Getting lost on the road was one of the events I recounted in this, which is the second account I wrote via e-mail live from New York. I did this on the occasion of my solo trip in 2004. I was also supposed to go today to see what will become one of the 4…
In this article is the video from Emperor Camp made on December 8, 2025. I have wanted to visit this place for years, and I was probably lucky enough to admire it in its splendor. But I really think it is beautiful even without snow. In fact I felt like walking there, in these conditions…
In this article is the video from Rocca Calascio made on December 7, 2025. 2025 was definitely the year of ‘ Abruzzo for me, I came there 3 times. I say this especially to foreign readers, but also to Italians, over tourism in certain cities is a crime, as my country has so many wonderful…
Tripping in the USA with Viro was the title I gave in July 2004 to a kind of newsletter in which I informed my friends and relatives of my U.S. adventures. The trip lasted three weeks, was solo and using public transportation. This is the route I took from my google maps. It was a…
I must say that the majority of funniest evenings in my travels have these characteristics: Of course there were exceptions, such as the evening in Brisbane (Australia) with my friend Rebecca with whom I later took a trip to Spain. By the way, she was theoretically the least predictable one I could have seen again.…
The wonders of the world have always been discussed, so much so that both ancient and current wonders are officially recognized. In this article I will discuss those that are for me. Especially the reasons why I consider them to be so, which are very personal and related to subjective emotions. Seven Wonders of the…
I had long had a travel to Laos and Cambodia on my list. In fact, they were two countries I had sampled on a trip to Thailand in 2015. In Laos, I had even been just 30 minutes, just long enough to check out a little market during a tour that landed us in the…
Christmas in the Balearics and traveling with Mom, were diversions during visits to my brother who lives in Barcelona. In 2023, 11 months after the previous time I returned to Catalonia and it was an impromptu thing. My mom had been traveling quite a bit with my deceased father for a year and a half.…
My photographic safari in Tanzania took place in August 2023. It lasted 15 days and I went with an ‘ agency and in a group. Actually the trip was composed of two very distinct parts, first the safari in Tanzania with these stops: To conclude, the island of Zanzibar . This was in our itinerary…
Climbing Stromboli had been a longtime fixture of mine, so much so that I went a little crazy to do it. To go up (and down), it also takes a fairly strenuous hike. The somewhat crazy long weekend developed as follows: Friday, evening in Palermo. Saturday morning, train to Milazzo and then ferry to Stromboli.…