Greetings from San Diego USA! (9-21 Oct 2017) I’m detouring from detailing my adventures traveling and training around the world to bring you a special article about my time on a training camp in San Diego with a bunch of crazy Australians. I last left off leaving Russia for Ukraine, and I will get to […]
Greeting from Moscow! (15-20 July 2017) The train down from Saint Petersburg was quick and easy, and Moscow has a simple enough city train system to navigate through, although one does has to pay attention as the twists and turns to find the right platform can be tricky (I had downloaded the Russian alphabet on […]
Greetings From Saint Petersburg, Russia! (10-15 July 2017) Finally I had made it. Russia was one of the first things on the list of places I want to go to, to see the culture and old Soviet buildings (and much older architectures) and of course learn Sambo from the birthplace of the sport. Although the […]
Greetings From Berlin Germany! (5-10 July 2017) After a fun and eventful time in Hamburg it was time for my last stop in Germany, a city on my list of top cites I’d like to visit, Berlin! The train ride in was pretty quick and easy as was finding the gym, Hilti BJJ as Frank, […]
Greetings From Hamburg Germany! (25 June – 1 July, and 3-5 July) Actually, I’m in Australia, on a train from Melbourne on my way to Sydney as I write this. It’s been a busy past month, my last article I managed to write during my layovers flying to Perth Australia from San Diego USA. It […]
Hello all my Panda-maniacs! Yes, if you follow me and are a fan of my blog, my videos or you just like me you are a Panda-maniac. Be proud of this nickname as I’m proud of all of you, you have all helped me along this way. Even if all you did was quickly check […]
Hello From Dusseldorf Germany! (20-25 June 2017) I last left you with me having an amazing time in Heidelberg with the Jiu-Jitsu groups there, that I would visit again during the BJJ Globetrotters Fall Camp, while staying at a not so amazing motel. After a quick train ride up to Dusseldorf I was ready for […]
Greetings from Heidelberg & Mannheim Germany! (15-20 June 2017) The train rode up to Heidelberg from Friedrichshafen was an enjoyable one, watching all the fields of hops and apples and pears pass by as we whizzed through the beautiful country side. Once I got to Heidelberg I had to take another train, only about 10-15 […]
Greetings from Friedrichshafen Germany! It was a smooth bus ride into Friedrichshafen, my first stop for my month tour through Germany. This visit I would be staying with Ben, a fellow BJJ Globetrotter who had a Matsurfing ad. I messaged Ben and we talked briefly, he was more than happy to have me at his […]
Greetings From Zurich Switzerland! After a smooth uneventful flight up from Rome I met my host for the visit, Hristo, at the airport. Hristo is a friend of fellow Globetrotter I was talking to, Martina, but I’ll cover that later. While we made our way back to his place he told me about the trains […]
Hitting up Seminars and Camps Everywhere! I know I’m way behind on my blog keeping you updated on my adventures and travels through Europe (Rome was my last post and that was from end of May) but I Just got back from my first BJJ Globetrotters camp and decided I have to cover it now. […]
Greeting From Rome Italy! I made it to Rome on a quick bus trip from Naples, an uneventful ride but full of beautiful open country views. As busy as Rome is the transit is easy to read and the train routes, even being a simple system, hits all the necessary places. I picked up a […]
Greetings from Naples Italy! Hello! I have made it to Naples Italy! The ferry ride over was easy enough, although I didn’t get much sleep over the night and was really tired when I showed up to the hostel. I arrived at the hostel early in the morning but I had sent a message remarking […]
Greetings From Palermo Sicily Italy! Hello! I finally made it to Palermo, after the longest day in transit I’ve had to date. I’ll get into the whole debacle and giant mess I got into traveling to Palermo in a minute but first let me just say that the Island of Sicily is amazing and if […]
Greetings From Casablanca and Marrakesh Morocco! I made it to the hotel easy enough, I was enjoying the sea breeze as I walked down the street from the train station. It was only a short, 2 or 3 hour train ride from Rabat to Casablanca. I got a hold of Hicham (the first Hicham, I’ll […]
Greetings From Rabat Morocco! Getting to the hotel was an adventure, I knew it would be so it wasn’t a surprise or unwelcome, just some fun on the way. I arrived at the airport early in the morning as my flight was an early one, so I didn’t get to say goodbye the roommates in […]
Greetings From Malaga Spain! I had a quick flight into to Malaga Spain from Lisbon Portugal and found the hostel easy enough. I had arrived pretty early so I took off to walk around the city and get some photos of the sights. Malaga is one beautiful place, to all my friends who love going […]
Greetings From Porto & Lisbon Portugal! I left Madrid in a bad mood, I was getting better from the bad cold that knocked me down but I was still dealing with the credit card fraud at the time. Luckily it only took a day or so while in Porto before resolving the issues, letting me […]
Greetings From Barcelona and Madrid Spain! I left Paris for Barcelona, and after a debacle of trying to find where my flight was leaving from it was a quick and smooth trip to my Barcelona hostel. The Paris airport has zero signs to where the different flight companies are and has two different terminals for […]
Greetings From Paris France! I had a quiet morning train to the airport and flight over to Paris. Getting to the hostel was a different matter. I had no problem using the trains in Paris and no problem navigating around the streets, but first I had to get a ticket for the trains before anything. […]
