Tag: #solotravel


  • Meetings on the road, certainly the apotheosis in Ireland

    When people ask me about travel encounters I cannot fail to mentionIreland. Maybe it was also that by the fourth week on the trip I had definitely loosened up on English. Still, I chatted a lot with many, and I also got to know several people quite thoroughly. The friendliness of strangers To Ireland I…

  • Travel ideas for 2025

    These are the travel ideas I have for 2025; but there is a chance that more will come up as well. Certainly it is to be decided where I will go after the summer. Z weekends To warm up for summer and to take full advantage of the 3 consecutive bridges in April and May,…

  • Visiting Scotland and Liverpool, the most fun evening

    I had high expectations about visiting Scotland, which came true, both for the places and the experiences. But also for Liverpool. Oh my God! I am speaking in English! As mentioned at the time the Interrail ticket was different. They change rules and systems from time to time, but I think it can still be…

  • Visiting London the first time: WOW

    Visiting London was upsetting. I was a young boy from the Province. It was my first time out on my own and my first time in such a metropolis. I discover a passion for maps and subways I was thrilled by that feeling of being a microbe in the midst of a whirling world. I…

  • In New York City parties.

    In New York City parties is a verbatim account of some of the traveling oddities that happened to me on a trip I took to the United States. Please note that the audio is in Italian. It was a short but intense trip, in fact I will dedicate two episodes of the podcast to it.…

  • The top of travel mistakes? certainly in Normandy

    By mistakes in travel I mean mistakes in planning, in choosing accommodations, but mostly in ignorance in choosing destinations, especially one. First stop, Annecy I remember as now the departure of the trip to Annecy and Geneva in the third grade. A classmate had a huge boombox; we listened to cassette tapes. The first one…

  • My troubles in Eastern Europe

    My troubles in Eastern Europe is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me in Hungary and Bulgaria. Particularly in Budapest, as soon as I arrived I found myself with a blocked ATM and credit card and very little money. While in Sofia an energetic man who was mad at me for…

  • Sleeping in hostels, particularly in the 1990s

    Sleeping in hostels was another big change on this trip, and for a poor seasonal student worker, it was a way to save money, but also to make friends. In fact, in the era of talking to people, interesting acquaintances were made in hostels. The featured photo was generated by artificial intelligence. Sleeping in hostels:…

  • New friends in Jordan

    New Friends in Jordan is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me during the first part of my trip to Jordan. Specifically from when I went to Amman, Jerash, and the Dead Sea. I met interesting people, other travelers but also locals. In fact in the Dead Sea you really float,…

  • Weekend in Tuscany, also for testing brides and girlfriends

    I took the featured photo on the last of my many weekends in Tuscany, during a wonderful trek in the ‘ Pratese Apennines. That trailer could have been: With presumed or would-be girlfriends, arranging a weekend in Tuscany (or Marche and Umbria, close to my home) has also often been a way to better gauge…