Backpacking - Nomad Travellers

Christmas markets in Europe: our Christmas Spirit tour

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Tuesday, 03 December 2013 22:11; Written by Davide Vadalà

Detail of a Christmas Tree in Berlin

Tivoli Garden in Copenhagen at Christmas timeWhile we are not fans of the commercial aspect of the Christmas Markets, last year during our trip back from Norway to Romania, we passed at Christmas time through some European capitals, and we were able to experience some genuine Christmas Spirit. We are not pretending to say what are the best Christmas Markets in Europe, but

Our visit to Casino Constanta in 2013: Is something changed from the previous year?

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Tuesday, 29 October 2013 19:21; Written by Davide Vadalà

Casino Constanta seen from the seaside promenade

Detail of one of the apsesSince the first time I went to visit the second biggest city of Romania, I felt in love with the majestic Casino in Constanta, lying on the seaside of the city.
During our short trip in 2012 to admire the rare phenomenon of the Black Sea getting frozen, we made our first report of the Casino's conditions.
In that occasion Oti

Calcata: the bohemian soul of a traditional Italian village

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:53; Written by Otilia Lefter

Panoramic view of Calcata in March

Last year we arrived in Rome just 2 days before Easter, specially to celebrate with Davide's family. When I heard that we were going to visit a traditional Italian village, Calcata, in the second day of Easter, I was imagining old people staying in front of their houses in a rocking chair with a fat cat purring in their

Visiting Aigues Mortes in the Camargue and spotting Pink Flamingos

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Sunday, 11 August 2013 17:59; Written by Davide Vadalà

Pink Flamingos in the Camargue

After our first stop in Saint Marie de la Mer, we continued our exploration of the Camargue and Rhone Delta areas, visiting the fortified city of Aigues Mortes and its Salt Works, seeing plenty of pink flamingos on the way. Aigues Mortes literally means "Dead Water" because of the salty marshes that rule here since ancient

Novelda: an unexpected surprise in Spain

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Wednesday, 24 July 2013 17:36; Written by Davide Vadalà

Otilia lost in th landscape in front of El Castillo de la Mola in Novelda

The little town of Novelda has been an unexpected surprise in our trip in Spain last year. We went there for two weeks volunteering with a work-exchange project (have a look at workaway platform), having no idea of what to expect from the place, but we ended up loving the town!
Hidden in the municipality of Alicante (Valencian

The Capuchin Crypt: the bone church of Rome explained

Details: Category: Travel stories and visits; Published: Monday, 01 July 2013 15:26; Written by Davide Vadalà

The first chapel of the Capuchin Crypt

A bone chandelier in the Capuchin CryptThe Capuchin Crypt is a famous Bone Church in Rome, decorated with 3700 skeletons. It is situated in the less suitable area for an ossuary, the fancy Via Veneto street, made popular by the movie "La Dolce Vita", right below the church of "Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini".
After being in Kutna Hora (Czech Republic)