The long way to Africa: 1st day
So here we go. Still dark outside, engine on, ready to depart from Reykjavk and finally start this adventure that is gonna finish only in round 6 months, and on the other side of the world. Yesterday at 6pm we met in a pub downtown Reykjavik to know each other and prepare the departure. This […]
Finally the day of the departure arrived!
So here we are! Few hours away from my dream that becomes reality! It’s hard to describe how I really feel tonight. I am excited. I know it because I have that recognisable chills under my feet ad in my stomach that doesn’t allow me to sleep and to rest my mind, that’s the sign […]
My 2012, what a year!
So, the longest year of my life is finally ending! This 2012 has been a great one , not only for the kilometers wandered, but also for the wonder and excitement that has been part of my daily life for 365 days. It was the 2nd of January when I found the ad by […]
A year of answering questions
A collection of the most quoted questions I heard during this year, waiting and planning Africa HOW DID YOU FIND OUT SUCH A PROJECT? On Internet. It was the 2nd of January of this year and I was on Facebook reading pages of travelers around the world and suddenly I found the […]
One month away from a dream!
So here we are! It’s exactly 11 months since I found the ad about Vikings Across Africa back in January, I have been talking and dreaming about this for more than 330 days, organizing everything of my preparation, and now, just according to what I planned, everything is happening…for real! I left my house last […]
Happy Birthday to me! One year of 1st impressions…
One year ago My 1st impressions was officially starting to hit my daily life and your daily network update !!! For me it was an exciting moment, it was almost like publishing a book, I could finally start sharing my travels and photos with my friends and with those who didn’t know me at […]
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 […]
The Blue Lagoon, at night!
The Blue Lagoon in Reykjavik is one of those surprising places and experiences that managed to make me forget about everything and enjoy a great moment of pure pleasure while traveling. I even didn’t want to go there, at the very beginning. I had been already in a Blue Lagoon, one year earlier, in Mivatn, […]
Prague, like a fairy tale
It was 2004 and with some of my best friends we decided to head to Dresden to visit a friend of ours who was in Erasmus there. We spent some days in Dresden and then from there we decided to go to Prague, as it was a stroll away and as it was going to […]
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 […]
I travel alone!
As you may already know at this stage I do love traveling alone. When I decide to travel alone is most of the time not only by chance but it’s my choice, and the more I travel by myself the more I like it. There are several points that make a solo travel something to […]
On the way to Africa: an emotional update
It’s less than 3 months left now! It’s becoming exciting and also scary at the same time. I am leaving a place where I have been for four amazing years, I am leaving my friends and my daily life to pursue a dream of freedom and it cannot be more scary than this. The plan […]
Møns Klint and the lucky stars!
“Basta with these cities…they look all the same!!! ” these were my famous words on the train leaving Copenhagen and heading to the little island of Møns Klint with my friend back in the summer 2005. We had spent few days in the Danish capital, and it was still amazing but we were tired to […]
A little bit of Metal…
Baroeg Open Air festival has been one of the coolest metal events I have ever been since long time. Great weather, great people, liters and liters of beer and two stages where new Metal Bands and Old Ones performed all day, from 1pm to midnight. The entrance to the festival was free. This made […]
Bergen, my Norwegian love
20th June 2003 I go back to the starting point, there where everything started one yeat ago, the most beautiful and unpredictable year of my life. I haven’t even walked through the town yet, but I feel Bergen is the same than last year the same as usual, and I love it more than before […]
You can call me Manu
Here it is some curios facts you may find interesting, funny or if you know me in person just typical me! – I am left handed – I speak Norwegian – I actually have a Degree in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures (Norwegian and Danish) in Rome – I am a cat person who is […]
A sunset to remember
What a great day of sun, light and warm I just had this weekend, one of those perfect days when mother Earth makes it everything posssible, even bathing in the Northern Sea with 30 degrees celsius. It may be that this was the last day of summer here in Holland, or at least for me […]
Dreaming Africa
Well, the big steps for this crazy adventure to begin have been prepared in the past few months. First it was the decision, in early January, just after I found the ad of Garry, the organizer, who was looking for some crazy adventurer to go all the way from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Cape Town, South […]
Happy Birthday Bro!
Today my brother turns 30! 🙂 I will be far from home, as usual, but feel sad not to have the chance to celebrate it with him. I wanna use this page to wish my brother not only Happy Birthday, but the best he can have and guess in life. I shared a lifetime with […]
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 […]
