Sinterklaas in Amsterdam
I am not a big Christmas fan at all, but I must admit the arrival of Sintaklaas in Amsterdam is contagious and today I experienced it! The legend say that Sinter Klaas, Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Mira, came to Holland from Turkey before reaching his final destination in Spain. And every year he comes back […]
A step closer to Africa
A step closer to Africa and another further from Amsterdam: that’s how I feel at the beginning of this November, on my last month in my house in Amsterdam, with my friends, at work and on the month of My1stimpressions 1st birthday. Good news is: I found my 1st Sponsor. GlobeLink Travel Insurance is […]
A day in pink at Amsterdam Gay Parade
I must say when Amsterdam wants to party, it does it right! This year, it was the first time I was in town for the Gay Pride, as I am usually hanging around Edinbugh this time of the year. Here in the Dam, the 2 most important days of the year are Queensday and The […]
Good Bye Argentina!
What a strange and sad feeling leaving Argentina and its people. Until the last moment, this country has showed me such a joyful sense of friendship and welcome, that at my departure I felt surprisingly sad to leave. Argentina, a place to discover and enjoy. Its people love complaining about their country but they are […]
Puerto Madryn, goodbye Patagonia
My last stop in Patagonia is Puerto Madryn, on the East cost, and it couldn’t be better, after long sleepless night on a bus from Comodoro, and before another one on a bus to Buenos Aires. Puerto Madryn gave me a sip of sun and warmth after the cold temperature and for both body and […]
Somewhere in Tierra Del Fuego
This journey to and through Tierra Del Fuego is an adventure itself and it’s really enduring all my resistance. I left El Calafate at 3 in the morning heading to Rio Gallegos, where I got the connection to Ushuaia after a couple of hour waiting at the sunrise in the station. And then it started. I couldn”t […]
El Chalten, at Mother Nature’s home
When I arrived to El Chalten I was not sure about my decision, as the weather was not going to be very nice and it looked like a place where you can only go hiking an that’s it. It thought I may have slowed don my trip but, as I was here, what I could […]
Perito Moreno, Patagonia of my heart
I must admit that today I got chills standing in front of the Glacier Perito Moreno! It was ages I didn’t feel such an emotion for a place that made me almost cry at the end. The first impression I had of the Glacier is that it’s alive. I could feel it, even on the […]
El Bolsón, la buena onda
Only 2 hours bus from Bariloche, that for Argentina is almost like you can go walking, among beautiful mountains peaks coloured by the warm autumn Nature, lays El Bolsón, a village what wouldn’t attract the attention of anybody if it wasn’t for the fact that it has been chosen by a hippie community as their […]
Bariloche, touching the blue
Arriving to Bariloche is a wonderful sweet surprise that enchants all your senses. The town lays quiet on the shores of a wonderful blue water lake, surrounded by high mountain ranges: it’s the Andes and this is the first time I see them. The Andes embrace this area refreshing it with a cool breeze all […]
Waking up in the Pampas…
07:35 am, April 13th…Somewhere in the Pampas of Argentina Waking up in the middle of the Argentinian pampas is like waking up on a different planet. What I am watching now from my window is simply one of the most a spectacular landscapes ever seen. It’s desert, no sign of human life is around, the […]
Impressions of a 20 hour bus travel …
23:00 pm, APRIL 12th 2012 I have left Buenos Aires at 2pm this afternoon to start a crazy 20 hour trip with destination San Carlos De Bariloche. It’s 11pm now. I am on this bus a already since 9 hours and I will arrive at destination in 12. I have already watched 4 movies, read […]
El caminito in La Boca, a walk into the rainbow…
Leaving the centre of Buenos Aires and arriving at la Boca, one of the eldest and most popular areas of the town, is simply a joy as you can see how the urban landscape can change so easily in a town so big and how even a urban town like this one can transform in […]
Buenos Aires’ good air
I AM FINALLY IN ARGENTINA and still cannot believe it yet. The warm air that welcomed me outside the airport on my arrival, together with the warm welcome of my family remember me that I had arrived on the other side of the world, where summer has just finished its course and slowly and lazy […]
Madrid…tasting the Latin world
My 1stimpressions of Madrid is of a beautiful European town, big but also cosy enought to feel imemdiately at home. That’s the feeling I had when I went out of the metro this afternoon and a sunny cold day welcome me in the Spansh capital. The architecture of the houses remembers me the one of […]
Here we are: ready for a new adventure
FINALLY! The day is arrived and I cannot believe it. I have been busy and waiting for this moment since so long that I cannot really focus on the fact that tomororw this great adventure starts. Everything is ready. My backpack is full, completely packed with winter and summer clothes, as I will have to […]
Antwerpen: a tasty blissfull experience!
ARRIVING TO THE GROTE MARKT of Antwerpen, the main square of the town, is a joy for your eyes and a dive into the great past of this merchant Medieval town. On the map Antwerpen appears like a very complicated town, an network of little streets all leading to the heart of the town, under […]
Eternal Rome
GOING BACK TO ROME is like going back in time, my lifetime and history time. It’s a feeling that welcomes me since the moment I step off the plane every time, when the noisy sunny atmosphere immediately introduces me back to the Italian way. Rome is incredibly unique in the entire world, and the more […]
Aachen, ancient and enchanting Empress
Aachen! What a marvelous surprise you were hiding behind your German name! And so it happened that I went to Aachen to find the X’mas spirit, in one of the most beautiful and famous Christmas market of Germany, and, in front of the reliquaries of Charles the Great, I suddenly discovered that Aachen, called […]
Saudaje of Iceland
I still have in my eyes the beauty of Videy, a small island just in front of Reykjavik, peaceful and incredibly beautiful, I still have in my mind the beautiful icelandic people met on my last night at the hostel, their easy and friendly way to get in touch with people, their joy in introducing […]
