Putopisno predavanje pod nazivom „Solidarity Walk 4km/h“ u Chillton bar, donosi priču o putovanju pješice dugom preko 3000 kilometara.
Krajem 2016. godine Goran Blažević je krenuo na put tijekom kojeg je hodao od Petre u Jordanu do rodnog Umaga, noseći poruku mira i solidarnosti. Iskustva sa svog petomjesečnog hodanja pretočio je u knjigu pod nazivom „Svilim.“
Tijekom pet mjeseci hodanja Goran je iz uzavrele pustinje stigao do ledenih planina da bi nasposljetku izbio na Jadransko more. Na put je krenuo sam, bez ikakve logistike i sponzora, naoružan samo dobrom voljom i željom da pošalje poruku mira i solidarnosti.
Namjera mu je bila pratiti puteve po kojima su se kretale izbjeglice iz Sirije i Iraka. Prehodao je Jordan, Palestinu, Izrael, Cipar, Tursku, Grčku, Makedoniju, Albaniju, Crnu Goru i Hrvatsku, pješačeći do Umaga.
Putopisno predavanje bit će popraćeno fotografijama i video zapisima s Goranovog putovanja.
I’ve travelled in traditional ways, by buses and trains, tried hitchhiking and travelling by car. But the speed and different demands of such travel didn’t meet my expectations. Not until I realized I have to slow down my travels and thus slow down myself as well. I took my early walking steps a long time ago, hiking in the mountains of Velebit and Ćićarija. In 2010 I walked the famous pilgrimage Camino de Santiago and met first travellers-walkers. Camino was my first walking experience that lit the fire of love towards slow motion travel. However, despite such a wonderful experience I wanted to dive deeper into walkers’ uncertainty and its rhythm, and I couldn’t feel it on the well blazed paths of the Camino.
Therefore in 2011 I first cycled from Umag to Dubrovnik, and in the fall of the same year I followed a hiking trail through Istria in order to explore the region. I walked for nine days without a tent, each day arriving to a new village and asking for any kind of shelter to spend the night. In those nine days of loneliness and wandering, I met a lot of people who provided me with accommodation, food or any kind of help in this endeavour. I learned more about myself and the places I was walking through than in any previous travel. Since then my steps keep following ancient historical routes, connecting two dots on the map, visiting significant cultural or natural areas. Walking enables me to learn more about myself and the world around me.