Passion for their work, pride in their past, love for their land and an irresistible enthusiasm to telling it. This is more or less what happens when 12 US States of South East come together behind the common leitmotiv of the traditions, history, music and culture, to promote it in the world of tourism as…
The old New Orleans, the ghosts of Dauphine Orleans Hotel
Knowing a place also means to know its stories. Discover the background, listening the tales of the people and knowing characters from the past, almost always men and women, whose actions have in some way influenced the evolution of the surrounding environment. Great wealth often underestimated by visitors, too busy to photograph and visit more…
SHOWCASE USA-Italy 2015, told by a travel blogger
Professionalism, commitment and passion. I guess there are no better word to describe SHOWCASE USA-Italy 2015, held in Pisa in the beautiful location at the Abitalia Tower Plaza on 2/3 March. What I’m talking about? The only annual event, now in its 18th edition, organized by the US Commercial Service and Visit USA Italy, dedicated…
Bulgaria, impressions
Eastern Europe leaves its mark, no story. Two days in Bulgaria and the feeling, for nothing new, of being in a geographical limbo in which the history, rich, fascinating, sometimes mocking, dips into a big bin made of cultures, ethnicities, traditions, religions so different to arrive even to clash, yet almost always surprisingly and inexplicably…
From Sofia to Rila Monastery, short route in Bulgaria
The road to get from Sofia to Rila, two hours by car (or bus) approximately, is a succession of valleys, small towns, endless plains and a few sparse industrial systems, not far to the east the Serbia border, to the south the Greek border.A simple route that, surpassed Dupnitsa, begins a long and winding ascent…