Leon de Leeuw
Travel plans for 2021
Again this proves to be a challenging year to travel. In the sense that it requires testing and advance planning to go anywhere. However,...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Travels through 2020
Not an easy year to travel. Or at least, not when you don't want to dig in and do some research.
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Leon de Leeuw
- Jun 17, 2020
- 3 min
No city is perfect
For a long time I was fascinated by Berlin. I visited in 2001 and loved how free it felt. I went back many times. Basically it's a true...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Jul 11, 2019
- 1 min
The southeasternmost point of the mainland EU
The South-Easternmost point of the continental EU, Rezovo village on the Turkish border.
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Leon de Leeuw
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Adventure calls
From Sofia, I got to the Central Balkan mountain range by train for just €1,80. It was sunny and warm.
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Leon de Leeuw
- Apr 23, 2018
- 1 min
Ups and downs of living abroad
It seems like it's all fun. It is, until it's not. Living abroad is hard. Yet it's also very rewarding.
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Leon de Leeuw
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
Start living already
Your days are numbered. So are everyone's. Start living today.
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Leon de Leeuw
- Mar 23, 2018
- 1 min
The call of adventure
Living abroad, you partly or completely have to reinvent yourself. Mostly if you go alone. The advice 'just be who you are' doesn't fly...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Feb 3, 2018
- 1 min
Treading new ground
He who travels Will never be the same No matter if far oversees Or to the town across the river It’s step by step The traveler...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Nov 18, 2017
- 2 min
Don't hit the gym on January 1st
Start one good habit. The gym will be packed the first two weeks of the year. Then, most lose their motivation, lay on their couches and...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Nov 16, 2017
- 1 min
What I take with me when I travel
All bought from China with Aliexpress. Click image for a description and look below the gallery to find the links to buy these items...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Nov 11, 2017
- 2 min
Hotel reflections
The dark hotel hallways started looking the same. Yellow walls with paintings of the countryside. Or just plain posters. Cold staircases...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Oct 28, 2017
- 6 min
Why NOT to quit your job to travel
It happens to many of us, the sudden urge to let it all be and leave on a trip. To travel for months or years on end. Why not even...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Oct 9, 2017
- 3 min
Don't be afraid to travel alone
At first, I traveled alone because I had no other choice. I grew to love it. Traveling alone has become my standard. It does not bother...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Aug 2, 2017
- 6 min
Hiking trails in Bulgaria - What makes it the thing I love most?
Ever since I came to Bulgaria, I’ve been exploring its trails. There are many leading into the hills and onto steep mountains. All over the
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Leon de Leeuw
- Feb 17, 2017
- 7 min
Reasons to go travel alone
Traveling spontaneously Little is more exciting making a coffee and start preparing a good trip. The good part is that you don’t need...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Feb 9, 2017
- 4 min
Klisura: One of my first trips in Bulgaria
It was late in January 2015. I zipped up my backpack with just a toothbrush and a shawl in it and left for the central station. I took...
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Leon de Leeuw
- Oct 29, 2016
- 8 min
How I came to love Eastern Europe and traveling through it alone
I was born a traveler. As a small boy, I read through guidebooks in stores and wondered about places far from home. On the weekends, I...
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Leon de Leeuw
- May 7, 2016
- 8 min
Traveling alone through the Balkans as an introvert
At age seventeen I learned about introversion. A lot of things hit home. I understood that I was not the strange guy I perceived myself...
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