torek, 5. januar 2016

Serbia, Bosna and Hercegovina and Croatia [Road trip]


I went on road trip to Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Croatia. 

Bomb that hit the TV tower.
Bombed TV tower, today as monument.
 First part of the route took me in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia. It is nice small city by the river with castle watching over it on the hill. On the hill near by it is also old TV tower that got bombed by NATO in year 1999. Today it stands here like monument, only partly repaired.


After that I went to Beograd, main city of Serbia. It was build near confluence of Donava and Sava rivers. City has few buildings left unrepaired after bombings as monuments and warnings of war. It is nice city with really kind people, good food and old stronghold in which is place for old tanks and collections from different war zones and times. In the evenings some parts of city become really active. City has nice park with beach on the island on the Sava river.
Confluence of Sava and Donava as seen from stronghold.

Serbian Stonehenge near beach on Sava river.

Park around the monument.
Monument to unknown hero.







After two days of site-seeing of Beograd we went on hill near by that has on the top monument to unknown hero of  1st. WW. As pillars to that roof there stands Balcan women of all nationalities that gave sons to the first world war.

 
Srebrenica - places that remained us how stupid and unnecessary war is.

Mostar is know because of this famous bridge.
 After that we went to Bosnia and Herzegovina and went by Srebrenica. The village where the latest European genocide was committed. The place is horrifying when you think that much innocent got killed in a few days. Meanwhile NATO knew the situation and did nothing until it was way to late.




After few hours of driving we stopped at Sarajevo and took a sleep there. Next they we went on to Croation cost. On the way we stopped at Mostar.







Korčula, old city of rich.


Coming on cost of Croatia was refreshing and sea was nice. We also took a tourist hike in some old villages and on city of Korčula located on island with same name.

In Orebić we also took  wine tour at wine cellar Korta Katarina. If you have time and you are wine lover I recommend a visit.
 
 

torek, 23. junij 2015

Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2015 - Sunday 21.6.2015 - Race

On Sunday I woke up ten to 5 AM and get ready for hardly expected motorsport day. At 5 my ride came and so journey began. We were in Spielberg at around 9. Crew consisted from policemen, soldiers and other employes were amazing. With their help traffic run smoothly and soon we were at parking lot. After that we went walking for some time into F1 village where we made last preparations for race. We bought caps from our teams and went slowly to the green zone which is on the far side of the track. After few hundred meters the train-bus came that took us to our zone for free. I must say additional point for organizer. In green zone best places to watch were taken and so we decided to walk on 3th corner instead 2nd as we thought before. There we watch first GP3 then GP2. After that came Porsche cup and race of legends. The really fun part was race of legends in which 3 or 4 motors exploded. Time for F1 race was coming but also sky was becoming darker and darker and now and then few drops fall on us. At 2 PM formula 1 has started.The sky become clear and we enjoyed race very much. It was interesting seeing safety car in start and people in colors of Ferrari putting hands on their heads after problems of Vettel in  pits. Anyway i thing that man of the match was Bottas who was overtaking a lot.
Bottas overtaking Force India


After a race we were walking to the finish line  and there took another look in the pits. After that we walked back to the car where employes gave us some nice sponsor material and send us on best way back home.


Nico Rosberg winner of Austrian GP

I was watching people who love motosport. I don't know if this is about this kind of people watching Fomula 1 or it was just because most of spectators were from Austria, but i saw people were taking their trashes to the cans and they also took trashes that somebody else left or lost. It was really interesting how clean were tribunes after we left. If i compare to rock concert or some bigger event.
It was interesting also how little people i saw drunk and none of them causing problems. I think motosport people are more civilazed then people think.

For end i must say good job for organizer, very nice attitude from employees and i think i will be back soon. Tnx Austria

petek, 19. junij 2015

Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2015 - Thursday 18.6.2015 - PIT-LANE walk


Presentation of cars from 80's and 90's
After a few years of talking about it me and my friends finally bought tickets for our first Formula 1 race. We are quite big fans, usually we are watching race together on Sunday. We paid 95€ for whole weekend tickets, but we knew we could be in Austria whole weekend since some of us have jobs others have finals. Also money can be problem if you are planing staying in Austria for whole weekend. Since it is from our place to former A1 ring, now Redbull ring only 280km we decided to drive distance.


