Olvr'sTrvls

2021-09-26

Apparently, the ubiquity of mushrooms around Estonian forests is a yearly autumn phenomenon. These fungi, from cute ones to the dull and the funky ones...

2021-09-25

11 September 2021 | On this day, I was effortlessly lured to join a South Estonian hike 0n a trail that runs around a lake called Pühajärve in Otepää...

2021-09-19

Having a language class this term, which is by far the most difficult course for me, held in some old building in Livii, I have to go under (for a brief...

2021-09-14

05 September 2021 | On what seemed to be a rarity in Tartu these days, the sun brightly shined on that weekend morning. It was imperative to get out of...

2021-09-12

Foreign travel opportunities had been very elusive (and nearly impossible) lately, but thanks to this rare chance to fly to Ankara Turkey, an unlikely...

2021-08-26

I have been to a few museums in the past but nothing is richer than the Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi in terms of vastness, essence, and uniqueness of...

2021-08-25

After.. 7 months of paperwork 6 thousand miles distance travelled 5 airports landed to and departed from 4 plane rides 3 hundred photos saved/taken...

2021-08-21

Anıtkabir, which literally means memorial tomb, is the resting site for (1) Atatürk, Turkey’s founding father & the republic’s first president, and...

2021-08-15

15 August 2021 | Ankara, Turkey One lesson I constantly re-learn is to "be-careful-what-to-wish-for". Upon arriving in Ankara a few days ago I uttered...

2021-07-27

Back-to-zero feels Yesterday was my last day at work. After 3.5 years of gasoline highs (and lows), I finally call it quits with Shell. It has been an...