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They say: Hamburg, my pearl. December 28th 2017: A Place To Be. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/28/place-to-be/ #thelongestway #germany

So I went to Hamburg, to the Bebelallee, which is a nice, calm boulevard in the north of the city. I did the same thing I had done eight months ago: I took my Letter Of Invitation and went to the Iranian consulate with it: And I got my new visa. Great success! Then I …
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An unanswered question. December 27th 2017: Generations. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/27/generations/ #thelongestway #germany

Went to see my grandparents today. There is a general sense of amusement when I show up at their house, I think it’s because of my hair and my beard. There is also a sense of relief because nothing has happened to me on the road. “When is the beard coming off?” they ask. “Once …
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Sunset in Turkistan. #hashtagstorm #christophrehage #thelongestway #кристофрехаге #雷克 #老雷 #travel #walking #turkistan #kazakhstan #mausoleum #timelapse #nosound
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Big Almaty Lake two months ago. There will be more. #ChristophRehage #TheLongestWay #кристофрехаге #雷克 #老雷 #travel #walking #Kazakhstan #Almaty #lake #timelapse #bigalmatylake
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Mountains over Big Almaty Lake. #ChristophRehage #TheLongestWay #кристофрехаге #雷克 #老雷 #travel #walking #Almaty #bigalmatylake #Kazakhstan #timelapse
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There's a recipe in here. December 26th 2017: Jägercocoa. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/26/jagercocoa/ #thelongestway #germany

Being home can be boring and unfulfilling at times, but it can also be great: Here’s a thing you can do when it’s great anyway: prepare a cup of hot cocoa, then add one generous shot of Jägermeister: Tastes like gingerbread, makes everything even greater. I had an interview with Mirror Media (�...
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‪It's 6:50am and I'm on a train that broke down because it hit a tree. I've been scaling down on social media use, and it feels good. Trump is still embarrassing himself? Surprise, surprise! He's like a tree that fell on the rails, blocking our way toward a more civilized future.‬

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Value is relative. December 25th 2017: The Greatest Gift Of All. https://thelongestway.com/20…/…/25/the-greatest-gift-of-all/ #thelongestway #germany

There was nothing I particularly wanted. I just enjoyed being home, and I thought I could use the opportunity to go through my hard drives and my diaries and check if everything was in order. Little did I know that I was going to make myself the single best Christmas present of all. You see, …
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This one is from Christmas.

So there I was, one year after the Christmas I had spent in Tashkent, the one where I was sad and confused because the Caboose had just died.

And this year, I was home.

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All too easy to forget that this was the one day of the year that made me want to be home and nowhere else: December 24th, Christmas Eve.

December 24th 2017: Merry Santa Hat. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/24/merry-santa-hat/ #thelongestway #germany

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So there I was, one year after the Christmas I had spent in Tashkent, the one where I was sad and confused because the Caboose had just died. And this year, I was home: All too easy to forget that this was the one day of the year that made me want to be home …
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Still a bit behind on the blog, but whatever. December 23rd 2017: Train Pain. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/23/train-pain/ #thelongestway #germany

I seemed to have caught a cold that wouldn’t go away that quickly. But since I was in Europe anyway, I wanted to get home for Christmas. So I took my cold and hopped on a train with it. And then another train. And another train. And another train. People were running around frantically: There …
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Fascinating description of John Chardin's 17th century business dealings in Persia:

- Chardin offers jewels to the king
- Nazir haggles on behalf of the king, passes supposedly secret information to Chardin that his jewels will be rejected as a "feint" to make him lower his price
- Nazir, hoping to have won Chardin's trust, then offers to buy the jewels himself

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What a bad movie. December 22nd 2017: Shit, Actually. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/22/shit-actually/ #thelongestway #luxembourg

Read an article the day before, I think it was in the Guardian, about how “Love, Actually” was a terrible movie and the worst of all romcoms. So today I decided to give it a shot: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, and that guy from “The Hobbit” (plus some other actors), a total of maybe eight …
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Smacks. December 21st 2017: Things You Didn't Know You Were Missing. https://thelongestway.com/…/12/21/things-didnt-know-missing/ #thelongestway #luxembourg

There are certain things that I can’t do when I’m on the road, and I don’t think about them very often. But as soon as I’m home I realize how much I’ve been missing them. Like having a bowl of cereal in the morning: Bowl. Cereal. Milk. Spoon. Yeah. It’s awesome.
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Letter of invitation. December 20th 2017: The Mushroom. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/20/the-mushroom/ #thelongestway #luxembourg

I finally got the confirmation for my Letter of Invitation to Iran. While it’s apparently possible to apply for an Iranian visa without one, I like to have it ready when I go to the consulate. So I won’t have to wait around that long. And also so I don’t have to worry that much. …
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No spoilers here. December 19th 2017: Don't Hate Porgs. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/19/dont-hate-porgs/ #thelongestway #luxembourg

I’m spending most of my time replying to emails and sorting through my stuff. I also just added the two Taiwanese editions of my books to the News section of my site: Then I got a cold. And then I went and saw Star Wars – The Last Jedi: I don’t want to give away …
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A dark friend. December 17th 2017: Gin And The Cat. https://thelongestway.com/2017/12/17/gin-and-the-cat/ #thelongestway #luxembourg

The night had turned into a night out: I ended up in a bar in the city center. The name of the bar has been lost in a stream of vodka and gin, but I remember talking to some people from the UK there. They were very sad about Brexit, and they said they were …
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Anyone else have problems accessing the tlw.kmz (Google Earth) file I am hosting on http://www.thelongredline.com ? People are telling me about compatibility issues...