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    Ainu people – Japanese Indians

    by Ewcyna 18 June 2013
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    I came to the mountains to Lake Akan (climbing all day and with the wind in your face.. ), because it is the place where they lived and still live Japanese Indians – Ainu people. It is a Japanese ethnic minority but as such was considered very recently, Probably a dozen years ago, after a rather fierce battle with the Japanese Government. As I read not long ago, ie. in the 80-90's, the then Prime Minister of Japan expressed the opinion, the superiority of Japan over other nations is that, it is a mono-ethnic nation… hmmm.. the blue blood?

    What is interesting, one of the principal investigators Ainu was Bronislaw Pilsudski, brother Joseph.
    Well, Currently the. Ainu village is just a commercial open-air museum, while Lake Akan where they lived over there is something magical. Following the path wzdłż shores, among the ancient trees reached the holy place, where thermal springs – and in this case it is a brown bubbling swamp. Mysterious place they added mist hanging over the lake.. In Water in the silence has several fishing enthusiasts .. Regardless of its size I suppose, that took.

    And a few words about the little-known, though related to the Ainu topic. Has anyone thought, because I have never in my life, the population of Japan is somewhat caste? At about 1 million. Japan is the local “untouchable”, that is, people burakumin.
    It was not until I started to be interested in Japan, here and there, I've made scant information about. While riding in Japan also saw places, homes, which resembled barracks.. especially in Hokkaido remember two such situations, but I had no conscience to do there pictures. Maybe that's where people lived beet? For me, this is a shock, that there is still discrimination against this population, especially in their employment. A few years ago came to light case concerning the sale of large Japanese corporations list of persons who are burakumin, to identify or reject them in the recruitment process.

    such article of It describes the, as someone wants – but in Angielski..

    In every society there are social classes, but for me it's a shame and disgrace to deprive people of the chance to change their fate. Especially in the twenty-first century.

    And when I asked a Japanese friend Toshio about this topic is the first thing you said is how I know. Interesting..

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  • Japan

    Up in the Air

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    I was scared to look at the map, because the road to Sapporo led by a fairly substantial mountain range. I do not know how it is, why with so many hills and mountains I cycle every day I in Japan, but…

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    On the train

    by Ewcyna 16 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 16 June 2013

    No, there'll be a super-fast shinkansenie, but the journey is a unique experience, but this time as we know it by bike. This morning I got thinking. Since the last resting passed 2,5 week and…

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    Ainu climate

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    There are days to cycle and days to hang around. That day was evidently to hang around. Slowly, since the road followed down the river, Here some lunch, here chatting with the Nepalese and the afternoon came quickly. What…

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    Sapporo

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    I went to Sapporo but did not have a big appetite to explore. Well, just a big city in the vicinity of which the winter Olympic games took place in 1972, for Poles significant, because Wojciech triumphed on the large hill…

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    School

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    I descended from the pass not in the fog any more – what a relief. The evening approached, so I was looking for a place to sleep well deep in my soul I dreamed so it was a dry one . Well…

