promotions, websites, and other news

While I still haven’t processed the last batch of photos from the Helsinki trip (the ones from the Sveaborg / Suomenlinna island), I did browse the net and found a few interesting links and newsworthy items.

The great news is that lazy-blogger Cristi restarted writing on his blog. A new look, a new language, and a flurry of posts in just a few days – I see great potential! And it’s said the third time’s a charm, right? So, blog.cristianradu.com is reborn!

I also read  a new photography blog (new for me, somewhat), where the latest highlight are photos taken in Iceland. Brilliant images! Pay a visit to La vie en gris – warning: it might give you a strong urge to travel and see the world through the camera lens.

The last blog-link for today is Go Backpacking, which I found by reading @Lonelyplanet. A lot of interesting stories, very well written and informative. The posts from a 15 months long trip around the world will probably keep me interested for a long time. An example of a very interesting post is “cost of a trip around the world“.

This week also saw the introduction of autumn special offers from a few airlines. KLM, Air France, MALEV and probably others started a new round of fighting for our travel budget.

KLM – highlights include round-trip to Amsterdam for 139 Euro, Air France – Paris for 149 Euro return. Malev has other interesting offers, a lot of them appearing as best buys in Skyscanner.

I will also return to the good habit of posting photos on the blog, but until then feel free to enjoy the photos an stories from the first links.