My recent backpacking adventure through South America opened my eyes to a new way of life and has truly changed my focus moving forward. Aside from changing the way I plan to travel in the future (slower, with purpose), the experience has inspired me to write about my travels in hopes of making a positive impact on less fortunate places. I guess you could say the trip really started two years prior to landi ...

We are always very excited and honoured to feature adventures from all over the world, especially awesome adventures organised by National Geographic magazine that so often are breaking the boundaries of exploration, science and human achievement. The May edition of National Geographic magazine for iPad includes a special “On Everest” Field Test section with real-time updates from an expedition to summit Mo ...

The second day in Genoa starts with a typical breakfast: cappuccino and focaccia. What could seem a “indecent proposal” is actually a pleasant surprise: the saltiness of Focaccia is neutralised by the sweet of the cappuccino. It is a great combination anything but bitter, as you might expect. This is not my preferred breakfast but neither the worst one. Sticking to the theme of focaccia, immediately after b ...

A city break can be a great way to spend a long weekend in Europe. The more popular major cities are often crowded with tourist traffic, and are so well known as to be clichéd. However, Europe sports some less-well-known but equally attractive and beautiful cities and cheap flights to them make a city break to Europe a very affordable option. Scotland’s city of Glasgow has magnificent classical and contempo ...

Genoa is a city waiting to be discovered, step-by-step, piazza-by-piazza. It’s a city rich in culture and history and its gastronomic tradition is one of the best in Italy. After a short break at the hotel, with Michele and Sara (fellow bloggers) we meet Chiara, our travel guide and companion for the next two days. As we stroll towards the historic centre, Chiara introduces us to Genoa, the history, it’s bu ...

The Food -  a collection of photos taken over two days spent in Genoa, Italy, for the Blog Tour #Q4T 2012. Soon after our arrival in the city we stop for lunch in one of the most authentic and simple restaurants in town: Sa Pesta, the oldest "sciamadda" in Genova, right in the center of the city. The simple dishes of the "cucina genovese", like the farinata, la torta di riso, il polpettone genovese, la tort ...

The first day we walk through the Caruggi which is the Genovese name for narrow lanes. We wandered down the caruggi's of the old town, an area that until a few years ago was considered off-limits: now it is a lively center, full of colours and scents, you could walk and walk and get lost for hours. ...

It wasn't your usual fast food restaurant it had that Italian TWIST! - La Granda in Mezzo al Pane part of the Eataly movement of slow food and 0Km. ...