Sevilla, Mediterranean guardian…

Manu | 5 April 2012 | no comments
Sevilla, Mediterranean guardian…

SEVILLA, 8TH MAY 2005 Seville…Seville is the South world that widely open its doors to me, with its colour and warmth, its people, its music that brings  my mind and my heart back to my old habits of a quiet life, the one I run away from because it din’t suit my soul’s restlessness. Seville […]

Skydiving and the chill of flying the Infinite

Manu | 2 April 2012 | 2 comments
Skydiving and the chill of flying the Infinite

IF THERE WAS  a feeling that can ever be called happiness…then it must be this one! Skydiving has been the most crazy, amazing, incredible thing ever done in life, so good and unforgettable, so unique and exciting that I will do it for sure again and again. The fear and the adrenaline keep yourself up […]

The day I arrived in Auckland…

Manu | 22 March 2012 | no comments
The day I arrived in Auckland…

AUCKLAND, NZ, MARCH 23rd 2008 It was almost a shock to leave the isolated and majestic scenery of Milford Sound and get welcome by the urban reality of Auckland! In the imagination of everybody Auckland tastes like sea salt and has the blue as a main colour, but the truth is that when you arrive […]

Getting ready to Argentina!

Manu | 18 March 2012 | no comments
Getting ready to Argentina!

FEW DAYS AGO I was checking the map of Argentina, trying to organize my trip, my times, my destinations, and I found out Montevideo! Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, is just in front of Buenos Aires and “only”10 hours far by bus. It sounds like a lively and amazing town, with its colonial atmosphere and […]

Vestmannaeyjar: unpronounceable and unforgettable!

Manu | 15 March 2012 | no comments
Vestmannaeyjar: unpronounceable and unforgettable!

HEYMAEY ISLAND, MARCH 15TH 2010! Getting to Heymaey, even if so close to the Icelandic coast, has been a travel itself. The ferry from Þorlákshöfn takes an absurd ride for about 3 hours before docking. That means if the sea is not calm like it was today, it can be hell. In fact, even with […]

3 Secrets of a solo traveler

Manu | 5 March 2012 | 2 comments
3 Secrets of a solo traveler

TRAVELING ALONE is one of the challenges of a lifetime. There are people who will never be able to do it, people who constantly need to do everything with some company, and people who have done it once and they cannot stop thinking of repeating it, just to feel again the same amazing adrenaline of […]

Antwerpen: a tasty blissfull experience!

Manu | 27 February 2012 | 1 comment
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

Manu | 22 February 2012 | no comments
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 […]

Argentina…the reasons of a dream!

Manu | 12 February 2012 | no comments
Argentina…the reasons of a dream!

FINALLY!!! I cannot believe it! In April I am going to Argentina! Where do I start from, once there? What to see, what to do, how to go all the way down to Ushuaia and ten thousands more questions are at the moment in my mind! Argentina has been one of my lifetime destinations for […]

3 small islands to know!

Manu | 8 February 2012 | no comments
3 small islands to know!

IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE… Seen with the eyes of the rest of the world, Europe is a tiny Continent where everything is different and close at the same time. Considering its surface, you would say there are even too many people living in Europe, and you would probably never expect to […]

My Travel mates (Part #2)

Manu | 31 January 2012 | no comments
My Travel mates (Part #2)

MY CAMERAS My second travel mate is my camera. Me and my camera, always. My third eye, what transforms my emotions in imagines. I have had 3 cameras in the past 10 years. My old Nikon E2200 was a present from a very old friend. I got it in 2004 and with it I traveled […]

Tallinn, Medieval sweetness

Manu | 29 January 2012 | no comments
Tallinn, Medieval sweetness

TALLINN, ESTONIA, SEPTEMBER 4TH 2005 Tallinn and its colours, its narrow streets, its cute old Old City, its friendly and merry people has really astonished me. I had heard so many good things about this town before arriving, but I really didn’t imagine it so beautiful. It has the charisma and the taste of Praga, […]

My travel mates (Part #1)

Manu | 25 January 2012 | no comments
My travel mates (Part #1)

MY FAMOUS GREEN BACKPACK Long time ago, at the time when I was living in Edinburgh, Scotland, I went to a special exhibition about Life, the common life of people. People in town had been asked to donate an important object of their life, symbolizing stories, their stories and emotions, and to write down a […]

Lofoten, lost paradise of Norway

Manu | 11 January 2012 | no comments
Lofoten, lost paradise of Norway

LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY, JUNE 14th, 2003 We have truly arrived at the end of the world, both the human world and the natural one. Everything is extreme up here: weather, life, distances. My daily life from the beginning of summer is so far away.We are almost in a dimension of the afterlife, needed by the […]

A view of Sydney and a promise to come back!

Manu | 31 December 2011 | no comments
A view of Sydney and a promise to come back!

SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA, MARCH 28th 2008 Luckily this trip ends in Sydney. It will help me to make peace with Australia, with this world that I probably didn’t fully understand, but that Sydney allows you to forget, making you lose yourself among its sweet hills and breathtaking views of cliffs on the sea, and the opera […]

Sicily, a touch of sun!

Manu | 27 December 2011 | no comments
Sicily, a touch of sun!

  Sicily, December 31st, 2010 Sicily gave me her welcome with an hug and a smiling sun. Coming from Amsterdam and its 0 degrees and landing in Catania, with 18 has been one of the best arrivals ever at the end of December. What a great feeling walking out of the plane and feeling the […]

Aachen, ancient and enchanting Empress

Manu | 20 December 2011 | no comments
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 […]

Brussels: capital of Europe!

Manu | 13 December 2011 | no comments
Brussels: capital of Europe!

    Brussels, Belgium, January 17th, 2009 This 2009 has barely begun and it already wants me on the road, I’m almost at the end of these old pages and along comes the sign of so many other paths to travel during this new year. I know it. I start the new year with a European […]

Few things about the Icelanders!

Manu | 5 December 2011 | no comments
Few things about the Icelanders!

– Icelanders make the best hot chocolate in the world! And their cinnamon cookies and the eggnog are simply delicious!!! – Icelanders love Christmas! They transform their towns, villages, houses in cozy worlds of colours, with lights everywhere. They offer you Christmas cookies even on the plane, they can wait hours on a frozen  evening […]

Saudaje of Iceland

Manu | 4 December 2011 | no comments
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 […]