{"id":1893,"date":"2025-06-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2025-06-15T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:30:18","slug":"miserable-in-my-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Miserable in my hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

#throwback – June 5, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in the morning I hear a barking deer again, but this time it doesn\u2019t startle me. Once warned, twice prepared\u2014but still, what a bloody racket those animals make. I take my time with a lazy, cozy morning, and then head toward Norrk\u00f6ping, a large city by Swedish standards. Bad weather is on the way, and camping near a \u201cdensely populated\u201d area isn\u2019t really an option, so I book a hotel where I can do some laundry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And indeed, the weather shifts\u2014dark skies, thunder, lightning. At first glance, Norrk\u00f6ping<\/a> seems like an ugly city, with a cold-looking church and impersonal buildings. The rain doesn\u2019t help; it starts pouring down. But my impression of the city ends up changing completely. It\u2019s actually a remarkable place. First of all, it\u2019s a university town\u2014and you can feel it. There\u2019s a certain energy in the air. It reminds me of Utrecht. The city center is full of surprises. The architecture seems like a jumble of styles, but somehow it all works and keeps surprising you. And the waterfalls running right through the middle of town\u2014absolutely unique!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rain keeps coming, so I quickly head to my hotel, but that turns out to be a disappointment: there\u2019s no washing machine. Even though it clearly said so on the website. I\u2019m annoyed\u2014I now have to wash everything by hand. The woman at the hotel finds it strange that I want to do laundry\u2014after all, I\u2019m only staying one night. I don\u2019t argue. She\u2019s only available by phone, and there\u2019s nothing I can change now anyway. I do plan to file a complaint later about the false information. Next time, I\u2019ll call the place directly before I book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That evening, I come to a crucial realization: in the hotel, I suddenly feel lonely and miserable. It\u2019s a feeling I never have in nature or in my tent. Not once. I\u2019ve read many books by backpackers who, after a few days in the tent, long for a real bed. But not me. I sleep wonderfully in my tent. It\u2019s clear now\u2014my tent is my home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#throwback – June 5, 2024 Early in the morning I hear a barking deer again, but this time it doesn\u2019t startle me. Once warned, twice prepared\u2014but still, what a bloody racket those animals make. I… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[164,98,191,63],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs-en","tag-blogs-eng","tag-sabbatical-2024","tag-saint-birgitta-ways","tag-sweden"],"yoast_head":"\nMiserable in my hotel - FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Miserable in my hotel - FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"#throwback – June 5, 2024 Early in the morning I hear a barking deer again, but this time it doesn\u2019t startle me. Once warned, twice prepared\u2014but still, what a bloody racket those animals make. I… More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-15T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-15T18:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marnix van der Lijn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marnix van der Lijn\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marnix van der Lijn\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db\"},\"headline\":\"Miserable in my hotel\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-15T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-15T18:30:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Blogs ENG\",\"sabbatical 2024\",\"Saint Birgitta Ways\",\"Sweden\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blogs ENG\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/\",\"name\":\"Miserable in my hotel - FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-15T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-15T18:30:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/miserable-in-my-hotel\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Miserable in my hotel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM\",\"description\":\"Hiking & writing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db\",\"name\":\"Marnix van der Lijn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo_fof.svg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo_fof.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo_fof.svg\",\"width\":1160,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Marnix van der Lijn\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo_fof.svg\"},\"description\":\"Ik ben Marnix (1964), schrijver, langeafstandswandelaar en minimalist in hart en nieren. Na een loopbaan in de commerci\u00eble wereld, coaching en training, en jarenlange inzet in de vluchtelingenopvang, koos ik op mijn zestigste voor een radicale wending: ik gaf mezelf een sabbatical en trok de wereld in \u2013 te voet. Wat begon als een plan om 10.000 kilometer door Europa te wandelen, groeide uit tot iets veel groters: een nieuwe manier van leven. In negen maanden legde ik meer dan 5.500 kilometer af, met alleen mijn tent, schrijfboek, wandelkar (die ik liefdevol \u2018Wheelie\u2019 noem) en mijn barefoot schoenen. Al lopend ontdekte ik dat dit mijn pad is: een nomadisch bestaan, schrijvend onderweg. Ik geloof in het ritme van de voeten, in eenvoud, traagheid en aanwezigheid. Reizen zonder haast, leven met weinig, en onderweg de verhalen vangen die zich aandienen. Mijn missie? De schoonheid van vertraging, vrijheid en verbondenheid tastbaar maken in woorden. Ik b\u00e9n onderweg. En daar voel ik me thuis.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/marnix_footsteps_of_freedom\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\\\/en\\\/author\\\/cheersmarnix\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Miserable in my hotel - FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Miserable in my hotel - FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM","og_description":"#throwback – June 5, 2024 Early in the morning I hear a barking deer again, but this time it doesn\u2019t startle me. Once warned, twice prepared\u2014but still, what a bloody racket those animals make. I… More","og_url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/","og_site_name":"FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM","article_published_time":"2025-06-15T18:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-15T18:30:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Marnix van der Lijn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marnix van der Lijn","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/"},"author":{"name":"Marnix van der Lijn","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db"},"headline":"Miserable in my hotel","datePublished":"2025-06-15T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-15T18:30:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/"},"wordCount":379,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg","keywords":["Blogs ENG","sabbatical 2024","Saint Birgitta Ways","Sweden"],"articleSection":["Blogs ENG"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/","url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/","name":"Miserable in my hotel - FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-06-15T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-15T18:30:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg","width":1600,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/miserable-in-my-hotel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Miserable in my hotel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/","name":"FOOTSTEPS OF FREEDOM","description":"Hiking & writing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3378b8c210d8e714eabad2dc1764e0db","name":"Marnix van der Lijn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo_fof.svg","url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo_fof.