Years of Pilgrimage / Años de Peregrinaje
Manaus
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Giselle, Gretchen Labrada, Ponta Negra, Teatro Amazonas 0 Comments
The state of Amazonas, in particular its capital, Manaus, has exerted a magnetic attraction on me since well before the start of my Brazilian wanderings. I may have written the same thing before about a different place, possibly in connection with Bahia. If so, it would be only right to clarify that the Amazonian pull […]
Natal
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Dorian Gray, Morro do Careca, Natal, Rua Chile, Teatro Maranhão 0 Comments
I have not allotted instalments to destinations that, worthy as they were, did not give me anything to write about. Maceió was one of them. Natal was another. The latter made its mark only in retrospect, as I later came to find some aspects of it mirrored in my next destination. Since I left Natal, […]
La Paz
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje api, Chijini, El Rosario, Gran Poder, Illampu, La Paz, llauchas, minibuses, Puma Katari, rubbish collection, Sagárnaga, Sopocachi 0 Comments
La Paz, La Paz…where do you start with La Paz? And, more to the point, where do you end? The seat of the Bolivian government – as opposed to the capital, status retained by the august Sucre – is the city of my youth, the place where I knocked on the gates of life and […]
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 a car from the official taxi rank. The driver’s advance quote of 60 reais for […]
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
It was Sunday. Although it was still early on that October evening of 2020 and the days were beginning to lengthen, darkness had already fallen over Porto Alegre. My taxi driver looked irretrievably weary of life, but halfway through the ride he demanded to know my nationality. I obliged, adding that this was one leg […]
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
[Originally published in Diary of Exile] 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 […]
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.
Bahia
Agustín Fernández Years of Pilgrimage / Años de peregrinaje Balé Folclórico de Bahia, Barra, Pelourinho, Salvador 0 Comments
Am I a Brazil lover? An objective look at the story of my life would produce deeper ties to three other countries. Why am I not writing about them instead of lavishing so much attention on Brazil? The answer is multifaceted. I did write extensively about rural Northumberland while I lived there. My blog A […]