An American city with an eccentric and liberal soul: that’s San Francisco, California’s capital city on the Pacific ocean. Once you’re here, it’s easy to be conquered by its steep roads running towards the sea,Read more…
USA on the road – California dreaming (4)
After hundreds of kilometers of roads, hot deserts, hikes in deep forests, after an exciting but tiring roadtrip in the heart of West Usa, finally we reach the ocean… California dreaming. Another shade of stunningRead more…
USA on the road – Las Vegas, desert, ghost towns and giant trees (3)
Actually, this post shows the incredible variety in US lands: from the 9th to the 12th of our road-trip we jumped from the artificial reality of Las Vegas to the hottest desert on Earth, thenRead more…
USA on the road – Arizona, between the desert and the Canyon (2)
A land between the desert and the Canyon, with hot climate, deep abysses, Indian reservations (the Navajo Nation is the largest Native American Tribe in US), beautiful parks: that’s Arizona, the last of the contiguousRead more…
USA on the road – Utah, the Red Rock Country (1)
Time to hit the road. After 1 layover, 14 new friends, 3 Alamo mini-vans, 1 night in Denver in my first US motel ever (a number again… Super 8!), the adventure starts for real. CoastingRead more…
USA on the road. Postcards from Far West – intro
“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars”.Jack Kerouac, On the road Hundreds of kilometers, lonely and immense roads, boundless landscapes. Skies of incredible blue, never seen before,Read more…
10 unusual Easter traditions all over the world
Do you think Easter is all about eggs and chocolate? Well, this quick overview on weird – and mostly funny – 10 unusual Easter traditions all over the world may change your mind.Before Christian era,Read more…
Cadorna line: since 1917 ready for the “ghost war”
Imagine to keep waiting for a war that is never coming. Weeks, months, years. Everything has been arranged: weapons, supplies, men. You are ready to fight or die, accurate news are saying that that theRead more…
My Georgia. Day 7: A pilgrim to Caucasus’ mountains. Gergeti Trinity Church
Caucasus. Climbing to release the wise Titan Today my destination is perhaps the most iconic image from Georgia: Tsminda Sameba Monastery, aka Gergeti Holy Trinity Church, built on a hill with the fantastic landscape ofRead more…
My Georgia. Day 6: Mtskheta, the curious case of the lost driver
Didube station: urban chaos Svetlana, my host in Gori, is really the businesswoman she promised to be at the first glance: sanguine, robust, raven-hair and an imperfect but flawless English accent, organizes for me theRead more…