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 […]
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
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 […]
Queensday: I’ll be back on time!
THE PARTY OF THE YEAR If you are one of those unaware visitors arriving in Amsterdam in the morning of the 30th of April a dn expecting to have a couple of chilling smoky days in the capital of freedom, you will be simply amazed by what you will find just one step out of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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!
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!
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
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!
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!
– 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
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 […]
