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  • Sleeping in hostels, particularly in the 1990s

    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

    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,…

  • Weekend in Tuscany, also for testing brides and girlfriends

    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…

  • Tours in the Islas Ballestas and the animals of Peru

    The tour to the Islas Ballestas was the start with a bang of a stellar trip, but if I had chosen the itinerary, I would have given more space to Lima, which we visited rather hastily instead. Tours in the Islas Ballestas These small islands are called the Peruvian Galapagos because of the very large…

  • Doing the Interrail: France, UK, Ireland

    Dialogue with my super mom in the summer of 1996 when I was 23 years old; when I told her I wanted to do the Interrail. Mother I have decided that in September I will go on the Interrail. What is it? A train journey, alone, for a month in France, UK and Ireland Uh,…

  • I run away from stray dogs

    Running from stray dogs is a verbatim account of some of the traveling oddities that happened to me in Thailand. Specifically here I talk about the early days, culminating in the stray dog episode in Ayutthaya. But much else happened to me as well. Please note that the audio is in Italian. Click below to…

  • Travel to Peru: going to the Andes

    I realized the dream of traveling to Peru in August 2018. Going to the Andes was one of my geographic puns that had been in my head forever. It lasted 17 days and was a group trip with an agency. The destinations were. This was our itinerary, very classic compared to those who go to…

  • Singles cruise, I return victorious

    I could have said that my singles cruise victory was that the prettiest girl in the group agreed to visit me the following week. I actually went blank, I had expectations, but evidently there was a misunderstanding. Or maybe it was because I couldn’t have won twice. The lottery In fact, as we were standing…

  • Spartan accommodation in the Emirates

    Spartan Accommodations in the Emirates is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me in the Emirates, particularly in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I stayed there for only 3 days, but they were intense. The oddities refer mainly to the accommodations, which to limit the very high expenses in those areas, I…

  • Visiting Tuscan islands, umbrella talk

    For many people, vacation is just one thing: lying on a sunbed on the beach; I really think the last time it happened to me was when visiting the Tuscan Islands in 2018. Umbrella chatter on Elba Island When I am alone, partly to obviate the bloodletting involved in taking a single in our country,…