Places I've rocked

This is how calm and zen I am after 10 days of merciless introspection, emotional regression, physical endurance, mental and physical purification, and not a single damn beer.

Here we are in Kraków, which is probably the best-kept bigger city in Poland. – Which, again, is probably the most overlooked country I've ever been to.

Yes: The sumbitch FINALLY got himself some new sunglasses. You can all breathe normally again. And possibly do other shit normally. Like, shit normally. I dunno.

Here we are in classy little Potsdam, about a half-hour drive southwest of wonderful Berlin. Probably shoulda gone during a sunnier time of the year, but like I'm saying in the video, we were there for a certain concert.

Last stop, last hotel, and last video from Southeast Asia. This time, we're looking back and doing a bit of evaluation of a true lifetime experience.

Yeah, remember that secret country from our last video? We went to Malaysia to celebrate my birthday. However, amongst other observations, here's why that didn't exactly turn out as planned. (And this is where my comments about recovering from food poisoning on that last video should start making sense).

Yes, still with the dumb sunglasses. I'm sorry for all of us.

Yes, just so you're prepared, my old sunglasses had to go and fall apart like a childhood dream during a college exam period. I only have these with me, and everything's kinda... not that cheap in Cambodia so far, so we'll have to stick these ones out together for a while.

Yep, Belinda Carlisle was right: Heaven, in fact, IS a place on Earth, and it just so happens to be a small city in northern Laos:

Seeing as how the entire region of Southeast Asia has this raging collective hard-on for Buddha, they built a park with a whole lot of Buddha statues – supposedly because they thought they had enough temples. Anyway, here's what it looks like with yours truly in there:

Ever visited one of those places where those little fish eat the dead skin on your feet?

While my lovely assistant is out exploring Hanoi on our last day here, yours truly is stuck in bed with a bad case of stomach bug. And while I'm bummed out about missing the walking tour I was supposed to attend, I'm taking the opportunity to explain why Hanoi is still my least favorite part of Vietnam so far:

Here's what it looks like on a small river in Vietnam:

Back in Spain, only this time I have my lovely assistant with me, and we're in Granada to see the country's biggest tourist attraction:

Here we are at the Big Rock Cand... I mean, the Candy Cane Mountains – one out of several wicked nature sights that make Azerbaijan well worth a visit.

Here we are in wonderful Tbilisi, Georgia. Our last night, however, didn't turn out exactly as we planned.

Having recently embarked on a deliberate tour of Caucasia, my lovely assistant and I, at the time of writing, are currently in hella hot Yerevan, Armenia.

Just spent short of 2 weeks in Belgrade, Serbia. And it turned out Alestorm were playing there on the final night. Yeah, really good idea when you gotta take a flight the next day! But of course, no way around it for a metal pirate like yours truly.

Okay, this one's a game-changer.

Finally – fucking finally – I went to that (in)famous Dutch capital. And even for European standards, it's an exemplary combination of modernistic wealth, old-school architecture, a diverse array of cultural offerings, and, not the least of all, just plain sinful partying.

So I went to spend 4 weeks in Cyprus. Nice place; pretty nature; sunny weather even in March. However, the essence of the experience didn't have more to do with surroundings, sea view or swimming pool rather than the fact that it was a co-working trip.

Three weeks down, one to go. Here, you can get a bit of a hint as to why I'm kinda waiting this one out rather than downright enjoying myself:

So, this is a brief glimpse into the country where I've lived for the second-longest time.

I'll say it up front: Budapest is a hella fucking wicked city. Here are just some of the reasons why:

So I've been in the Albanian capital for the last three weeks. And while it hasn't been as overwhelming and action-jammed as I expected, the place definitely does have its charm, and its obvious upsides.

So I'm out in the middle of jack-all. To cut down on excessive stimulation, get my head straight, and focus on piled-up tasks and reading rather than going out and exploring and getting hammered all the time.

This one's a surprise, and definitely a good one.