Interesting window in Lucca, Italy

Window in Lucca, Italy

The city of Lucca in Italy, not far from Pisa, apart from being home to this interesting window, is a small jewel with historical churches, pedestrian walking, the amphitheater square and a unique medieval tower with trees on top. A perfect day trip from Pisa or Florence.

Bronze statue of a waitress in Oslo

Bronze statue of a waitress in Oslo

This interesting bronze statue of a waitress is waiting for you in the centre of Oslo, not far from the harbour. Come on, are you joining for a drink?

Visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia

One of the amazing waterfalls in Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plitvice Lakes National ParkHiking toward the Upper Part is an amazing mother nature's gift, composed of 16 interconnected lakes, and part of the Unesco World Heritage List since 1979.

A little bit about Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plitvice Lakes are divided into four main parts: Proscansko Lake, the upper lakes, Kozjak Lake and the lower lakes; at the

Hiking to Les Calanques: Marseille 's hidden fjords

Les Calanques, Marseille: teenagers diving into the blue sea at the Calanque de Sugiton

View over Les CalanquesFrom last year visit in Marseille, what we keep the most in our memories, it's not the city nor the people nor the amazing music festival... I don't want to mean that they weren't worth and we wasted our time; indeed they were superlative, but it's just that there is something else around there that is on another level of

Hiking in Cinque Terre and exploring its vineyards

Riomaggiore and the rocky cliffs diving in the blue sea of Cinque Terre

If you arrived here by chance, you might want to start with the first part: Let's go hiking: Cinque Terre and its "Five Lands". If not, and you're looking for some more hiking, Cinque Terre is not going to disappoint you, so keep reading! Hiking Map, Cinque Terre. Credit: Consorzio Cinque Terre
There are plenty of hiking paths in Cinque Terre, easy and suitable to all

Visiting Cinque Terre and its "Five Lands"

One of the views you get while hiking in Cinque Terre: the village of Vernazza

View of Riomaggiore and its harbour

If you want to go hiking, Cinque Terre has a lot to offer:  it's still today one of the most know Italian destinations, but even if it is really touristic, it's worth the visit! The best is to start from one of the extremities, reaching it by train: we started from Monterosso al Mare, the last village coming from La

Bone Church in Kutna Hora, visit the Sedlec Ossuary

The chandelier of the Bone Church in Kutna Hora

Macabre art at the Sedlec OssuaryThe Bone Church in Kutna Hora, also known as the Sedlec Ossuary from the district of the same name, is something that leaves you speechless: decorated with the bones of over 40 000 human skeletons, it leaves you mixed feelings: it's the guilt of artistically enjoying dead bodies, something that it's usually seen only as pain and

Northern Lights in Norway seen from a beautiful Fjord

Northern Lights in Norway: an amazing shape behind the silhouette of the Lyngen Alps

We were about to lose our hope. A long trip to see the Northern Lights in Norway, over 4000 km of distance by land in a short time, snow, cold, troubles hitchhiking, and then more than 3 weeks staying over the Artic Circle without anything really worth it. And this was supposed to be the best year of the last 11, because of the

Northern Lights: best moment and best place to see the Aurora Borealis

Green curtain over Lyngen fjord in Norway

If your lifetime dream was to see the Northern Lights, it's time to plan your next trip. Despite still not all of the phenomena connected with it are explained, it is known to be caused by charged particles emitted by the sun during solar storms: when the solar wind reaches and hits the atmosphere of the earth and his magnetic

The Casino Constanta suspended on the frozen Black Sea

Exterior view of the Casino in winter 2012 with the frozen Black Sea

The frozen Black Sea creates incredible sculptures on the promenadeAt the beginning of February, current year, we went to Constanta (Romania) hoping to catch the last days of the frozen Black Sea, before the positive temperatures were going to melt everything. This weather transition happened on our way, leaving Bucharest from -15 degrees in the morning, arriving in Constanta just