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 […]
Orkneys Islands, a discovery of freedom
You may already know how much I love Orkneys Islands, as I included on my top 3 favourite islands some time ago, but here I would like to share with you the page of my diary written when I just arrived there, with all my astonishment and happiness to have made it to such an […]
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 […]
Holland: land of wind and windmills!
What a fairy land the country side of Holland is! A truly surprisingly beauty that I didn’t expect at all. As soon a s you step up from the city center, Holland invades your sight with its peaceful bucolic landscapes of green. You are not going to see the majestic mountain peaks of course, but […]
Riga, from far away lands to us…
The day I and my friend arrived to Riga we were almost at the end of our crazy journey that had brought us there in one week from Denmark, crossing Sweden, reaching Finland by 17 hour boat ride, getting to Helsinki where we didn’t find any accommodation, spending the day there and then sailing to […]
Terschelling, a Dutch surprise
Terschelling, Holland, September 1st, 2009 I just arrived and I already feel like finishing my 1st Travel Diary with the memories of Terschelling, this tiny unknown island that hides unique sceneries and that is already part of me.
Football, my true passion!
I was there and it was amazing! It was beautiful watching it, listening to it and being part of it. The moment of the National anthem gave me chills as I felt so much alive and in love with my country for the first time again, after so many years.
London, how it all began
It was the 23rd of July 2005 when I arrived in London for the 1st time . It was only few days after the bomb attack, everybody had suggested me and my friend not to go, but that place was calling us since ever. It was a deserved trip after a long year of study […]
Tasting the destinations…
I have always believed that the first half day you get anywhere is usually the sweetest! If you arrive in the morning it’s definitely too early. First of all you are tired already, the day is long and you tend to overdo due to all the time you have. Arriving in the early afternoon […]
