There’s a world around us. It’s vast. And I don’t know it very well.

When we were kids, we were curious about everything.

We wanted to try everything and laughed a lot.

I was born beyond the eastern wall, I grew up and matured in the west.

I laugh probably less than before, but still I’m curious about the surrounding world. I always look with my eyes of a kid. And I’ll do anything not to lose it.

My “work” on this travel blog is to tell stories. My stories.

I’ve always struggled to find a fulfilling job, which would define who I am. I didn’t want to find myself in a place different from what I was aspiring to. The blog was a sort of gamble, a bet on my dreams. So that’s how I decided to live and this is how I live. For the moment. Honestly, I don’t think I belong to the world of business and daily routine. I think it would drive me crazy or I would make crazy my potential employer. However, one must fit into this society, one must be “productive.” So here I am being productive in my own way. I can “work” until morning without noticing the time flowing and without losing my smile.

I’m not a big fish, but still my day isn’t monotonous. I have no car, no driving license. I travel by bike, on foot, hitch-hiking, in the public transport, carpooling, etc., and it doesn’t matter … I don’t miss anything, I have a roof over my head, I eat my share, I have something to wear, I can go unannounced and casually say “hello” to my family, and I enjoy it. The family circle is important. It became even more than ever before. What is the purpose of saving money if the passing time separates us from our beloved ones?

My greatest luxury thanks to this travel blog ? Time. The freedom to do almost anything I want. I don’t get up early in the morning. (Except for when travelling) \ o /

Honestly, I don’t care what others think. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. I don’t have to be in the spotlight to feel alive. I have my fifteen minutes of fame thanks to you, my readers. Trying to be free nowadays, pisses off the others, because you are behaving differently. But freedom is enough for me…

I always wanted to tell the stories, to share my vision of the world, even if I don’t have the soul of an artist.

I like to picture myself as a storyteller. As an old man who would tell about his youthful adventures, with his hoarse voice, during long winter evenings. sitting by the fire (even if I don’t age, nor grow beard, nor have a hoarse voice). I haven’t probably tell the best stories and shown the most beautiful photos (so far), but I continue.

I work. I persist. I believe in the virtue of obstinacy. I believe in work, challenge, desire, passion. More than anything, I believe in myself. I have no choice. I never felt that a society believes in our generation. A load of revenge and this disillusionment is reciprocal.

My philosophy of travelling

For me, travelling is a burning desire. One of the things that make me happy, it makes me feel like getting up in the morning with a smile. If I could afford it and if it was only up to me, I would constantly be on the road. But if I really had the means, maybe I wouldn’t travel at all. The challenges are also within us.

I want to make a lot of memories so that I won’t have to even turn on the TV when I’m too old, tired and sick to walk.

If you’d like to write me a postcard, this is my parents’ address. I move often, but I’ll always receive your postcard (or your letter) if you write to me there.

Piotr Kroczak

20 chemin de la Blotiere

45260 Thimory

FRANCE

My photo equipment

former

  • Canon EOS 50 D which belongs to Magda
  • Tamron 18-270 mm
  • Canon 50 mm f1.8

new

  • a refurbished Canon 5D mark 2 used
  • a refurbished Canon 24-70 f2.8 L

Despite the fact that I have around me people who are familiar with photography, I started working very late wirh the Raw format. In September 2012, to be precise.

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Sincerely.

Piotr