Category: Europe
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I must say that in visiting Vilnius I never get bored. In the Lithuanian capital another woman was waiting for me, again met through couchsurfing. With this one, however, we had written a lot and even talked on the phone. I had an idea that there was already a connection, but not that she would…
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The Tallinn-Helsinki ferry takes three hours to arrive in the Finnish capital. There are many of them and they are very comfortable, and there are also pleasant performances with folk music there. Finnish sauna and Indian killer The town center is small: 2 churches, a square and a market where they sell salmon in all…
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My trip to the Baltic countries lasted 11 days in August 2017 and I returned for a weekend in May 2023. This was the itinerary on my google maps. By Baltic countries I mean Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but also Finland. It was theoretically solo but in fact it was always in company because I…
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In August 2009 I decided to go to Russia with a brother who turned out to be the epitome of the wrong traveling companion. Of course, I am speaking for myself. We went as a group, for a week with agency; the sub-destinations were. When I bought a house, applying for a mortgage, I paid…
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For some, the car tour I tell about in this article will seem crazy. This on my mymaps is the itinerary with the main stops. This trip fits perfectly into my philosophy that it is better to sample more places. And yet despite the theoretically busy schedule, we were never in a hurry or feeling…
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I happened to sleep with snakes in the house on the occasion of my second time in Poland. But I have yet to finish the story of the first one. For our non-Italian reader friends, the term binone stands for when someone makes a commitment and then does not fulfill it, so it is a…
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Experiences in Romania, each time disasters is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me during my time in Romania. I went twice, in November 2011 and September 2024, always for long weekends. The first time I was in pairs, while the second time I was solo. Please note the audio is…
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On a weekend in April 2025 I managed to fulfill 2 wishes I had had in my head for a long time; to take a trip in an RV and the Italian Trans-Siberian Railway in Abruzzo. More generally, I wanted to delve into a Region that I had somewhat neglected until then and where I…
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For a place to absolutely visit, I am referring to Auschwitz, but I consider it an example. In fact, any of the other Nazi death camps and beyond could work just as well. Countless peoples have been martyred and exterminated throughout history, and for example, the injustices that to this day the State of Israel…
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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…