WALKS: MONTH #072
"not so much walking to begin with due to the northern european weather but then driving with myrthe to our new mountain cottage in italy and walking quite a bit in the city of trento to then also visit my parents in asiago and taking a longer walk there and even trying to walk up the novegno mountain behind our place but don't really managing till at last having a swedish artist friend coming over and with him doing a lot of walking up also very much improvised up and down the mountains and even through the pasubio galleries till at last going back to sweden and doing a little walking with august in the gray sodertalje prior visiting myrthe and talking nice small walk both in utrecht and later in maastricht also walking a bit with his brother on the hills"
WALKS: MONTH #073
"not much walking to begin with because of the snow and bad weather and even a flu but then getting soon better and taking long walks by myself and a bit with august around town mostly with the excuse to go shopping but also walking with him on a beautiful day in stockholm all along the water to the ethnographic museum and at last flying to dublin and here taking very extensive walks first in the city going also in very bad neighborhoods and later with other artists of the exhibition i was taking part of but then taking solitary walks going by bus to the wicklow mountains exploring a beautiful valley there"
WALKS: MONTH #074
"a month with intermittent periods of no walking and a lot of walking like in dublin putting up an exhibition and then taking long walks not only in the city but also in nature going with a bus to the wicklow range and in particular walking for a whole day on the beautiful coast and then in italy not really doing any walking but at last taking a small excursion with myrthe by our mountain cottage and later taking a hike by myself up the novegno mountain as well as walking back and forth in vicenza prior going to milan and taking a long walk all around it there and a smaller walk coming back to sweden and going from august's place to the metro"
WALKS: MONTH #075
"quite some walking at first exploring a bit august's neighborhood in sweden walking with him around the wood behind his house and then walking to the metro station but also walking a bit in stockholm with jacek and then much in utrecht particularly during a sunny day getting lost with myrthe in utrecht andalso in amsterdam before going to italy and walking there twice to monte enna and not so much with a lot of renovation undergoing"
WALKS: MONTH #076
"quite some walking in italy but mostly in the netherlands feeling quite frustrated for all the traveling and mounting of the exhibition and taking there a long walk along a river from breda to belgium but also walking much in utrecht going to the gallery where i had the exhibition and to cas and petra's place in the arab quarter as well as walking a lot in frankfurt first with the german artist florian mehnert there and also in his country house in the black forest and then alone back in frankfurt going long down the river mainz"
WALKS: MONTH #077
"a lot of walking in various places to begin with in italy visiting some palladio's villas by thiene with myrthe and then also walking with her and her father on the novegno mountain finding a nice way to go all around it and then walking very much in london going from all the way from the center to the docks and back following mostly the thames river to then also do quite some walking in utrecht taking advantage of the holidays and walking also with jason to the italian ice cream place and also walking with sweet mythe to check a few places to buy like in amsterdam and in culemborg but also walking in rotterdam where i gave a lecture and back in stockholm"
WALKS: MONTH #078
"walking a great deal first in holland walking both in utrecht and in rotterdam with little myrthe and then in sweden walking in malm� after a supervision but also in stockholm taking an old group of italians around before going to california and walking there in the southern suburbs of san francisco but also on the nice and dry hills up and down a few trails before actually walking very extensively throughout san francisco both alone and with jacek going really across all sides and neighborhoods"
WALKS: MONTH #079
"walking at first alone in stockholm while august played with his neighbour friend and then very extensively in my italian place in the place exploring quite some new things with myrthe like walking to the sumano mountain and the pasubio always choosing easy road not to tire her too much and occasionally taking small walks in the villages below and in a sculptural park searching for a place where to build my cathedral"
WALKS: MONTH #080
"a great deal of walking exploring with myrthe much of the mountains around us going to both the scary summano ridges and the pasubio galleries to even making it across in the trentino territory and circumnavigate the austrian and italian teeth on the way back but also taking a long walk across venice to check the biennale with my old friend davide and taking minor walks visiting small towns with myrthe's mother and her companion"
WALKS: MONTH #082
