Category Archives: Maps

Poetry Slam (# 3) Apple Maps

Posted on 19 December 2012 by

The travel poetry continues: I used an app called “Apple Map” but it was total crap and only showed a gap.  

Posted in Language, Maps, Technology, Travel | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Lithuania: Eastern Europe or not?

Posted on 13 October 2012 by

Ever since my move to Lithuania a few months ago, I feel like I am in Eastern Europe. In fact, discovering Eastern Europe was one of the main reasons behind my move east (I should point out that I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, Europe, Lithuania, Maps, Travel | 26 Comments

Book review: “The Revenge of Geography” by Robert Kaplan

Posted on 21 September 2012 by

A book with the subtitle “What the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate” sounded very interesting to me. Finally a book that focuses on other reasons than oil and Islam in trying to explain recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Maps, Poland, Politics | Tagged | 5 Comments

Russian TV explains Geography

Posted on 6 August 2012 by

Living in Lithuania, I also receive some Russian TV channels. On one of them, I spotted this show in which the size of Russia is compared to the size of other countries.

Posted in Maps, Russia | 5 Comments

Trakai Historical National Park

Posted on 7 July 2012 by

For my birthday yesterday, I visited Trakai Historical National Park which can easily be reached from Vilnius by bus or by train in 40 minutes. At the historic center of the park is Trakai town and the castle, for which … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lithuania, Maps, Photography, Religion, Travel | Tagged , | 16 Comments

Where is Lithuania?

Posted on 5 July 2012 by

Maybe it is because I keep moving to small countries, or maybe it is because I keep moving around the periphery of Europe, but sure enough my latest move has already led to the question: “Where is Lithuania?” being posed … Continue reading →

Posted in Lithuania, Maps, Travel | 15 Comments

Where is Malta?

Posted on 30 December 2011 by

After receiving the 25th e-mail from a friend that included the question “Where is Malta, actually?”, I decided to devote a blog post to this recurring question. I cannot do so however, without voicing my despair about people’s lack of … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Malta, Maps, Travel | 18 Comments

London Underground (Tube) Map

Posted on 26 April 2011 by

When you come to London, one of the first things you will familiarise yourself with is the map of the London Underground, also called “the tube”. Colour-coded, it is easy to navigate: However, this map is also quite misleading as … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Maps, Travel, UK | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Why the North is taking itself too serious

Posted on 13 March 2011 by

Map-making has always had the problem of trying to fit the surface of a (roughly) ball-shaped object on a flat piece of paper. A map reflective of the true proportions of our planet would look something like this: However, most … Continue reading →

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Upside down?

Posted on 1 February 2011 by

Ever since I spent 3 months on student exchange in Australia in 1992 and realised that I was not walking upside down, let alone falling off the earth, I have been very adamant against the use of “up” or “down” … Continue reading →

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