the beauty of a life of travel
Travel provides absolutely everything we crave out of our lives – endless adventures, excitement, happiness, and purpose. It helps us focus on beautiful and mighty things that surround us, and it keeps us a few feet off the ground. Our journey to Morroco was fuelled by enthusiasm, curiosity and a little bit of uncertainty about […]
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My profound romance with mountains started well before I actually had a chance to climb one, and it was well before I had a chance to see one with my own eyes. Just like with travelling and surfing, it was through the pages of beautifully written mountain books and hair tingling adventure stories that I […]
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Upon our arrival, Glenbeigh village greeted us with bright blue sky and warm sunshine. Good weather makes a massive difference for travelling around Ireland, particularly in early spring, so we literary jumped from joy and rushed straight to nearby Rossbeigh beach. The ocean is the closest thing to my heart, and as we walked down […]
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When I imagine Portugal, especially its coastal regions, I can easily see ourselves living there. We could grow crops to make hearty vegetarian stews, keep a few chickens, surf every day and let the gentle wind ruffle our hair. With three road trips around different parts of the country already under the belt, our attachment […]
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Having lived and worked in various countries by the age of 23 (think Sweden, Latvia, Scotland and Ireland), we quickly discovered the pleasure of travel and were shouting from the rooftops about every new stamp added to our passports. Soon enough, we realised that we always needed to have a trip on the horizon to […]
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We haven’t been to a place prettier than Venice. Even though years have passed, I still remember our time there vividly. I still remember sweet-scented roses from our hotel garden and delicious bruschettas, I remember historical San Polo district and I remember falling in love again. Persistently claiming The Most Romantic City in the World title, […]
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Valters laid down his surf magazine, looked out the campervan window and slowly turning towards me said: “I’m so glad this morning dawned a day of blue sky!” It seems like just yesterday we were in Portugal, cooking eggs near the pavement leading to the castles main door and plotting what we are going to […]
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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 Islands (beaten […]
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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 a brand new design and reasoned over the font-size, we are back […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 pair of shorts, summer sandals and rejuvenate after […]
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The ground was still moist from last nights downpour, and every blade of grass was tilted under a heavy 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 […]
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