"managing a lot of walking beside a lot of driving from the netherlands to sweden and back but anyhow covering a lot of utrecht also while running pushing myself more into the countryside but also in industrial areas to buy things for myrthe and following her to the east of the netherlands walking there in small villages and to a concentration camp as well as in the city of deventer while in sweden walking a bit with jacek in malm� and much more with august in djursholm and in a natural reserve we reached by car to later get back in holland and take a long walk with gary wolf in amsterdam to discuss about our next exhibit together and going back there a week later in a very sunny day and waling down the amstel and to the museum area to the join myrthe and cross the tourist sex and drugs roads"
WALKS: MONTH #083
WALKS: MONTH #084
"a month characterized by very little walking due to a lot of renovation work for myrthe's house in the netherlands and taking most walks in the cute city of culemborg and a larger walk during a nice november day in the breda's forest before going to sweden and walking extensively there taking august to karate training and going to do grocery in the far supermarket with a freezing temperature but also managing small lonely walk around the nearby forest and lakes as well as walking in stockholm to buy a suitcase"
WALKS: MONTH #085
"taking advantage of the too warm winter with great days of sun and walking extensively from the stockholm university along the botanical garden and back in the beautiful djursholm as well as walking there up and down to take my kid to karate and latter going back to the netherlands doing mostly renovation works but also managing an extensive walk exploring the forest over the city of arnhem and as well walking in amsterdam at night with myrthe to reach hanneke's place from the central station and walking a bit in culemborg going along the river and trying to explore new paths through the fields but ending up in too residential and industrial areas where i also had to walk to pick up our car"
WALKS: MONTH #086
"a month started with walking quite a lot while in sweden taking advantage of the nice winter weather and crossing back and forth the rich neighborhood of my kid and later taking smaller walks while in the netherlands exploring the river next our house and on a gray day in utrecht waiting to get on a plane and walking with august several times prior christmas despite him not being so happy about crossing stockholm and at last going to the italian alps doing mostly work in my new field and not so much walking"
WALKS: MONTH #087
"taking quite some walks mostly in the netherlands exploring both the east and the west side of the river in culemborg and then with myrthe walking in maastricht during her brother's birthday taking a small walk with her relatives on the hills and later going to aachen and walking all around it despite the cold weather and also walking again from the central station in amsterdam to the very south where hanneke lives and after a week despite the rain also checking out the small city of amersfoort prior attending arjan's birthday"
WALKS: MONTH #088
"walking quite a lot alone around august's place exploring the forest and the neighborhood but also in stockholm crossing the city from the east station to the central and in holland keeping up my walks up and down the river to later go to italy but doing very little walking mostly to check my field and then to reach the train station in vicenza"
WALKS: MONTH #089
"walks taken in the netherlands going again by the river and then with august exploring a bit of amsterdam and later walking in den haag and on the beach there to finally come to italy and following my stepfather in the labyrinth of venice losing several times my sense of orientation and also going for a one day exploration of padua finding very interesting sites i never visited and later walking quite little in the mountains mostly doing renovation work beside one day following my aunt over the city of marostica reaching the village where my grandmother was born and where she is buried"
WALKS: MONTH #090
"a month with still some walking despite most of the time spent renovating the barn in the alps and there taking a one day of break walking to the nice branksome cliff and taking more walks visiting my parents both in vicenza and later in venice walking very extensively and quite much improvising with myrthe and at last in sweden taking advantage of the nice blue sky to walk several times the old train road in djursholm taking me straight to the beach and walking both with jacek and later with august circumnavigating the rich neighborhood and at last going by foot all the way to the central station to catch the bus to the airport"
WALKS: MONTH #091
"a month with very little walking with the spring weather being quite bad spending my time entirely in the mountains renovating the barn and only going out for a one big walk around novegno with myrthe and davide and minor walks with daniela and elena showing davide the enna fort and a rock climbing cliff near the contrada beside that only taking davide with myrthe across vicenza to the train station"
WALKS: MONTH #092
