyed it mind, they were great, but I needed a long old sit down after standing up for so long.