Drinking port in Porto was one of my lifelong dreams. My first time in Portugal was as a couple on an 8-day touring trip in July 2023. These were the main destinations We moved around a little by car and a little by public transportation, arriving in Porto and returning from Lisbon. This is the…
To see animals in Australia is very common. Outside the city, starting in the Queensland region I really got into the Australian nature. I took many beautiful walks with encounters with animals but also plants I had never seen and fabulous views of the Ocean. I took the featured photo near Byron bay, at the…
Even now it seems unbelievable to me that I was lucky enough to visit Sydney and Australia, and I have this thought practically every morning. When I have breakfast, in front of me I have the giant planisphere covering the entire kitchen wall. So my first thoughts are about how big the world is and…
Of surprising encounters while traveling I have had many, but never as many as in one day in Malaysia that I call a trip to Kuala Lumpur. In general among the good things about solo travel is just that, at least until a few years ago and at least in Asia. But it really is…
My travel to Holland took place in July 2003, was solo and lasted 2 weeks. The magnets depicting clogs and mussels, sound a little bad for certain Italian idioms. But the countries are beautiful, although I only discovered Belgium better years later on another trip. The main stages were: On My google my route using…
This small territory is always for sad reasons at the top of the world news, but we never talk enough about what it is like to live in Palestine, even in the quieter times. On my trip, I got a sense of what it was like to live in the West Bank in times of…
Anyone who is the least bit passionate about travel and history has to visit Israel and particularly Jerusalem once in his or her lifetime. Between wars, when you can go there, a great many pilgrims go on purely religious tours. For the most part there are tours organized just by parishes or religious bodies. I…
Meetings on the road revolutionized what was my premise on the eve of departure. I had a very clear concept in my head: I was not going to be like the average Italian who goes to Amsterdam to smoke. Too trivial, especially since I had never even done it in Italy where to convince me…
In this article I mention a good number of my wrong travel companions, particularly visiting northern Italy and specifically in Friuli, Val d’Aosta, Piedmont and Veneto. But also two examples of perfect companions. In this article the video from Piazza Unità d’Italia in Trieste. Wrong travel companions: the risk of meeting strangers A few times…
In this article I will talk about the incredible car problems with the car on the road that happened to us in the Czech Republic but also in the days nearby, both to me and my family members. This was our itinerary. Car problems before Prague. Already in the three days before picking up my…