my sabbatical

discovering eastern europe by car

a journey by Adrian Sameli

europe

everybody knows

europe

everybody knowsTHE WEST

europe

and of courseRUSSIA & TURKEY

europe

our audience onINTERNATIONS

europe

but what about THE EAST

europe

THE EAST?Fjords?

Balkan?

Dictator?

Crisis?

Baltics?

Communism?

Chernobyl?

Sauna?

Cheep beer?

Blondes?

Reindeer?

quitting my great job in IT after 10 years anniversary

to travel and discover this unknown europe

the mission

driving 23’000 kmcrossing 30 countriesin less than 5 months

let me tell you a story or two

FRANCEstarting in the west to get to the east1image by Lionel Allorge

LUXEMBOURGdraining the donkey in Diekirch2

GERMANYlosing a fish sandwich to seagulls in Flensburg3

DENMARKbeing stranded on the island of Mandø4

SWEDENdancing in the forest outside of Stockholm5

NORWAYup and down the Fjords and Lofoten6

FINLANDvisiting Santa Claus in Rovaniemi7

scandinavia encompassed

1. France2. Germany3. Luxembourg4. Denmark5. Sweden6. Norway7. Finland

RUSSIAunderground sightseeing in St. Petersburg8

ESTONIAwalking the trails of Lahemaa9

LATVIAplaying soviet in Karosta Prison10

LITHUANIAs(w)inging for freedom in Užupis, Vilnius11

BELARUSbreaking the isolation in Minsk12

UKRAINEgoing to school in Pripyat, Chernobyl13

TRANSNISTRIAcelebrating some sort of independence in Tiraspol14

MOLDOVAdissolving protests with festivities in Chisinau15

former soviet countries

8. Russia9. Estonia

10. Latvia11. Lithuania12. Belarus13. Ukraine14. Transnistria15. Moldova

ROMANIAchasing count dracula in Transylvania16

BULGARIAwalking along sandbags at Sunny Beach17

MACEDONIAadmire all the monuments in Skopje18

KOSOVOdrive through the market of Prishtina19

ALBANIAeating pink cotton candy in Tirana20

MONTENEGROstruggling with nature at Lovcen21

22 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINApicking red roses in Sarajevo

SERBIAmeeting an old friend in Belgrade23image by IIAleksandarII

balkan peninsula

16. Romania17. Bulgaria18. Macedonia19. Kosovo

20. Albania21. Montenegro22. Bosnia & Herzegovina23. Serbia

CROATIAoverlooking the two cities of Zagreb24

SLOVENIAclimbing the vineyards of Maribor25

HUNGARYtalking an all different language in Budapest26

SLOVAKIAwalking on leaves in Bratislava27

AUSTRIAconsuming timeless culture in Vienna28

CZECH REPUBLIClaughing about the president in Prague29

POLANDcapitalism trumps communism in Warsaw30

central europe

24. Croatia25. Slovenia26. Hungary27. Slovakia28. Austria29. Czech Republic30. Poland

openhearted people, beautiful nature and vibrating cities

visit all europe!

behind the scenes

ROADTRIPme, my car & the internet

using (mostly) free appsand great web platforms,relying on GPS & WIFI

Where to go? How to get there?

Where to stay? Whom to meet?

What to read/listen? How to go out?

tripadvisor stay CoPilot$$

forevermaps$

airbnb($)

booking($)

meetup couchsurfing

audible($)

goodreads resident advisor

currency

SABBATICALdocumenting my journey

using (mostly) free tools to create postcards & publish on facebook, a newsletter and an interactive blog

How to create? How to publish?

How to spread?

snapseedbeautify

fotoruscollage

drupalwebsite

mailchimpnewsletter

facebookupdates

dropboxbackup

daily postcards

interactive blog

monthly newsletter

find the full story onwww.aderama.com

thank you