"a lot of walking in venice with my stepfather to begin with following him near the tobacco factory and walking round and around as if he was going with cross-country skies and then walking a lot in sweden going all the way to an artist meeting nearby a lake where we once lived and walking extensively both in stockholm and in djursholm going several time to the beach through the old railroad and then back walking by the lake but also walking much in gothenburg waiting to open a show and exploring the city both alone and with a british artist mishka and then also walking on my way to my old curator friend bj�rn walking to gamla uppsala and then with him to uppsala"
WALKS: MONTH #093
"walking quite extensively back and forth to the beach in the beautiful djursholm and later mostly biking while in the netherlands but also walking a bit in the small towns i reached and also walking mostly to the supermarket in culemborg and taking a walk with myrthe in utrecht before coming to italy and walking there in vicenza reaching francesco's house and in santa caterina only walking up to my field up the mountain to check the sunset"
WALKS: MONTH #094
"a month with initially no walks spending all my time renovating and then walking with myrthe every morning somewhere nearby our contrada and later to work at the village festivity and then walking also with august and hanneke in the novegno mountain reaching the pria fora' and later doing the usual round of the pasubio mountain with august and myrthe being very trained and fast and beside that doing small walks in the summer resorts of jesolo and caorle the day i picked up myrthe and later august at the venice airport"
WALKS: MONTH #095
"a month spent in the alps doing several walks despite having to finish the case-study for my doctorate and walking the usual mountains of novegno and pasubio and enna but also taking small trips to see a fossil location close to verona and later driving with august to the see side of emilia romagna visiting the city of ferrara and walking large stretches of beaches and the nice tourist town of lido degli estensi but also crossing the river and exploring porto garibaldi before going back and visiting rovigo despite august unwillingness"
WALKS: MONTH #096
"a month with a lot of walking in italy at last with brett and jacek doing both the usual novegno round but then also the sumano ridge and later the much awaited carega finding a fantastic day but feeling afraid of the altitude and then traveling with myrthe through france and stopping in several places to take a walk despite having our new little cat in the car and walking in grenoble and then in the small town of ferdinand cheval but also in the beautiful dijon and later in nancy to finally reach the netherlands and mostly do biking there aside for one long walk from amstel to amsterdam central also exploring for the first time the west of town and later in sweden walking very extensively alone and in a sunny sunday with august throughout the all of stockholm"
WALKS: MONTH #097
"getting stuck in sweden waiting for my supervisor to revise my manuscript and taking long walk in stockholm growing from one side to the other of the city and then also walking from djursholm to taby and around the forest finding beautiful days but also walking in uppsala fetching august at the swimming pool and walking with him into the city and at last exploring extensively the city of brussels walking from the center to etterbeek and back in the center with myrthe but also to the very suburbs to pick our towed car and at last going back to culemborg and talking only small walks there and mostly biking and taking smaller walks like in buren an on my way to sweden in amsterdam despite having a trolley to push around"
WALKS: MONTH #098
"walking extensively while in uppsala visiting the places i used to go to with little august and finally also walking more than twenty kilometers to see him shortly after school in his grandparents' forest and walking also in stockholm alone and with jacek sleeping in a dormitory in the city center but walking quite little back in holland despite one day crossing a nice dessert to visit a radio building and taking minor walks in culemborg mostly with myrthe going down the river and otherwise taking minor walks in towns reached by car or by bike"
WALKS: MONTH #099
"a month with some walking to begin with myrthe exploring a natural reserve in belgium and then walking in maastricht with the kids to later go to sweden covered with snow and experiencing there very little walking also with august and later flying to aarhus denmark for a show and taking a day off walking really far to maasgard and back along the beautiful coastline and later walking with many heavy backpack in bologna and a bit in venice and in the mountains with jacek to at last leave for india walking there much in the city of bangalore fully exploring the very trafficked and polluted but at times charming suburbs and walking in minor places along the coast in kerala while in a ashram mostly to go to the train station or down the beach to meet some poor fishermen"
WALKS: MONTH #100
