Tag: #diariodiviaggio
-
Welcome in Jordan is the greeting I received very often on the street, from complete strangers in Jordan. It is the emblematic phrase of one of the friendliest people I have ever dealt with, but as are all Middle Easterners. It was a solo trip made in August 2014, lasted 8 days and I moved…
-
Greek myths: visiting the palace of Knossos I longed to visit the palace of Knossos as a child, fascinated by Greek mythology and the so-called sandals. These movies were a classic in my summer afternoons during summer vacation. There was always some unclothed hero or demi-god fighting with ugly and evil monsters. Going to Crete…
-
Visiting a Mayan site: Tikal Of course, another goal of the trip was to visit a Mayan site; we saw 2 nice big ones. In our Western ignorance, many people cannot distinguish between the various pre-Columbian civilizations, the most important of which were Tikal is Guatemala’s main Mayan center; many temples have been recovered from…
-
Double pair travel, all smooth I had the opportunity to visit Istanbul in a super unusual mode for me; it was a double trip. My first time in Turkey was a long weekend (4 days) in Istanbul alone, in July 2009. I never had very long stories, I had few companies who liked to travel,…
-
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…
-
You may remember a famous commercial about the wrong company; especially when traveling, a type that really annoys me is the negative type. This area of the world is not only nature and colonial cities, but also Mayan archaeological remains. Copan (Honduras) I chose this itinerary because it was very varied, and because it also…
-
The last anticipated event of the trip was the sight of the giant tortoise beach. It was not a given that we would be able to see them because it was not the best time of the year. The featured photo is not mine but from the beautiful pixabay site , the other photos are…
-
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…
-
I begin to frame fellow travelers It only took me a few hours to begin to frame my fellow travelers. There were some very nice people, but I would not find the woman of my life. Plus I was going to have to be very patient, as there were a lot of selfies among my…
-
Sleeping in the dormitory Several times I have had to sleep in the dormitory. But doing it with 20 teenagers during the Vienna tournament is the top. We sleep in sleeping bags inside classrooms, on camp mattresses, all together! Unforgettable are the teenage smells made worse by uniforms that can’t be washed and with which…