Main tribune and pit-lane

RB11


F1 W06 Hybrid


Tire change practice.

When we got cards we found out we can go on Thursday for a pit-lane walk. We decided to take this opportunity and went up in Austria. Before start we managed to take a look on cars parked in F1 village from 80's and 90's. It was raining when we came on Redbull ring but we were patiently waiting on main tribune for start. People were coming and soon whole tribune was full. At 15:15 guards opened a gate and it started. We walked thru pit-lane. Some teams trained tires changing and we watched that some time. Pit lane walk ended at 18:15 and we went out on some beer and since we were hungry and hadn't will searching for restaurant we decided to eat Vienna stake at F1 village. Actually it wasn't expensive since we were quite full and paid only 12€ on race track.

sreda, 29. april 2015

Pros and cons of using tent on Camino de Santiago way

I decided to write a short blog about idea of camping on Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James). First thing that you must know is that I walked French way in September. Maybe in some other months I will change my mind about camping but for my trip i have following conclusions. Just before I start writing about conclusions I should tell i walked with tent for a week few times since I am member of scout organization and I sleep in tent almost a month per year for last 14 years so I believe I have enough experience in camping to write blog about it.

Set a tent when you think it's enough for that day.
  1. Tent
    I must tell you that i head quite cheap tent for my journey and I am happy i didn't buy one more expensive. My tent was mostly made of plastic and it had a little space with roof before it. That roof come really handy many times since you don't want shoes inside after all day of walking. Another thing with about tent is weight. My tent had almost 5 kilograms and any additional weight on your backpack is like shooting yourself in the leg.
    Another important thing that happens is smell that your tent will get. Tent is wet every morning, but usually you don't have enough time to wait for it to dry. After few days it gets smell from moisture. Smell it's not that bad until one night raining get's you. After that night you should dry no mater how much time you give for it. If more rainy days come at once ... well then i don't know. Help yourself with roofs near the path and try to be there until it's sunny again. Usually storms pass in half a day in September.
  2. Walking
    A nice thing about camping is time when you walk the path. If you have tent you don't care where will you sleep and when will you stop walking. You can start walking a later, taking a big break around noon when sun is burning and walk more after 4pm until you want to stop. In hostels that are expensive(10€+) you can reserve your place so you can walk with brake at noon and if you plan right you come on your destination at evening. Other popular option is start walking still at night and walk for 6 hours or more and come in state hostel - albergue (5/6€) between 1pm and 3pm. After 4pm usually most of them are full.
  3. Price
    Camping is cheaper if you don't search for camps. For 2 or 3 euros you can take shower in albergue  and wash your clothes. If you search for camping place you will pay between 5€ and 15€, depends on what's included.
  4. Sleeping in the tent
    You must know that when you are camping you need more then 8 hours of sleep. Now you thing I overreact or I am a little soft but consider walking day after day for 8 hours and then have bad sleep for few hours and then walk again. I believe that's thing you don't get used to it and you have to thing about sleeping for more then 8 hours. Your moral depends on your sleep and you should consider moral as important part of what's pushing you forward when you feel every muscle of your body.
    There is another thing about hostel that you need to know about hostels. You are usually sleeping in multi-bed dorm. If this happens it is very likely to have some snoring persons in the dorm. In that case you really need ear plugs.
  5. Camps and other places to camp
    I stopped at almost any path i want to and set a tent. I took care that I didn't destroyed some crops or leave any garbage behind and that was it. I don't know if it is legal but nobody didn't say a thing to me. Once i slept at church garden and locals were very kind about it. Water can be problem sometimes, it's not that easy to get place to set tent near drinkable water so you must carry more water with you and that means additional weight.
    If you are looking for any camps you will have hard time. I have been in few good camps but usually they aren't easy to find and aren't many.
  6. Social part of journey
    I think important part of journey is communicating with other pilgrims, cooking diners together and having fun. Taking care for each other and giving and getting massages. Now when i take a look back i think that's one of most important parts of journey. After I decided for no more camping I got friends really quick and we travel together most of the time. 
Watching sunset from your tent and falling a sleep.

Finally I think camping is really great but traveling with a tent for 30 days can be really pain. Path can be much more fun,  enjoyable and easy with sleeping at hostels. With sleeping in tent and showering in hostels you will save only 2€ that i thing are worth of having 5-7kg less, sleeping in the bed and having social life with other pilgrims.

