Category: Commentary
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Day 2: Bishkek to Korday – the hardest 25km?
Never has Lao Tzu’s oft-quoted “a journey of 5000 miles starts with the first step” seemed more apt, especially if you combine it with the […]
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Day 1: Bishkek – getting ready
I’m sure you have heard of the Harvard Study on Happiness. Running since 1938, its key message is that the quality of our relationships is […]
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Day 0: Vienna to Istanbul
And we’re off! What a blessing to be married to a seasoned fellow traveler who not only let’s me go on these trips, but helps […]
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UN Reform: Do or Die
In the latest session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform (IGN), March 2023, four of the P5 didn’t bother to make a statement […]
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- Day 23: Craiova to Kindberg (960km) – the final stretch
- Day 22: Varna to Craiova (430km) – not half a day of riding, back in the EU
- Day 21: Third Day on the Vilnius – night follows day before we disembark
- Day 20: Second Day on the boat – two limited decks, three meals per day
