Thanks to a passage by car over the borderline, we can easily reach Sezana from Trieste. Here we take a small train with three wagons, diesel, all painted by sprays and whose retro coloured benches help us to take place with a lot of fun, in order to cross the unexplored Slovenia. The railway runs along the Soca river,Continua a leggere “An adventure on two rails. Step 3: Bled lake (Slovenia)”
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Traveling with “Couchsurfing”: the world seen from a couch
Do you trust it? Aren’t you afraid? I’ll never go to unknonwn people’s houses. What if they kill you? Oh, yes, I heard people saying that and much more. Friends, even who I thought to not be sceptic, but open to the others, said to me all this kind of things when I started to use Couchsurfing.Continua a leggere “Traveling with “Couchsurfing”: the world seen from a couch”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 8: Amsterdam and surroundings (Netherlands)
The smell of fresh herring on the port’s stalls says goodbye to me while I’m going to take my train at Rotterdam station. The Dutch capital city is waiting for me: I will spend 5 days there with Alberto, who is coming there from Florence by plane. I meet him near the station of Amsterdam and weContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 8: Amsterdam and surroundings (Netherlands)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 7: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
The morning is cloudy, as they have all been since I arrived in Be-ne-lux, but I hope for the sun. Today Rotterdam is waiting for me. It is Sunday, so when I arrive I start to search for a church. At the only one I find, mass has just finished. An old Peruvian lady says that what countsContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 7: Rotterdam (Netherlands)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 6: Delft (Netherlands)
I wake up with the sound of thunder: it’s raining hard. I hope, going in Holland, to get away from the rain. When I arrive in Delft, after a couple of trains, it is nice to see again Barbara after so much time. I met her in 2007, when she was a guest of the camping in whichContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 6: Delft (Netherlands)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 5: Antwerp (Belgium)
I say goodbye to Elisa and I try to find the Congolese quarter of Bruxelles, but I don’t find it. I leave for Antwerp. Upon my arrival, a slight drizzle welcomes me. I walk fast (or at least how much my backpack of 15kg allows me) to search for the house of Aaron, the boyContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 5: Antwerp (Belgium)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 4: Bruges (Belgium)
The day in Bruxelles is grey. It is raining a little bit. I take advantage of my InterRail pass and I take a train to Bruges (or Brugge… this Belgian bilingualism makes me crazy!). It has been described to me as the best preserved medieval town in Europe: the places with a touch of medieval are always myContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 4: Bruges (Belgium)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 3: Bruxelles (Belgium)
The banks of the Rhine accompany me away from the German mountains, towards the Belgian plain. Boats and barges are moving slowly on the large river, while on the opposite bank I see passing little quaint villages, still intact, unchanged for centuries, guarded by the castles perched on the hills behind. Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Koln, Aachen: in halfContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 3: Bruxelles (Belgium)”
ANDREA CUMINATTO 