If you think I forgot something important or you have question just comment i will answer as soon i can

ponedeljek, 27. april 2015

Camino de Santiago [it's not about the race, it's about a journey]



Ideje so krhke. Veliko jih pade na nerodovitna tla, nekaj jih zažene pa se hmalu posušijo, nekaj pa jih le zraste naprej, prestanejo vremenske neprilike in se prelevijo v projekt. Tako je bilo tudi z idejo prepotovati Pot svetega Jakoba. Verjetno je prvo seme padlo ob filmu Pot (Theway) in seveda idejo hitro zasejal v moj rodoviten popotniški duh.
Preteklo je kar precej časa preden se je lahko ideja prelevila v projekt. Vedno si je bilo težko vzeti tako dolg dopust med poletjem, zbrati denar za tako potovanje. S bližanjem zaključka študijskega dela življenja  je ideja prerasla cvetlični lonček in potrebno jo je bilo vsaditi ali zavreči. Odločitev ni bila težka v trenutku, ko sem spoznal, da se moja sicer ne najbolj prazna ampak gotovo bolj prosta poletja od tistih, ki jih imajo redno zaposleni ljudje bližajo koncu.
Skavtstvo me je vedno vzgajalo k skupnosti, zato sploh ni čudno, da se na pot nisem odpravil sam, kljub temu da je to po nasvetih vodičev zaželjeno zaradi osebne rasti. Poklical sem prijatelja, skavtskega voditelja v sosednjem stegu(skavtski skupini) navdušenega alpinista in gornika in mu posredoval idejo.
Nekatere poti Svetega Jakoba Foto:WWW
Poti svetega Jakoba je več. Obstaja Severna, ki poteka po severni Španiji ob morju, Portugalska, ki teče vzdolž portugalske obale Atlantskega ocena, ter Francoska, ki se začne v francoskih Pirenejih in se nadaljuje čez Španijo skozi Burgos in Leon. Vsem trasam je skupen cilj v katedrali mesta Santiago de Compostela. Odločila sva se za Francosko pot zaradi dobre označenosti ter dobrih vremenskih razmer v mesecu septembru. Z nakupom letalskih kart sva čez dober mesec dokončno potrdila najino potovanje.  

