Author: Fabio Viroli
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Another unmissable and must-do moment on a trip to Jordan, in my opinion, is sleeping in Wadi Rum, in a Bedouin tented camp. Sleeping in Wadi Rum Maybe it was because I had not yet read The 7 Pillars of Wisdom, the beautiful autobiographical novel by the celebrated Lawrence of Arabia; maybe it was the…
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I had the myth of going to Transylvania and Dracula’s castle, even though I was well aware that the real historical character very distantly inspired the invented character. Going to Transylvania like Filini and Fracchia. To many Italians of my generation, the journey to Transylvania brings to mind the movie Fracchia v. Dracula with Paolo…
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After the 3 nights in Chicago, using my United voucher, I went to enjoy my Christmas in New York. To be precise, it was the days following Christmas, but the atmosphere was intact. Like in the movies, I too at Christmas in New York. I went back to the places I remembered most fondly from…
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Abnormal meeting place for a blind date The most original place where I had a blind date was the inner courtyard of the castle one evening in Dublin. To be precise, we met under the flag of Finland. You may wonder if with an Irish or a Finnish, no, with a Bolognese. It was in…
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I decided to spend 1 1/2 days to visit Petra. Eventually the time was less because of a physical problem. The Kings Road is a historic road in Jordan that has existed since ancient times and runs through it from north to south. It practically runs parallel to the Dead Sea and is obviously full…
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My weekend in Bucharest in September 2024 was improvised and decided at the last minute, and as with my first time it involved a not-so-happy story, but this time I went alone. Relationship in crisis We had been together for a few months, but for a while already I had not been satisfied. I had…
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Chicago in winter: the windy city I had always had it in my mind to see Chicago in winter. The metropolis on Lake Michigan, famous for its frigid climate being exposed to Arctic currents, so super cold and very windy. In my head I had the idea of visiting it just in winter. Also because…
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The idea of going to Oktober fest by bus in Munich came to me a few days before, when I found out I had a free weekend, which was very unusual in those years and at that time; it was September 2012. Anomalous company The traveling companions I got back to go to the Oktober…
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Bathing in the Dead Sea, is another must for a once-in-a-lifetime traveler. From Amman many people go to see castles in the desert or water springs, I chose to touch some places mentioned in the Bible (the Jordan River and Mount Nebo); the city of Madaba and especially the Dead Sea. Drivers and tour mates…
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There were two weekends I went to Romania, the first in 2011 and the second in 2024. The first time I saw very little and went only to meet what should have been the greatest love of my life. First weekend in Romania for love We had met online, because she had introduced herself as…