"walking to begin with in india taking lonely explorations of a coastal town in kerala leaving davide in the guest house to work and really walking extensively with only some coconut milk in my belly and the sun but feeling quite unable to begin with to walk too long with davide who had too bad shoes and got tired too easily and exploring alone the city of madurai crossing poor areas and a lot of traffic being by far the only foreigner and at last reaching the countryside nearby tiruvannamalai and talking much longer walks with davide walking on top of the shiva mountain and around it to finally go to sweden taking smaller walks there because of the ice and exploring a bit the north west of stockholm where i was staying and taking a minor walk with august before going to italy and walking there in the city of vicenza and up to the sanctuary and in padua with myrthe taking advantage of the sunny winter weather"
WALKS: MONTH #101
"a month taking advantage of the sunny winter in the alps and walking extensively with myrthe and later with jacek and brett going both to the mountains and visiting cities like both vicenza and padua but also smaller medieval towns like este and montagnana to later travel to sweden and having to walk there alone in the middle of a very cold whether and in the middle of the night to reach my hostel dragging my backpack around and later walking with august in uppsala despite my wearing only summer shoes and reaching the viking mound by the natural reserve and back in holland with myrthe after a long time walking a bit around the small village by maastricht where her big brother has now moved to and also walking in tilburg and den bosch before going alone to nijmegen to buy a used laptop and exploring the city alone despite the very cold weather"
WALKS: MONTH #102
"taking many small walks despite the winter first in amsterdam on my way to sweden and then while in uppsala with august and then in the netherlands visiting many cities taking myrthe to supervise her interns and going now to oss walking all the way to an a burial site and then walking in the beautiful and empty gouda and in rotterdam discovering a whole new area there and walking by the maas river visiting myrthe's uncle and then again in breda visiting her mother but this time walking very little in culemborg mostly due to weather conditions"
WALKS: MONTH #103
"a month walking extensively despite the bad weather and keeping exclusively within the netherlands taking advantage of a few sunny days to walk around culemborg but also through meadows improving like the old days with august and during his spring holiday and also taking him to rotterdam and latter visiting by car the many small cities of north holland taking small walks there and taking a large walk from amsterdam rai all the way to the zoo and to the center"
WALKS: MONTH #104
"walking extensively first in sweden talking a lonely walk in uppsala despite the cold weather and also walking in stockholm and taking smaller in the netherlands going around culemborg taking myrthe to the a few clinics to look into her pregnancy and mostly walking in venice both with my stepfather and alone still getting quite disoriented and also walking a bit in the mountains from the field down to the barn to pick a new chain for the chainsaw"
WALKS: MONTH #105
"a month with many walks done all over europe first in stockholm exploring the city with august just prior the terror attack and then with myrthe driving to mainz and exploring the beautiful city there and later also exploring again frankfurt walking a long way on the river on each side and taking a small walk with florian to a old roman bath in southern germany before crossing the alps and taking small walks next to the beautiful como lake before walking extensively in venice looking for an apartment to buy and also in vicenza going to the station and later taking a refreshing walk on the hills"
WALKS: MONTH #106
"walking extensively first in italy both visiting my new apartment in venice as well as in the mountains taking myrthe and her italian professor for a tour of mount enna and novegno and later walking in venice showing myrthe our new apartment there and taking little anna around before going to sweden and walking much there in uppsala despite the ugly weather and in stockholm taking walks alone and later with august to the italian embassy for his passport but also exploring quite much all the areas around the different rooms i rented and getting quite faralong lakes and over small mountains and lastly in the island of drottningholms back lastly also taking a few walks while shortly in the netherlands going shortly around culemborg with myrthe also to celebrate her birthday and lastly taking a long walk with my heavy backpack from the ajax stadium through amsterdam central station"
WALKS: MONTH #107
"walking extensively in stockholm from the camping site in the southern suburb to the city and then around the city both guiding some folk from the youth hostel as well as my family coming from italy to attend my doctorate ceremony andthe back in the netherlands mostly biking and taking very little walks at timeswith myrthe to distract her after work or in the small towns reached by bike"
WALKS: MONTH #108
"a month walking mostly in venice picking on foot the different material to renovate my apartment there and walking to various offices to solve a few bureaucratic problems but also talking some walks with august particularly on the lido beach and later in vicenza to fetch my car and some minor walks in the mountains mostly to reach the village church for the yearly festivity"