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Cycling in sunshine, under blue sky and by the sea Cycling in sunshine, under blue sky and by the sea made my (1st of a year) day.
A great start I would say. 
2023 - let it be... A good one! Yet another. Wishing you all.
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"Natale con i suoi, Easter with whoever you want" - "Christ "Natale con i suoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi" - "Christmas with your family, Easter with whoever you want" says the Italian proverb, according to it, on the first day of Christmas, December 25, after 2 p.m., Italy stops. And then, the square was full of people, cafe bustle, conversations, drinks to warm up before a long afternoon at the table and then ... silence. Nobody. Christmas dinner is the main, most important point of Christmas celebrations, just like Christmas Eve in Poland. Santo Stefano day, December 26th is traditionally spent walking, sightseeing, outdoors. And now not a single car passed by me, but another cyclist did!  Fantastic weather - blue sky, sun, about 17 degrees.
Wandering around the streets, the kitchen windows are open and I can smell fried fish. Once upon a time I came to Italy for a holiday with $300 in my pocket (which I put aside all year long by giving English classes), which was supposed to last for 2 months. And it did. Sleeping under the sky as I didn't even have a tent, hitchhiking..the only food I had was bread with onions and Calve mayonnaise.  This mayonnaise was my discovery, and sweet onions too.  The main point of the day and the only luxury I allowed myself was a cup of cappuccino - before I ordered it, however, I walked around and looked at the tables of the cafes in which cups they serve them in - I wanted as big as possible.  Then I sat for an hour, tasting the remnants of milk foam with a spoon. The smell of tomato sauce coming from the open windows annoyed me because I was craving dinner so much. Today I remembered that smell from 30 years back.
 I have lunch at home, and cappuccino is also sometimes, thanks to your donations as well (I still look at the cups 🙃). And on the wall today I read the quote "Limits exist only in the soul of those who do not dream". But it was pathetic.  Let's dream, let's fulfill...
I wish you many good dinners and moments spent as you wish.  I was on a bike 😁.
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Today it's December 10th and it is a special date Today it's December 10th and it is a special date for me. On 10 Dec 2013, I locked my door, gave the key to the new tenant, packed the box with my bike into my neighbor's car and flew off on a trip with a one-way ticket. To the other side of the world, the Philippines. The decision-making process wasn't particularly long and was born after cycling Japan, but I had been preparing for this escapade for several months. Organizing my life, buying a new bike (to make it "easier" I went to Berlin twice in one week) and other equipment, buying various insurances, arranging vaccinations - each step meant a lot of time spent on choosing one option or another, finally packing life into boxes and taking it to the basement and flying to Manila with a short stay in Shanghai on the way. I chose the Philippines knowing absolutely nothing about it. There was a promotion on KLM tickets and this destination seemed to me OK. It wasn't that much OK as it turned out, but I still managed to spend there and even pedal for 7 weeks 🙂. For the first 2 weeks I was accompanied by my friend Sophia. 
Gees, it's been 9 years, and I can't stop! After the Philippines I flew to Burma, then cycled through Thailand, Laos, China.... I don't know if I'll go back to Southeast Asia, because I'm sweating at the thought of it, but going through my posts (quite clumsy, it's the beginnings of the blog) made me very happy. If you feel like it go to my my webpage #Ewcyna. What an excitement it was!
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Your life is like a fairy tale. You travel, you l Your life is like a fairy tale.  You travel, you live here and there, you visit places, you soak up the sun, something is constantly changing.  And then your plan falls apart, because somebody's plans for housesitting changed, cancelled, some moved and you end up with a huge unknown, 3-month hole in your resume, rental prices have gone up a lot, but homelessness is no stranger to you.  There is risk, there is fun, there is anxiety.  It's not bad, in two days you find a new place for a month, even better, you're supposed to be there tomorrow, maybe in a week, or maybe the day after tomorrow.  You have to travel 800 km.  Heavy rains so you sit on your ass, you will not play a hero and do cyclotourism now. What a pity, it was supposed to be a few days with the attractions of southern Italy. The plan for a long journey is in place, train tickets too, landslides and breaking the railway traction too, the railway is not running there, what to do.  You don't want to spend the night in Rome.  Maurizio, your host is away, you avoid hostels, especially on a Saturday night, and hotels are too expensive.  You love Rome and you hate it.  Too beautiful, too dirty, too loud.
Naples?  No thanks.  You don't want to spend the night in Naples.  Ever since you witnessed two robberies and that's on the streets of this city more than 20 years ago, you feel mostly dislike and fear.  Naples dangerous?  Your travel companion on the train with whom you chat a bit replies.  No… Naples is "molto bello" - very beautiful.  robberies?  You know, when they attack you in Naples, they do it somehow... gently.  And in Rome, you can still get a good hit on the head. Naples very beautiful. 
I wonder how it is in Milan, Turin or Bari.

