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Volunteering in Italy (Abruzzo) and learning raw earth construction

Details: Category: Blog; Published: Friday, 12 July 2013 20:40; Written by Davide Vadalà

The raw earth construction where we are volunteering in Abbruzzo

After about 6 months that we were blocked because of my health conditions, we are back on the road, for a few weeks test trip! Right now we are in the Italian region of Abruzzo, volunteering for a construction project we found through Help-X website (Help Exchange). We are working with clay, cob and canes, all natural materials

A chinese marker and our society: big outside, empty inside

Details: Category: Blog; Published: Saturday, 29 June 2013 08:36; Written by Davide Vadalà

The incriminated chinese marker

Just air insideThis is one of the most useful tool for an hitchhiker: a permanent marker. Possibly with a big felt tip, so that you can write fast and you don't need to pass it 5 times. But the biggest is not always the best. This is the marker we bought in a Chinese shop in Spain: after a few days of usage the ink started to fade out. We were

How are we spending our days in Italy? Cycling in Rome and Critical mass

Details: Category: Blog; Published: Sunday, 09 June 2013 16:31; Written by Davide Vadalà

The trunk of a dead tree in the Natural Reserve of Aniene Valley

Directions in Aniene ValleyIn these weeks of forced stop in Rome, my hometown, we are keeping us entertained with our bicycles. Cycling in Rome is a mission: it's very dangerous if you are not used to, because there are no cycling paths, people drive like crazy and they have no respect for cyclists. But it's still the fastest way to move in such a big

Have you ever slept in a toilet? We did! Our longest day hitchhiking over the Arctic Circle in Norway

Details: Category: Blog; Published: Saturday, 01 June 2013 11:08; Written by Davide Vadalà

Oti hitchhiking in the snow in Norway

One of the strongest memories we keep from our last trip in Norway while hunting for the Northern Lights, is hitchhiking over the Arctic Circle from the city of Fauske trying to go north; an epopee that kept us stuck for 26 hours in the same spot under heavy snow and forced us to sleep in a toilet! Hopefully an hitchhiking

Still fighting with my health, maybe it's not only B12

Details: Category: Blog; Published: Friday, 10 May 2013 19:32; Written by Davide Vadalà

Weeks are passing, and I'm still struggling with my health; so we are still stuck and we can't go back travelling. Now we are in Rome at my family's place trying to understand what is tormenting my body. We are not sure anymore that it's low B12, or at least not only, because last time we checked the B12 levels were very good, but

My experience at Arcosanti: in memory of Paolo Soleri that left his body today

Details: Category: Blog; Published: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 21:08; Written by Davide Vadalà

Thanks Paolo Soleri for enlighting my way with your thoughts and architecture

Paolo Soleri serving the frugal soup in Arcosanti, and me in the Background. Photo by Xylia

I just acknowledged the news of Architect Paolo Soleri passing away this morning at the age of 93. Visionary architect and artist, creator of the concept of Arcology and Frank Lloyd Wright's alumnus: in 2007 I passed 3 months in the "urban laboratory" that he created in the desert of Arizona, Arcosanti, a place