It is the longest art gallery in the world. A lucid example of how a symbol for division and hatred was transformed into an art work representing peace and creativity. We are talking about the East Side Gallery, a 1.3 … Read More
Every traveller knows exactly how important it is to have enough money of the right currency to reach the next step of one’s journey. How fool? Not if you are travelling through several countries and have to keep in mind … Read More
The Yungas Road is a Bolivian road about 60 kilometres long from La Paz to Coroico. It is also known as the Death Road and it is believed to be one of the deadliest roads in the world: the bottom half … Read More
Ever got to the airport and kicked yourself because you left something behind at the hotel? You’re certainly not the only one, and if you left behind a book or a laptop charger, your forgotten item is definitely not the … Read More
From the first part: When we have the opportunity we like to escape Dubai, with its technologically advanced skyscraper landscape, to find ourselves in the hills. We left the children at home for a short overnight trip to take part … Read More
If you look at an aerial map of the Arabian peninsula, you could imagine that a fiendish dragon or dinosaur had laid its weary head down to sleep on the soft, warm sand and fallen asleep. Over the years the … Read More
Verona, the charming Italian town where Shakespear set his Romeo and Juliet, has its very own way to celebrate Carnival. The local people call it Bacanàl del Gnoco in Verona’s ancient dialect, and the gnocchi are exactly what makes this … Read More
Little Italy, New York’s popular neighbourhood which became a icon of Italian immigration, will soon be no more. The alarm came recently from New York Daily News, but the process has been going on since many years. The first reason … Read More
Most travellers do not know Val Chisone. You can easily reach it by car from Pinerolo (nice smiling city at the foot of the Alps) and go up to Sestrieres. In winter time it is a far away, quiet place, … Read More