Month: May 2025
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The first video from the trip to Turkey is from Ankara, the capital city. It will be a 10-day trip, solo and using public transportation, that is, the kind I prefer. First almost live video from Turkey trip On my maps here is where I am and the route taken since my arrival in Turkey.…
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It is not so easy nowadays to have encounters in bars; a very pleasant one happened to me in Bruges. I put in this article everything related to the Belgium part, including one anecdote of real and one virtual meeting. The message of this article is that sometimes, if you are traveling solo, some evenings…
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New Year’s Eve Celebration in the Desert is a verbatim account of the travel oddities that happened to me in Oman. Specifically I went in December 2022 for 9 days, solo and rented a car. Three of those days, however, I spent in the United Arab Emirates, and for those there is already this podcast…
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Outside Tehran, the rest of the trip to Iran I did by moving around in the very comfortable buses. The cities are less chaotic and you get to breathe oxygen again. In August it is very hot, we are in desert territory, and I well remember a certain sense of suffocation when I got off…
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A tour of Europe by bus was a novelty since my traveling tours had always been by train or car. Overall I was not satisfied with it, although the places visited were beautiful. On Frankfurt I had gathered conflicting opinions, I decided to spend a few hours there. I can say that it is interesting,…
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Where Cars Disappear is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me during my trip to theisland of Cyprus. It was a trip of only 8 days, in December 2023, but very rich in anecdotes. In particular there was trouble with cars and encounters both human and animal. Please note the audio…
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Walking in the Casentino Forest Park has now become a pleasant habit. This is the park’s website with many directions for visiting it. If I can’t be away one night, but I have enough time, on the weekend I do the hour and a half I need to get there. If I have more time,…
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Already on the first day of my trip to Iran, I had confirmation of what I had already realized by informing myself from reliable sources.Iran is like a hidden treasure chest, so much so that people are amazed to see you, especially alone. I settle in, almost, immediately In the touching museum of the Holy…
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The majority of people decided not to travel during Covid. I when possible and respecting all directions, I did. But I didn’t take planes or go out of Europe. This was a two-week, solo trip by public transport in August 2021 between Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. The destinations were. Here is the itinerary on my…
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Toasting marshmallows on a volcano is a verbatim account of the travel oddities that happened to me in Guatemala, Honduras and Belize. In particular, it was my first group travel adventure genre. Although truth be told it was more of a Spartan trip. For those not yet familiar with them, you can find out what…