Years of Pilgrimage / Años de Peregrinaje
Porto Alegre I
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Agridoce, Belgrade, Canela, Cidade Baixa, Gramado, Haydn, La pietra antica, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Rua dos Andradas, São Paulo, Uber 0 Comments
The airport reminded me of similar ones in any middle-sized European city, although it has the peculiarity, found also elsewhere in Brazil, that to retrieve your baggage you have to go through the departures hall. There is a moment’s confusion when the dazed arriving passenger is uncertain where to go, until a not very conspicuous […]
Over the Carpathians
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Belgrade, Belgrade Inn, Carpathians, Cluj, Feteasca Neagra, Foeni, Google maps, Milan, Opera Plaza Hotel, Ro-vinieta, Romania, Serbia, Timișoara 0 Comments
February 2019 I will be reviewing the Belgrade Inn separately for an external website. Suffice it to say here that the hotel is a little jewel. They do get pretty much everything right; there is no doubt that I will go back there. As with most jewels, there may be one or two imperfections to […]
Valentine’s in Belgrade
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Belgrade, Danube, Francuska Street, Greece, Milan, NATO, Robunov Prokupac, Sava, Serbia, Skadarska, Tri Sesira, Valentine's 0 Comments
This diary begins in Belgrade on 14 February 2019. I am here on a mixed errand; for others as well as for myself. To some extent it is also thanks to others. Thank heaven there are people who remain steadfast, and who wish me well. Tonight I am in the Belgrade Inn on Francuska Street. […]
On Years of Pilgrimage
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje 0 Comments
This blog consists of loose fragments from a travelogue that may be published in book form one day. Meanwhile, I am sharing them here selectively and not necessarily in chronological order.
Brasilia
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Niemeyer 0 Comments
My first impression was not the most auspicious. After a gruelling journey I wanted arrival to be hassle-free, so, rather than deal with Uber meeting places – a nightmare at some airports – I chose the more expensive option of an official car from the official taxi rank. The driver’s advance quote of 60 reais […]