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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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…