the beauty of a life of travel
When you scroll through Our Crossings travel blog you’ll see for yourself that some of the blog posts are pretty much straightforward mini-guides and that some of them stand out a little bit more and are way too long. The genuine reason behind the extended ones; instead of writing been there done that type of […]
Read More
I have long yearned to come to Fuerteventura, one of the lesser known and quieter Canary Islands. Imagine a volcanic island surrounded by warm, turquoise waters, where empty ribbons of road stretch from one white sand beach to the other one, and were free running goats roam the sun-baked landscape. The second largest of Spains Canary […]
Read More
For the past year, we’ve been working on our travel blog rewriting stories, deciding what’s going to stay and what’s got to go. After a long period of silence, where we stayed up into the night and worked our butts off working on brand new design and reasoned over the font-size, we are back in […]
Read More
Travel fills me with such accomplishment, few other pursuits do. Just the thought of it energises and excites me to the point where ‘I want to travel’ becomes ‘I have to travel’. My reason for roaming the Big Beautiful World is quiet simple-it’s the best way to celebrate life! On top of that – because […]
Read More
Did you know that Belgium appears to be the brightest country in the world, when viewed from space, due to the nearly 100% illumination of its highways and roads? I didn’t read it in a travel magazine or online article but heard in on Top Gear program Valters was watching shortly before our trip. Yes, […]
Read More
Lake Garda was everything we wanted to be, is there anything more soothing for the body and soul than big blue sky and summer vibes highlighted by the glow of natures sounds and smells? After days spent high up in Dolomite’s, it was great to leave all the hiking gear behind and slip into a […]
Read More
Yet, another 12 months are gone in a blink, and what a year it has been, a year we would like to repeat! We laughed and danced. We travelled and learned and travelled some more. Two thousand eighteen saw us wander further and wider more than all the years before. For us, 2018 was all about the change, challenge, […]
Read More
The ground was still moist from last nights downpour, and every blade of grass was tilted under a hefty blanket of dew. Jet black clouds blocked out the sunbeams, but I could feel this was going to be a good day. After days spent with family and friends, we decided to escape rainy Latvia and […]
Read More
My grandfather was a forest ranger, and before the festive season started, he would saddle up a horse with an open sledge and take all five grandchildren wrapped up in thick winter coats for a ride deep into the woods to find a perfect Christmas Tree. I still remember how we wrote letters in the snow for […]
Read More