My life is like a fairy tale. Back in #Puglia!
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It's been wonderful, mostly sunny 3 weeks #housesi It's been wonderful, mostly sunny 3 weeks #housesitting in #toscana
Autumn rain and gales have started but it's time for me to move more south.. (more rain predicticted). Still, just following the sun! 
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France. Castles and Roman architecture at its best France. Castles and Roman architecture at its best, wherever you pass there's something beautiful and surprising.
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But what Has happened already will not come back? But what Has happened already will not come back? It will! 
 I came to Paris for the first time 14 years ago.  It was my third flight with a bicycle and my first independent bicycle trip abroad (because I do not count group travel here).
 At the airport, I picked up my bicycle bag, my stuff and somehow I took it to the train or subway at the airport, which went straight to the center.  I got off at the station, through which in the evening there were hordes of people, and I reached ... the stairs to heaven.  Long, endless staircase, not an escalator at all.  I didn't like lugging it all upstairs.
 -excuse me sir, could you help me?  I asked a young man in French according to the rule to direct a question for help to a specific person.
 -my? (Moi?) He replied with great surprise looking from side to side, but that he hadn't seen anyone else there do he helped me to drag myself out.
 When we left, I saw IT in beautiful night lighting.  It is it, the famous NOTRE-DAME cathedral.  It was a magical moment, do you know those?
I put my bicycle together and cycled along Champs Elysees to Arc de Triomphe and on to the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, where the campsite was located.  At that time, I only had a paper map with me, fatigue was taking its toll, I was falling asleep on my bike and felt a bit pale, but luckily after 11 PM I got there, put up the tent and fell down to sleep. The next day I continued my sightseeing and on the third I set off on a bicycle trip to Geneva. Yes, cycling on paper maps.
I visited Paris several times since then.This time I was brought to Paris by FLIXBUS with an overnight course from Berlin.  Yes, after my vacation in France, I really wanted to come back here and found an offer of catsitting.  Here I am.
 It has already been and will be back.  Good morning France.  Bonjour!
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Ever since I saw the "Grand Traverse de Jura au Ve Ever since I saw the "Grand Traverse de Jura au Velo" trail, that is crossing the Jura, I couldn't help thinking that it would be fun to cycle it.  The trail has two options, it runs along the highest parts of the Jura range on the French side and is in many places a mountain bike trail.  I just chose to cycle the middle part of the route, climbing over 1000 meters is already a success for me.  But it's not about success and competition to me, in cycling, but about joy.  So it was a lot of joy! Especially my first rest stop with such a view!
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Is it France already? the cyclist on the bike aske Is it France already? the cyclist on the bike asked as we stood in front of some signs by the cycle path along the Rhine river. 
I guess so, France, because there are already French signs, I replied, but there was no FRANCE sign anywhere.  We didn't find it but we took a souvenir photo, and then we sat at the roadside tavern for a beer.
The idea to come to France has been growing in me for some time.  I was encouraged by the famous € 9 regional trains ticket promotion in Germany.  Somehow I didn't want to devote my time to Germany - despite the incredible ease of getting around this country by bike, I am not fond, neither speak the language nor like the architecture too much. I also decided to skip the Czech Republic to get to France as soon as possible - but it did not happen, I was very drawn to the bicycle path along the river Ochra.  It winds along the river in the shade of trees for many kilometers.  From Karlovy Vary I pedaled on 2 wheels.
The Czechs like beer.  I dare say more than in Poland.  They like to scream after drinking alcohol, that's what usually happens when one is drunk right? Anyway, tearing the snout took place there at every campsite I passed, so I bought a shower and went on, and put the tent up elsewhere. Easy. Pleasant.
 And in France, I feel great.  It's fun to understand the world around you, although still in Alsace everyone speaks German or a mixture.  It's fun to look at the shelves with the amount of products I love.  It's great to have municipal campgrounds for max 10 EUR.
I am being asked what my tour is when people see the luggage. Just for the sake of it, the random encounters and chats it pays to have it 😁😁🙃
Hope it will be more "fun". No idea yet where to go after Alsace but thinking where to hide tomorrow when the 36 Celsius heat wave comes.
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