Na letališče sva odpotovala 2. septembra a so se priprave začele že precej prej. Odločila sva se za varčnost in se zato odločila, da bova noči prespala v iglujčku, da bova jedla iz kuhinje na plinskem gorilniku, se kopala v rekah, skratka da bo najino 30 dnevno potovanje najbolj podobno skavtskemu potovalnemu taboru. Skupaj sva pripravljala nahrbtnike ter varčevala pri teži. Pred potovanjem sva nahrbtnik spakirala vsaj desetkrat, vso ostalo opremo pa sva večkrat uporabila, da sva se naučila skrbnega in pravilnega rokovanja z njo. Fizični pripravi sva se le malo posvečala saj sva tudi drugače precej aktivna, povrhu pa sva si rekla, da je najina mladost šele dobro zacvetela.
Prišel je 2. september in s kombijem sva se odpravila na letališče v Milano. Iz Milana sva nato letela v Francijo v Lurd. Letalo je poskrbelo za malo zamude in po pristanku nama ni preostalo drugega kot, da uloviva zadnji vlak ta dan iz Lurda v začetno točko v mesto Saint Jean Pied de Port. Najhitreje sva pograbila najine nahrbtnike ter se s preplačanim taksijem odpravila na železniško. Medtem, ko je en plačeval taksi je drugi že kupoval karte za vlak. Za okencem na železniški nama je karte prodala edina angleško dobro govoreča francozinja, ki sva jo spoznala v celem potovanju, kar je bistveno pripomoglo h hitremu nakupu karte in ker je imel vlak dve minuti zamude sva pravočasno vstopila vanj in se namestila v kupe. Po dolgem dopoldnevu, ko me je skrbela teža prtljage na letališču, take in drugačne kontrole, zamude letala, taksisti, ki vozijo pod omejitvami hitrosti sem končno umirjeno zadihal. Čakala naju je dvourna vožnja do mesta kjer sva prestopila na drugi vlak. Premlel sem dogodke tistega dne in vsa naključja, ki so se nama dogajala, ugotovil sem, da naju spremlja Njegov blagoslov in da so skrbi povsem nepotrebne.
Poleg naju je bila v kupeju še ženska s katero se je kmalu izkazalo da je pohodnica in je namenjena ravno tako na pot proti Atlantiku. Zgovorna gospa, ki je prihajala iz Združenih držav je povedala, da se na pot odpravlja ob svoji upokojitvi, da si je za pot rezervirala 3 mesece in da bo večje hribovja na poti prečkala s javnimi prevozi. Poračunali smo, da bo dnevno prehodila med 10 in 15 kilometrov, namen pa se je imela ustaviti za več dni v vseh večjih mestih. Sposodila sva si njeno knjigo in si začrtala načrt za naslednjih nekaj dni ter ugotovila, da si morava tako knjigo zaradi podatkov o pitnih vodah, mesih in vaseh zagotoviti tudi sama. Besede »It's not about the race, it's about the journey« (sl. Ne gre za dirko, gre za potovanje), ki jih je gospa izrekla ob najinem načrtu prehoditi med 30 in 50 kilometrov dnevno,  so naju kasneje spremljale in bodrile vse tja do Atlantika a se njihovega pomena takrat še nisva popolnoma zavedala.
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Credencial de palegrino. Foto:WWW
Po prihodu v začetno točko sva odšla v sprejemno pisarno,kjer sva srečala prve Slovence ter dobila Credencial, ki je neke vrste potni list vsakega popotnika. Vanj popotnik nabira žige po poti, o mestih in vaseh skozi katere je potoval, hkrati pa služi, kot dokument s katerim lahko popotnik prespi v državnih prenočiščih, ki stanejo precej manj kot zasebna. Hkrati je z njim možen cenejši obisk nekaterih cerkva, v nekaterih gostilnah pa se tudi cena kosila zniža za kakšen evro. Ura je bila ob odhodu iz pisarne že pozno zvečer, naslednji dan pa pot vodi skozi Pireneje, zato sva se odločila, da prespiva v mestnem kampu ter s potjo obračunava naslednje jutro. V trgovini sva nakupila še nekaj hrane za naslednji dan ter se odpravila spat.

Saint Jean Pied de Port

Pokrajina Pirenejev
Naslednje jutro 3.9. sva začela prvi del poti, ki naju je vodil čez Pireneje. Pot je bila dobro označena s školjko, ki je simbol svetega Jakoba. Po nekaj urah sva se nahajala na najvišji točki Pirenejev in pred seboj zagledala Španijo, kateri ni bilo videti konca. Na mehki travi sva se odpočila, nato pa se odpravila v dolino, kjer sva dobila prvi žig, kar nama je dalo nove motivacije. V nadaljnih dneh sva za seboj pustila zeleni del Španije, zvečer sva šotorila na travnikih in njivah blizu poti. Okopala sva se v Pirenejski reki in ponovno srečala Slovence. Težave nama je povzročalo začelo povzročati kuhanje in že kmalu tudi prazna jeklenka za plin. Nadomestne jeklenke nisva dobila tako sva kuhanje opustila in spoznala, da so kosila predraga za najin žep zato sva se ustavljala v barih kjer so naju po zmerni ceni pričakali hamburgerji in kebabi. Zvečer sva si ponavadi postregla z narezanimi mesninami. 
Pokrajina je postala bolj suha.

Pot sva nadaljevala skozi rumeno-rjavo špansko pokrajino, mimo požetih žitnih polj, najine noge pa so začele čutiti posledice hoje dan za dnem. Pojavili so se prvi žulji, prve bolečine v kolenih, teža nahrbtnika pa je rezala v hrbet. Reke so postajale vse bolj redke in vse bolj umazane in kmalu sva morala na vsakih nekaj dni plačati za tuš v hostlih ob poti. Večkrat sva se v bolečinah, lačna in žejna usedla na tla ter počivala, saj sva bila še vsaj nekaj kilometrov izven najbližje naselbine. V takih trenutkih sva se spominjala gospe in fraze o potovanju in ko pogledam nazaj lahko rečem, da sva živela pravo potepuško življenje. Zbujala sva se ob sončnih vzhodih ob vzklikih najzgodnejših popotnikov, ki so hodili mimo najinega šotora ter nama poskušali povedati, da je čas za na pot. V mestu ob poti sva kupila turističnega vodiča in tako sva vsak dan sproti planirala pot za naslednji dan, upoštevajoč najine trenutne bolečine, pot ki jo morava še prehodit in dneve do odhoda, ki so nama bili šteti. Prednosti šotorjenja kot do katere ure bova hodila, kako si bova razporedila pot, kje bova jedla in kje prenočevala sva zavedla šele kasneje. Popoldan sva ponavadi za kako minuto v največji vročini zatisnila oči v senci drevesa ali se ohladila v lokalni cerkvi zvečer sva si privoščila sončni zahod in utrujena zaspala v hotelu z milijoni zvezd. 

