Tag: #travelstories


  • Watching sports in the U.S. better than having sex

    Another really special experience is seeing sports in the U.S.; particularly in New York it is an integral part of many people’s vacation. Watching sports in the US: basketball In general it is always meritorious because of the much more serene and joyful atmosphere than we have. I was particularly lucky because the 2 sporting…

  • Visiting Cyprus by car and playing hide-and-seek

    My visit to Cyprus included both the Greek part (which I will call Cyprus) and the Turkish part(North Cyprus). The trip lasted 8 days and took place in December 2023. I did it solo with as many as 2 different rental cars and various problems. The stages of my journey were. On my google maps…

  • What to do in Tel Aviv? The Sabich

    In my head was the dilemma of what to do in Tel Aviv. Actually, I wouldn’t even have wanted to go there if I hadn’t had the return flight from there. I imagined that I would be bored, but instead I found it interesting, although much less so than other places in Israel that I…

  • New York with snow, but terrible accommodations

    One of the many myths I had as a traveler was to see New York with snow, and I was lucky because I caught it on the very last day. Instead I was definitely unlucky with accommodations, but sleeping decently and cheaply in New York is impossible. Sleeping in New York Sleeping in New York…

  • Sleeping in Wadi Rum, with a Bedouin cat on your belly.

    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…

  • Blind date, an evening in Dublin (Ireland).

    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…

  • Visiting Petra with playful stray dogs

    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…

  • Weekend in Bucharest; kicked out of restaurant

    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…

  • Chicago in winter, performs best in cold weather

    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…

  • Going to Oktober fest by bus, in Munich

    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…