East of Erfurt: To Germany and Beyond

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Between the Picos and the Deep Blue Sea (Tales from Iberia pt 3)

~PREVIOUS BLOG~          ~NEXT BLOG~ ~Home~Mission Statement~Facebook~Soundcloud~Bandcamp~Youtube ~Santiago de Compostela ~Noia ~Muros ~Fisterra ~A Coruña ~Lugo ~Ribadeo ~Luarca ~Avilés ~Gijon ~Llanes ~Santander ~El Astillero ~Castro Urdiales ~Bilbao/Bilbo ~Bermeo ~Lekeitio ~Zarautz ~Donostia-San Sebastian ~Libourne (France) Welcome back to the final part of my Iberian story! Or just welcome. Bienvenido. Ongi etorri. After a month in…

Predominantly Portugal (Tales from Iberia pt 2)

~PREVIOUS BLOG~                   ~NEXT BLOG~ ~Home~Mission Statement~Facebook~Soundcloud~Bandcamp~Youtube ~Faro ~Lagos ~Porto Covo ~Sintra ~Cascais ~Vila Franca de Xira ~Portalegre ~Cáceres (Spain) ~return to Coimbra ~Viseu ~Lamego ~Vila Real Hello! If you haven’t read part one, let me fill you in. If you have, bear with me… This story begins upon my arrival in Portugal, by boat, between…

An Andalucian Adventure (Tales from Iberia pt 1)

~PREVIOUS BLOG~                    ~NEXT BLOG~ ~Home~Mission Statement~Facebook~Soundcloud~Bandcamp~Youtube ~Madrid ~Toledo ~Jaén ~Granada ~Almuñécar ~Nerja ~Málaga ~Ronda ~Arcos de la Frontera ~Jérez (de la Frontera) ~Cádiz ~El Puerto de Santa Maria ~Chiclana de la Frontera ~Tarifa ~Utrera ~Dos Hermanas ~Seville/Sevilla ~Huelva So spring came, and with it the resounding call of the south, and warmth. At least, enough…

Mission Statement

~Home~Facebook~Soundcloud~Bandcamp~ So why am I determined to spread my music around the world, playing whatever I want, wherever I want, singing words that make me feel alive? The obvious – doing something I love, managing to eat and not sleep outside (I’m not counting tents as “outside”), and feeling that it’s generally a nice idea…

The Story So Far, Part 4 of 4 (towns 74-109)

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The Story So Far, Part 3 of 4 (towns 54-73)

~PREVIOUS BLOG~          ~NEXT BLOG~ ~Home~Mission Statement~Facebook~Soundcloud~Bandcamp~Youtube ~Bursa ~Yalova ~Göreme ~Konya ~Alanya ~Çanakkale ~Kavála ~Himarë ~Kotor ~Dubrovnik ~Berlin ~Arras ~Inverness ~Whitby ~Swindon ~Bordeaux ~Bergerac ~Cahors ~Villefrache-de-Rouergue ~Albi (+ return to İstanbul, Lárissa & Ioánnina) (Turkey, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Germany, France, Scotland, England) Return to: İstanbul, Turkey (town no 10) – 3-4 June 2014 After a…

The Story So Far, Part 2 of 4 (towns 28-53)

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The Story So Far, Part 1 of 4 (towns 1-27)

~NEXT BLOG~ ~Home~Mission Statement~Facebook~Soundcloud~Bandcamp~Youtube ~Edinburgh ~Glasgow ~Brighton ~London ~Chichester ~Coimbra ~San Sebastian ~Sarlat-la-Canéda ~Portsmouth ~İstanbul ~Fethiye ~Marmaris ~Bodrum ~İzmir ~Aydın ~Chíos ~Athens ~Chalkída ~Vólos ~Lárissa ~Ioánnina ~Igoumenítsa ~Bari ~Potenza ~Foggia ~Termoli ~Pescara (Scotland, England, Portugal, Spain, France, Turkey, Greece, Italy) 1. Edinburgh, Scotland, population: 493,000 – since 2011 I don’t remember exactly when my busking story…