Ob poti sva pogosto opazila uničene čevlje, ki so opozarjali mimoidočega naj pazi na svojo opremo in tudi najina oprema je počasi začela popuščati, trgali so se šivi na nahrbtnikih in odlepili so se podplati pohodnih čevljev. V trenutkih pomankanja motivacije te je nasmeh in prijazna beseda ostalih pohodnikov opomnila, da smo ena družina, ki skrbi en za drugega ter da bomo skupaj nekega dne priši na cilj. V nekem mestu je ob poti za krepitev motivacije stala tudi fontana vina v kateri si lahko utrujeni popotnik natoči kozarec brezplačnega osvežilnega vina španske kleti in tako pridobi moč in voljo za premagovanje nadaljnih kilometrov.
Tipična ulica v španskih mestih.









Deveti dan najinega potovanja sva prespala na manjši vzpetini blizu cerkve. Kraj se nam je v toplem poletnem vremenu zdel kot nalašč za prenočevanje. V dolini pod nama so se vklapljale prve luči mesta v katerega sva se imela naslednji dan odpravit. Zaradi vetra sva postavila šotor v zavetje cerkve ter se pripravila na prenočevanje. Veter pa je okrog 23h pripihal tudi nevihtne oblake. V daljavi sva videla kako strele švigajo proti tlom in po kratkem premisleku sva ugotovila, da prenočevanje na hribu ni najbolj pametno. Hitro sva zvila skupaj šotor ter se v teku pognala po poti v dolino. Šele globoko v dolini sva našla manjšo jaso pod drevesi in upala, da bo najin šotor v primeru dežja nepremočljiv. 


Katedrala v Burgosu



Nevihta naju je ponoči obšla in prebudila sva se v čudovito jutro ter po velikem zajtrku nadaljevala s potjo. Prispela sva v večje mesto Burgos, ki naju je z izjemo veličastne katedrale razočaralo  s neprijaznostjo domačinov in željo izkoristiti turiste v mestu. Tu se je naramnica mojega nahrbtnika prvič odločila za nesodelovanje in šivilja ob poti je z veseljem popravila nastalo škodo. Kot prava otroka podeželja sva se odločila da sistema velikih mest ne obvladava in sklenila, da se bova le teh v prihodnosti poskušala bolj izogibati. Prenočila sva na obrobju mesta v nekem mestu, kjer se je le nekaj metrov od najinega šotora na piknik klopi zabavala mladina.
V naslednjih dneh sva doživela tudi prve dežne kaplje. Že v noči sva poslušala nevihte, ki so divjale okrog in okrog po dolini a naju do jutra niso dosegle. Šele zjutraj, ko sva se odpravila na pot s proti dežju zaščitenimi nahrbtniki, naju je dosegel dež in naju hladil med potjo. Tekom poti se je vreme razjasnilo in kmalu sva na toplem soncu posušila premočene obleke. Ponoči naju je dež ponovno presenetil in zjutraj sva spakirala moker šotor ter se odpravila dalje, saj časa za sušenje ni bilo. Kmalu  je to pustilo posledice in s spanjem v šotoru nisva mogla nadaljevati.
Veterne turbine na prelazih.
V naslednjih dneh se je najino potovanje obrnilo na glavo. Z idejo prenočevanja v državnih hostlih sva nadaljevala pot. Hostli ob poti so različnih vrst, nekateri streho nad glavo ponujajo za ceno 5 ali 6 evrov medtem, ko so nekateri ponujali streho v zameno za prostovoljne prispevke. Ob poti so tudi hostli v zasebni lasti kjer se cena hitro povzpe v višave. Cenejša prenočišča so bila sicer resnično bolj slabo obnovljena ter urejena, a nadomestitev za pomankanje udobja so ponujali prijazni oskrbniki. V hostlih, ki sprejemajo prostovoljne prispevke pa te povabijo tudi na skupinsko večerjo, kjer se ljudje spoznajo, razgovorijo in skujejo prijateljstva, ki tajajo še veliko let. Kmalu sva spoznala  prednosti prenočišč med katerimi je tudi socialna nota potovanja. Spoprijateljila sva se s popotniki s katerimi smo se srečevali vsak večer v prenočiščih. Skupaj smo začeli kuhati večerje, skupaj potovati in se spoznavati. Prenočišča imajo tudi svoje slabe strani. Večina popotnikov si začne iskati prenočišče okrog 13h, prenočišča so bila polna že okrog 16h, zato sva morala najino hojo prilagoditi. Odpadli so opoldanski počitki in dolgi mestni ogledi. Če sva v času šotorjenja hodila 30-40km od sončnega vzhoda do sončnega zahoda sva sedaj isto razdaljo prehodila do najkasneje treh popoldan.
Zanimiv problem so nama predstavljali španski delovni urniki. Odpiranje trgovin ob 9h ali 10h zjutraj, zapiranje za siesto okrog 14h ter ponovno odpiranje ob 17h. V izgubi občutka za čas sva pogosto pozabila, da je naslednji dan nedelja in tako ostala brez hrane za naslednji dan. Neke nedelje sva tako zvečer v hostlu naročila tudi večerjo. Na presenečenje je v nasprotju s običajnimi popotniškimi kosili le ta bila vredna svoje cene. 
Katedrala v Leonu.

