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…
My Georgia. Day 5: Uplistsikhe and Gori, from pagan gods to Stalin
Is it possible to travel from Kutaisi to Gori? He’s just refusing to listen: the driver draws the route between Kutaisi, Gori and Tblisi in the dust covering his marshrutka to explain to me thatRead more…
My Georgia. Day 4: Borjomi and Vardzia, the cave city
Mama Ali’s expression leaves no doubts: she’s puzzled. My trip to Borjomi and Vardzia, starting from Kutaisi, does not convince her at all, it would have been better to start from Tbilisi, because the roadRead more…
My Georgia. Day 3: Katskhi Pillar and Chiatura, the mining town
Katskhi Pillar, the holy hermitage Maybe just for it, I would have come to Georgia. Lost in the middle of Imereti hills, built – who knows how! – on a 40-meters monolith, the hermitage onRead more…
My Georgia. Day 2: three mystical monasteries around Kutaisi
Khachapuri with grandpa There’s a small graveyard behind Gelati, one of the three monasteries around Kutaisi, where the dead have tombs with wrought iron gates and full-length colourful portraits, proudly standing and looking at youRead more…