After 19 hours travelling on 8 trains, maybe any city would have seemed a Paradise, but Montpellier really impress us in a positive way. Nice, live, colorful: it tastes of sea and cheerfulness. We arrive for lunch time and we eat an half of water melon bought from a greengrocer. We visit the city walking withContinua a leggere “An adventure on two rails. Step 6: Montpellier (France)”
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An adventure on two rails. Step 1: Trieste (Italy)
Backpacks are ready, the InterRail tickets are arrived, enthusiasm fills us: we can leave for our travel which will make us “circumnavigate” Italy from the north, moving from Slovenia to France through Switzerland. The Intercity train in 5 exact hours brings us from Firenze to Trieste, chosen as our first step because city on a borderline, full of history,Continua a leggere “An adventure on two rails. Step 1: Trieste (Italy)”
Oria: the 4000 Italian shipwrecked who said NO to Nazism
The memorial day: every 27th of January we remember the massacres committed by the Nazis, as a warning that something similar does not happen again. The mistake we maybe make is to limit – in this memory – only to people who died in the death camps, forgetting all them who lost their life because ofContinua a leggere “Oria: the 4000 Italian shipwrecked who said NO to Nazism”
From Athens to Cape Sounion: discovering Attica
To rent a car in Athens is not difficult. The big Leof. Andrea Siggrou avenue branches off from the center and there are more car rentals than pigeons. For be sure – especially if you have to do a lot of km – it’s maybe advisable an international circuit (as we did). For short journeys maybe you saveContinua a leggere “From Athens to Cape Sounion: discovering Attica”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 18: Barcelona (Spain)
We arrive in Barcelona after 15 hours on a night train from La Coruña. The thought that in 24 hours I’ll be in Italy again, after a month travelling, makes me a little bit sad. With my traveling companion, we leave the huge backpacks which accompany us in the safes of bus station, to immerse ourselves inContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 18: Barcelona (Spain)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 16: Porto (Portugal)
All uphill. This is the first impression about Porto. It seems that the streets in plain, here, are not designed. The hostel is a pleasant surprise: it’s called Porto Wine Hostel and it is, obviously, themed on Vinho do Porto. Each room has the name of a different kind of wine and the corridors are fullContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 16: Porto (Portugal)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 15: Ericeira, Obidos, Figueira da Foz, Coimbra (Portugal)
A 9 in the morning, as we prepare to leave Lisbon, the housemate of Magui comes back home. He tell us about the night outside, about which he doesn’t remember anything. Then, he takes a salad bowl full of green jelly and he starts to eat it with a soup spoon. There is no accounting forContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 15: Ericeira, Obidos, Figueira da Foz, Coimbra (Portugal)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 14: Lisbon (Portugal)
After 13 hours without sleeping on the night train because of the evil child (read here), the only good thing is to see Giacomo clapping the hands each time that the little ball of lard tries to close his eyes; a deserved revenge after the night we spent because of him. Today, to see Magui againContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 14: Lisbon (Portugal)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 13: Bilbao (Spain)
The wonderful girl of Bilbao information office says that we commit a crime if we don’t visit Guggenheim Museum. Only because has been her to say it, we go there and we take a picture with the mastodontic dog made with flowers at the entrance, but considering the ticket price and our lack of interest for modernContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 13: Bilbao (Spain)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 12: Guernica, Bermeo, Mundaka, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (Spain)
From San Sebastian we move to the second step in Basque Country: Bermeo. In this little fishing village on the ocean, Giacomo and I will be hosted by Izaskùn, a 39 y.o. woman who works as turist guide in Guernica. We already thought about visiting it and, with this coincidence, it’s good to go there immediately.Continua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 12: Guernica, Bermeo, Mundaka, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (Spain)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 11: San Sebastian (Spain)
Giacomo and I arrive in Irun, on the Spanish border with France, around 12pm. The 13 hours on the night train destroyed us. Although it is early August, clouds and a fine drizzle welcome us. We search for a train to San Sebastiàn, where we’ll spend a couple of days, before to move to other places ofContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 11: San Sebastian (Spain)”
7 Countries in 30 days. Step 10: Marseille (France)
I arrive in the Provencal city at 6.30 a.m., rested but still eager to rest on my couchette. On the night train from Luxembourg to Marseille, the 11 hours in have been passed in a flash. As is routine, after the visit of 9 cities in 2 weeks, I search for a map from the informationContinua a leggere “7 Countries in 30 days. Step 10: Marseille (France)”
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)”
ANDREA CUMINATTO 