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…
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…
Going away alone makes it easier to meet people on the road. With the Mediterranean islands I am especially lucky for female acquaintances. On the island of affectionate cats I like to think that tomorrow, all of Cyprus may become famous for being the island of cats. Reading the various guidebooks it seems that the…
In Agia Napa I went to bed wondering if I would be able to visit North Cyprus and Varosha the next day. Or if I would have to spend that Christmas in that terrible hotel and especially downsize the trip. Cape St. Andrew , the most beautiful part of visiting North Cyprus The morning started…
It has always been a pet peeve of mine to go to tourist places in the off-season, so I couldn’t resist visiting Crete in winter. Maybe it’s because I’ve always lived in the Riviera Romagnola and I don’t find winter so terrible at home, on the contrary. The beaches of Falasarna and Elafonissi With the…
I decided to visit Crete in winter, with a double stopover in Athens around New Year’s Day 2020. I did it for one week and solo. To get around I used (in addition to two domestic flights) both rental cars and public transportation. This trip fits into the list of those to very touristy but…
The wadi and the pedicure fish. What I call pedicure fish were a surprise I enjoyed on that first day of the new year. Wadis are rivers, often running dry that in some cases have their beds carved into the rock, like small canyons. There are several, I chose to do only the Bani Khalid…
Bad weather forces me to change my schedule and I’m jumping on the cities of Trentino In my program was already the idea of visiting the cities of Trentino, but due to bad weather I devoted more time to it. As normally happens in the mountains, even in the Dolomites in summer, it rains often.…