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Day 1145 - I'm on Krk! The island of my forefathers. And soon I'll be in the village of Turčić! (My last name was Americanized by my great father to Turcich) It's a bit surreal being here, the island holds a lot of family lore in it. And hearing how diffi
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Day 1143 - The walking along Kvarner Bay has been rainy, windy and unusually cold, but when I arrived in Rijeka today I was warmed by the knowledge I'd soon be meeting my Croatian cousins for first time. I'm a day away from Krk where my cousin has a room
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Day 1141 - It rained all day, but I'm absolutely loving the motherland. So far Croatia has been lush and sparsely populated. After Italy, where it was rare to go more than an hour outside of a town, Croatia is a nice change of pace. I'll have to readjust
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Day 1140 - Rainy and lazy day in the tiny village of Vidulini. #Croatia #TeamPixel
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Day 1139 - Tonight thunderstorms are rolling in and staying through tomorrow so Sav and I are posted up in a little village. The land is verdant and humid. It's easily the greenest area I've walked in a good while. It's also not densely populated. Finding
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Day 1138 - I was sitting at a café for lunch today and I watched an old man finish a soda then stuff the empty bottle in a bush behind him. I then went into the grocery store the café was attached to. I left my hat, water bottle and a headphone adapter at
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Day 1137 - And just like that Savannah and I are in Croatia. This is a country I've long awaited to step foot in. My grandfather is Croatian and visiting Croatia has almost become a right of passage for the Turcich cousins. Arriving here has me more pleas
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Day 1136 - We made it to Slovenia! Paved bike paths with picnic areas and signage made today a dream. Unfortunately tomorrow we'll be out of Slovenia and into Croatia! My brief stay isn't due to a dislike of Slovenia, but a result of the bike path I'm fol
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Day 1135 - It was a long one today. The sprawl of Trieste along the coast kept us from finding a place to camp so Savannah and I walked and walked until finding a cheap hotel in the city center at dusk. Thankfully, I've been housing food lately so my body
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Day 1134 - Spring is here. Verdant and damp. Flowers in bloom. Grapevines stretching. Two more days in Italy. Next is Slovenia, then Croatia. I have no troubles. Everything is resolved. Each day I get up and walk. Life is simple. I am continually at peace
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Day 1133 - Taking shelter from the rain. #Italy #TeamPixel
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Day 1131 - Sav and I have been walking through the countryside the past few days. It's easy living; we follow bike lanes, stop in villages for coffee and find a field to camp in at night. Today it rained all day, and tomorrow it will rain again, but the r
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Day 1127 - With the crowds Venice can be a difficult place to find a quiet moment, but when you find it the city pulls you back in time. #Italy
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Day 1126 - I made it to Venice. Wow. This place is unlike anywhere else I've been. There are hoards of people on the main avenues, but on the backstreets I've been able to steal quiet moments to soak it all in. Oddly, Venice at times feels like any other
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Day 1124 - Generally I do my best to avoid touristic places to keep my expenses low and avoid crowds, but Venice is an exception. It's one of the few popular destinations I have a strong desire to see. I've long imagined the images I could capture there,
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Day 1123 - From the very beginning of this walk I've relied heavily on churches as a place to camp, nap and escape the elements. Just today Savannah and I took our mid-day break in the cool halls of a wayside shrine. When you're a stranger in a strange la
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Day 1122 - Yesterday Savannah and I took the day off in Ferrara to avoid walking in an all-day rainstorm. Whenever I stop I have a pang of guilt knowing I still have energy to keep walking, but man does it feel good once I lay in that bed and feel my musc
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Day 1120 - The word 'try' is very problematic. Take for example the statement, "I'm trying to be a writer." How much are you trying? Are you writing a thousand words a day? Two thousand? Are you reading voraciously do you watch television most of the day?
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Day 1119 - My family had a dog growing up but I never envisioned getting one myself. It took four months of camping in strange places, each night jolting awake at the sounds of the forest, for me to realize how much better I'd sleep with a dog by my side.
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Day 1118 - Another good day in the books. Italy makes for luxurious walking and I'm doing my best to appreciate every moment of it before reaching more desolate stretches of road. The heat is slowly picking up. I can already sense the impending summer day
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Day 1117 - I've slept in some strange places; a front porch in Alabama swamp, a Mexican mezcal distillery, Costa Rican palm plantations, three dollar hotels in the Colombian páramo, with Ecuadorian farmers, in abandoned houses in the Peruvian desert, an
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Day 1116 - The stunning Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore as seen from the Piazzale Michelangelo. Give me your best profoundly unprofound caption. #Italy #TeamPixel
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Day 1115 - After a week of rest and relaxation Savannah and I are back on the move. We're headed north towards Venice then continuing our way along the Mediterranean coast to Turkey. The week off was needed more mentally than physically. On the road I hav
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Day 1108 - We made it to Florence. It's a stunning city. I tried to see Michaelangelo's David this morning, but I couldn't bear the two hour wait so instead I found the less crowded Laurentian Medici Library also designed by Michaelangelo. Tomorrow I'll f
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Day 1106 - So far my award for most beautiful Italian village goes to San Gusmé. It was also one of the smallest; just a few maze-like blocks on a hill surrounded by vineyards. #Italy
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Day 1105 - Last night Sav and I ended 90km from Florence. On Thursday I have a flight to Mallorca for a little birthday vacation but if I arrive in Florence too early that means paying for an expensive hotel room for multiple nights. I thought I'd stretch
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Day 1104 - Making our way to Florence and watching the season turn to spring. The vineyards are still barren, but some of the rolling hills have been turned yellow by wild flowers. The walking here has been as good as it gets. #Italy
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Day 1103 - So much character in these Tuscan villages. Difficult not to linger. #Italy
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Day 1102 - Something difficult to understand as an American is how much meaning a plot of land, or a tree, can have to a family. There are thousand year old olive trees here. The land they're on isn't passing hands from developer to developer. The trees a
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Day 1101 - Today I turn thirty years old. I'm very happy. It's only Savannah and I out here, but surprisingly, the greatest thing this adventure has given me is the opportunity to experience immense generosity over and over again. This journey would have