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo_fof.svg","width":1160,"height":250,"caption":"Marnix van der Lijn"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo_fof.svg"},"description":"Ik ben Marnix (1964), schrijver, langeafstandswandelaar en minimalist in hart en nieren. Na een loopbaan in de commerci\u00eble wereld, coaching en training, en jarenlange inzet in de vluchtelingenopvang, koos ik op mijn zestigste voor een radicale wending: ik gaf mezelf een sabbatical en trok de wereld in \u2013 te voet. Wat begon als een plan om 10.000 kilometer door Europa te wandelen, groeide uit tot iets veel groters: een nieuwe manier van leven. In negen maanden legde ik meer dan 5.500 kilometer af, met alleen mijn tent, schrijfboek, wandelkar (die ik liefdevol \u2018Wheelie\u2019 noem) en mijn barefoot schoenen. Al lopend ontdekte ik dat dit mijn pad is: een nomadisch bestaan, schrijvend onderweg. Ik geloof in het ritme van de voeten, in eenvoud, traagheid en aanwezigheid. Reizen zonder haast, leven met weinig, en onderweg de verhalen vangen die zich aandienen. Mijn missie? De schoonheid van vertraging, vrijheid en verbondenheid tastbaar maken in woorden. Ik b\u00e9n onderweg. En daar voel ik me thuis.","sameAs":["https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marnix_footsteps_of_freedom\/"],"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/author\/cheersmarnix\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-36-even-zon.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/the-fatigue-sets-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":1893,"position":0},"title":"The fatigue sets in","author":"Marnix van der Lijn","date":"4 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"#throwback - May 4, 2024 I sleep incredibly well on my first night in the tent, but still, I spend much of the day taking it easy. The exhaustion of the past few months is definitely catching up with me. It\u2019s cold in the morning, but with the right gear,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs ENG"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs ENG","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-4-strand.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-4-strand.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-4-strand.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-4-strand.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-4-strand.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":240,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/the-first-100-km-are-behind-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":1893,"position":1},"title":"The first 100 km are behind me!","author":"Marnix van der Lijn","date":"5 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"#throwback - May 5, 2024 I eat my breakfast on a bench and linger there for quite a while, soaking up the morning sun. I had already packed my gear early because rain was in the forecast, but for now, the sky stays dry. I just can\u2019t seem to get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs ENG"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs ENG","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-5-typisch.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-5-typisch.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-5-typisch.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-5-typisch.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-5-typisch.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-5-typisch.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":960,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/huskvarna-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1893,"position":2},"title":"Huskvarna","author":"Marnix van der Lijn","date":"23 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"#throwback - May 23, 2024 Made It on Time! I actually manage to hit the trail on time today! I want to arrive at the hostel early enough to do laundry\u2014that\u2019s the main reason I booked a room. Wild camping near a big city isn\u2019t easy either, so this is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs ENG"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs ENG","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-23-jongetje.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-23-jongetje.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-23-jongetje.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-23-jongetje.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-23-jongetje.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-23-jongetje.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":317,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/the-great-letting-go-has-begun\/","url_meta":{"origin":1893,"position":3},"title":"The great letting go has begun!","author":"Marnix van der Lijn","date":"16 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"May 16, 2024 In the morning, I fry some eggs on my beach. I have a big appetite, and it stays with me all day. I eat often. One of my decisions has been to eat when I\u2019m hungry, not at set times. During the first two weeks I ate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs ENG"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs ENG","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-16-kamperen-verboden-e1748094595533.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-16-kamperen-verboden-e1748094595533.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-16-kamperen-verboden-e1748094595533.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-16-kamperen-verboden-e1748094595533.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-16-kamperen-verboden-e1748094595533.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1996,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/double-rainbow\/","url_meta":{"origin":1893,"position":4},"title":"Double Rainbow","author":"Marnix van der Lijn","date":"27 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"#throwback - 9 June 2024 Yesterday we went to bed very early, especially David John, and that\u2019s why we wake up very early today. I follow D.J.\u2019s example and by 7:30 a.m. (yes, you read that right) I\u2019m packed and on my way. I\u2019m not really in the mood for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs ENG"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs ENG","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-40-dubbele-regenboog.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-40-dubbele-regenboog.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-40-dubbele-regenboog.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-40-dubbele-regenboog.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-40-dubbele-regenboog.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dag-40-dubbele-regenboog.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":214,"url":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/malmo-the-beginning-of-my-swedish-adventure\/","url_meta":{"origin":1893,"position":5},"title":"Malm\u00f6 \u2013 the beginning of my Swedish adventure","author":"Marnix van der Lijn","date":"3 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"#throwback - May 3, 2024 After a wonderful night\u2019s sleep in Copenhagen, and a walk through the city\u2019s new harbor district, I catch the train to Malm\u00f6. A short 40-minute ride. And just like that\u2014I\u2019ve arrived in Sweden! A country I\u2019ve never been to and know very little about. It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs ENG"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs ENG","link":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-3-torso-e1747027525276.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-3-torso-e1747027525276.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-3-torso-e1747027525276.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-3-torso-e1747027525276.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dag-3-torso-e1747027525276.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footstepsoffreedom.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}