Najvišje ležeča točka poti.
Noge so se začele navajati na pot in kilometre smo vsak dan lažje premagovali. Tekom poti se je na romanje priključevalo vedno več popotnikov. Sprehodili smo se skozi Leon in nekatera druga večja mesta. Prečkali smo prelaz, ki je najvišji vrh poti in tam pod križem pustili tudi svoj kamen – svoj greh. Pot smo nadaljevali po ponovno bolj zelenem delu Španije. Pridobili smo prijatelje in skupaj smo potovali iz prenočišča do prenočišča. Kmalu smo za seboj pustili kamen z napisom 100km do Santiaga de Compostele. Prečkali smo mesto Portomarin, ki leži ob poplavljeni dolini v namene akumulacije vode za hidroelektrarno. V času najinega prečkanja mesta so zaradi obnove jezu dolino izpraznili in pokazale so se ruševine običajno zalitega starega dela mesta.
Zadnji dan preden smo prispeli v Santiago de Compostela smo se ustavili 18 kilometrov pred mestom. Bil je dan sobote. Celotno pot smo si zadali tako da smo ciljali prihod v Santiago v nedeljo zaradi nedeljske maše. Naslednje jutro smo odrinili še po temi. Družba se je že pri štartu razkropila. Večina družbe s katero smo se na pot podali je imela za cilj postavljeno mesto Santiago, zato je bilo v zraku čutiti dobro vzdušje. Najin cilj je bil oddaljen še približno 90 kilometrov dlje, v Fisterri, mestu ki predstavlja najzahodnejšo točko evrope.  Tako smo 26 dne prišli v Santiago de Compostela. Ob prihodu v mesto smo imeli le malo časa do opoldanske maše in poiskati je bilo potrebno prostor za shrambo nahrbtnikov, saj v cerkev z njimi vstop ni dovoljen.
 



Posneli smo še nekaj slik in se udeležili svete maše, kjer so nas po starem običaju zadimili z kadilom. Kadilnica s katero to delajo je visoka približno meter, menihi pa jo s pomočjo škripčevja zanihajo čez celotno dolžino ladje cerkve. Po maši je bil še čas za odhod v pisarno za pohodnike, kjer smo prejeli potrdilo za uspešno opravljeno pot. Poiskali smo hostel in začelo se je praznovanje zaključka poti. Naslednji dan smo preživeli v raziskovanju mesta ter še eno noč ostali v mestu.





