November 11, 2024 10:33 pm

Travel

THE FESTIVAL BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU: Waiting for the arrival of a special French guest

In the French region of Rhone-Alpes, on the third Thursday of November there comes a special guest: the Beaujolais Nouveau, one of the most famous French wines. It also, like other new wines, advises that came the autumn. On 20 November, this region awaits you, with celebrations preceded by a long night of waiting. The events planned for the celebration …

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THE FEAST OF HALF CHINESE FALL: Ten Suns, and birds with three legs, waiting for the immortality

This is the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important holidays of the Chinese calendar. A special moment, where you too can eat moon cakes, and maybe even dancing, watching young women among the people while casting their colored handkerchiefs, waiting for loving hands that they collect, and their return, as a promise of love. Look up, breathing in the …

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STORIES OF SAINT FRANCIS: Cycle pictorial fresco, Upper Basilica in Assisi, Italy

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WALKING IN THE ENCHANTMENT: Florence, all the nuances of emotion

Beside a river, in the old Renaissance walls, between ancient craft shops and monuments of incredible beauty, I have known the nuances of enchantment. That city is Florence, a living painting, full of color and full of charm. My story is that of a short weekend – far away in time, but close in my memory – where I had …

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WITH DEPARTURE FROM CECILIA METELLA: Rome, where the sun paints of gold, even a simple walk

That road was built for many years, becoming a valuable link between the Adriatic Sea and the East. If you are in Rome, I invite you to take a walk particular, very, very different from the usual ones. The Via Appia Antica is full of interesting things (archeology and nature), because through the area of the Caffarella – amazingly – …

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IT LIVES FOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS: The Boboli Gardens in Florence

Behind, just behind the Palazzo Pitti, we can observe the most beautiful among the gardens of the Italian Renaissance. The Boboli Gardens, gives you special flowers, but also particular works of art, such as the Cave of Buontalenti and the Fountain Ocean. This haven of peace, between the woods and green mazes, fountains and small lakes, also gives you the …

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THE ISLAND OF TWO SPECIAL GUARDIAN: Montecristo (Italy), where the sense of unreality and silence are waiting

The two paths present on the island lead to the remains of the monastery dedicated to St. Mamiliano (about 1 hour walk), but you also then continue to the Holy Cave (another 40 minutes), stop and meditate a little. Difficult to explain the atmosphere that breathe in those moments, even more complicated it is make you understand the depth of …

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THE LOST WORLD – Venezuela: Canaima and Angel Falls

35,000 sq km, a Venezuelan national park, an area with the intriguing name “the lands of Guayana”. The highest waterfalls in the world, the “Angel”. Ancient rock compositions, above the “Montana’s Diabolo”. Orchids and equatorial flora, along with “chaparral”, very dense formations of green herbs and trees. Savannah, jaguars and tapirs, peccaries, caimans and crocodiles. http://www.think-venezuela.net/ After that you will …

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A MEDITERRANEAN COCKTAIL: Houses of limestone and tuff, history and charm. Yes, you are in the Isle of Capri, Italy

White houses, made with limestone and tuff. Roof terraces, filled with pergolas and times. Many ways very twisty and 2500 years of history. Welcome to Capri, a cocktail really true Mediterranean.  Maybe even you will go in the Piazza Umberto I, to enjoy a coffee, watching the view of Marina Grande. Of course, a walk to the Certosa di San …

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BETWEEN ISLANDS AND ATOLL – The island of Madascar sailing

From April to November, we are in for a wonderful opportunity to travel (my old emotion), that are here, now, to tell you. I started from the island of Perfumes – near the coast of Madagascar – after a welcome drink, with the direction the archipelago of Mitsio (small islands and atolls, 30 miles north). The larger of those little …

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