After spending one night in Swedish town Lulea and one night in Finnish town Kemi (Lapland tour: arriving in Sweden and crossing the border to Finland ) the next destination of the week-long journey in Lapland was Rovaniemi, the hometown of Santa Claus! Rovaniemi is a popular destination for families, because of the Santa Claus Village, … Continue reading Mini home in Rovaniemi, Finland
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5 cose che mi mancheranno della Scozia, 5 cose che mi sono mancate dell’Italia
Settimana prossima l'anno di vita in Scozia giungerà al termine (salvo catastrofi e/o cambiamenti governativi). E' stato un anno importante: ho lavorato, ho fatto il mio Master (purtroppo finito in modo improvviso e brusco) e ho conosciuto cari amici, scozzesi e non. So già che la Scozia mi mancherà da morire, e stasera mentre facevo … Continue reading 5 cose che mi mancheranno della Scozia, 5 cose che mi sono mancate dell’Italia
Last-minute escape to Ibiza, the white island
Ibiza's Stonehenge It's January, the weather is miserable and cold and you're trying to cope with the first weeks back to uni, school or work. I've always found January quite depressing, because the best part of winter (Christmas) has been left behind and now I just wish spring would arrive. That's why I feel like … Continue reading Last-minute escape to Ibiza, the white island
Lapland tour: arriving in Sweden and crossing the border to Finland
Kemi, Finland As I haven't travelled much lately (except for Ibiza in September and the Christmas holidays back home on Lake Como, Italy) I want to keep writing about past travels. I hope you don't mind, but don't worry, I remember my travels well and I also have all the hotels' and restaurants' names available, … Continue reading Lapland tour: arriving in Sweden and crossing the border to Finland
Sri Lanka: Colombo
In 2017 myself, a friend of mine and her two children all left cold Lake Como on the 2nd of February to board a night flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a halfway seven hours (yes, seven) stop in Dubai airport. It was the second journey I've done with my friend and her two children, … Continue reading Sri Lanka: Colombo
A tiny, pretty island called Gili Meno
Last night I finally finished reading "Eat, pray, love", which I had started like three months ago. I really enjoyed that book, even if it had some slow parts where I interrupted my reading for a couple weeks. I always knew that its author Elizabeth Gilbert started a pilgrimage of her readers to Bali (I … Continue reading A tiny, pretty island called Gili Meno
Wild camping on the Isle of Arran
Hello dear readers, here I am after a long break, I want to apologise about that. I've got quite a lot of news in my life: I left my job (that I had started in July) and I went back to university in mid-September. This is why I've been absent from here: I've had a … Continue reading Wild camping on the Isle of Arran
A candlelight birthday by the pool in Ubud
Hello dear readers! Lately I've been quite quiet on the blog and I'm really sorry about this, as writing here has always made me happy and sharing travel stories or just my life in general has always been good for me and I hope that I gave you some good advice for your future travels … Continue reading A candlelight birthday by the pool in Ubud
Trip to Bali: our amazing hotel in Ubud
Last June my boyfriend and I went to Indonesia for two weeks, we left on the 15th of June (two days after my boyfriend's birthday) and celebrated my birthday there, on the 18th of June. I loved that trip because I graduated from university the month before, May 2018, so I was so satisfied and … Continue reading Trip to Bali: our amazing hotel in Ubud
The ending to our Asian trip: the idyllic beaches of Koh Kood
Tinkerbell Resort After visiting Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Siem Reap and Angkor we decided to end our Asian trip on the heavenly beaches of the Thai island of Koh Kood (also written Ko Kut or Koh Kod), a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, in front of the Cambodian coast. Many say that this is … Continue reading The ending to our Asian trip: the idyllic beaches of Koh Kood