Plaža pred Fisterro.
Prišlo je jutro odhoda naprej proti Atlantiku. Iz Santiaga smo nadaljevali pot po označeni poti proti morju. Čez tri dni smo okrog 12h pripeli na plažo pred mestom Fisterra. V hotelu smo se okrepčali s pito in ob kavi uživali pogled na morje. Sezuli smo čevlje in ko so se noge po mesecu dni bose sprehodile po morski mivki smo le s težavo zadrževali solze. Nadaljevali smo pot v mesto, si rezervirali hostel ter se odpravili na kopanje. Uro pred sončnim zahodom smo se odpravili proti rtu in svetilniku, ki označuje najzahodnejšo točko evrope. Na rtu smo se posedli in brez govorjenja gledali kako sonce tone v Atlantski ocean ob zvokih dud, na katere je igral škot nekaj metrov proč. Občutka v tistem trenutku se ne da opisat, a ga skavti najlažje razumemo, ker je zelo podoben tistemo ko v tišini čakaš prižig ognja po napornem dnevu na taboru.
Sončni zahod iz "konca sveta".
Zadnji kamen, ki kaže pot.
Zjutraj smo se odpravili v nazaj proti Santiagu, od koder naju je čakalo letalo nazaj v Milano. A pred odhodom nas je čakal še težak trenutek slovesa od prijateljev in izmenjave daril. Obljubili smo se, da se obiščemo in se vkrcali na avtobus. Polet je potekal mirno in čez nekaj ur naju je čakal še zadnji del poti. V Sloveniji je bila že precej mrzla noč, ko sva si zadala nahrbtnike vsak na svoje rame in se odpravila, vsak v svojo smer pešačit še zadnje kilometre do doma.
Pot, ki so jo prehodili tisoči, začutil jo je vsak drugače in vsak se je vrnil drugačen. Kaj je drugače težko opišem, verjetno spoznanja, ki sva jih pridobila na poti. Zavedanje kako malo mora človek imeti za preživetje in srečo, spoznanje kako odprti so lahko ljudje okoli tebe in kako drugačni in hkrati podobni  so ti ne glede na njihovo nacionalnost, vero ali katerokoli drugo ločitev, ki si jo je izmislil svet.  Pridobitev novih prijateljstvev, novih znanj, občutka da si premaknil svoje meje višje nehote pusti v tebi sled.

nedelja, 25. januar 2015

Optimization in phisical life

It's a week since my last post and today i will be writing about thought I had this Friday when I was returning home from Ljubljana to my home village. My usual route takes me on the highway near Ljubjana and after approximately 80 kilometers i turn from highway to local road. After another 5 km i am at home.

This week traffic was a little different. In our lanes from Ljubljana traffic run smoothly but in the other way traffic was jammed because of accident. After few kilometers of traffic we saw emergency vehicle  trying to come on the site of the accident. Their progress was really slow because of drivers who didn't make enough space for them to pass by. This make me thinking about how important are minutes for persons in accident and how slow is help progressing.

Slovenian highways

I started thinking about optimization of traffic. Firstly i think we could use one lane reserved for emergency vehicles. This will make time from call to accident site smaller. But then i started thinking about traffic and why we even need so much cars and trucks on the highway. It's only because Slovenian public transport sucks. It is expensive, it is twice as slow as car ride and of course it is ancient.

There are some preposition for few years about building second rail for Slovenian trains. It is every year more necessary because of Slovenian port Luka Koper. It is important port for more then just Slovenian, it's important port for all central Europe. So why not making two more rails few meters from highway  and with that save money and time for repairs and maintenance. Around the rail there must be a lane where no trees are allowed so because is this same regulation as for high way same money can be saved.
Pillar broken by weight of ice

Furthermore i start thinking about electricity and internet. Last year Slovenia suffered because of icy storm that came and throw down many main electrical pillars. Because pillars were on not easy accessible terrain some parts of Slovenia had no power for more then 14 days. It was winter so people were really cold. If you put pillars near the highway they can be repaired and maintained much more easily.

As programers we are thought that we must optimize work but not only now but also in the future. Actually is that what every good owner would think of. I am sure that my preposition has some issues and of course it will cost a lot to build. But thinking about money which will not be spent because of smart placing is what makes me think it's good plan. With system like that lives and money could be saved. Slovenian Highway has two main parts. From east to west and from north to south and that's good since you cover most of Slovenia with that plan. Highway also comes to most of bigger cities and that's another positive think.