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No, I don’t want to list the world’s must-see museums. After all, they’re simply the most famous ones—the ones everyone already knows. I don’t think I’ve managed to give a single piece of advice in this blog post. If one slipped out, I apologize—I didn’t mean to. I believe that every traveler, like every healthy…
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The expression fairy chimneys is used to identify the fantastic rock formations in Cappadocia, Turkey. With this article it gives space for other videos and photos taken in my wanderings both by hot air balloon, but mostly on foot. In particular I observed them around the town of Goreme. The colorful hot air balloons that…
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That of seeing Mount Ararat was one of the inescapable goals of my trip to the Caucasus. Mount Ararat is just the famous one in the Bible, and where Noah would have leaned with his ark. This live video from Armenia is the last I publish from my solo trip to the three countries in…
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This video from Georgia is the second one I’m posting from my solo trip. It’s the second report on the three countries of the Caucasus, located between Europe (Russia) and Asia (Iran). Since I have limited time, I’m also taking tours with local agencies to make the most of it. I flew to Georgia from…
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Here I am almost live in this video from Azerbaijan. They are in Baku, the capital, on the waterfront on the shore of the Caspian Sea . It is a very nice, neat city that mixes well the old heart, the super modern part, and all the architecture of the late 1800s and early 1900s,…
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In this article dated May 27, 2026, I discuss the destination Caucasus with one day to go. The 10-day trip with a taste of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia will be solo, using public transportation and some locally taken tours. Below is the assumed itinerary: As is often the case with me, someone will think I…
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Getting around by public transportation, in addition to sleeping in budget accommodations, is now one of the few ways to find something original and strange in a trip. Public transportation in Turkey works just fine. But some strangeness can be found and at least you mix a little with the population. For example, the saying…
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In fact now Caporetto would not seem a sad place to see at all. Especially if one does not know what happened there on October 24, 1917. The featured photo is even less sad; it is a detail of one of Ljubljana ‘s bridges over the Ljubljanica River that spans the cheerful old town. This…
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Traveling by public transportation is taboo for many Italians. Often my compatriots ask about a trip online and do not even consider any alternative to renting a car. Of course it is a mode that saves money, but I think I would travel by public transportation even if I were rich. In my opinion, the…
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In this article are videos taken in a hot air balloon over Cappadocia. It is the second of Cappadocia arranged at home, from the series of those shot on my solo trip to Turkey in 2025. Every day at dawn (weather permitting), hundreds of people leave from Goreme, to have this experience. And there are…