Category Archives: curiosity
Curiosities and news, suggestion for travel (also for free), unusual places to visit, from the ghost towns to the disappeared islands, amazing stories of travel, by bicycle, by foot, donkey, horse back or canoa.

Walls of kindness: our faith in humanity restored
Colored walls, a few nails and hooks and the words: “If you do not need it, leave it. If you need it, take it.” The result is a wonderful initiative that has spread in Iran these days. These are the walls of kindness. It all starts in Mashhad, a city in the northeast of Iran […]
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Top 10 green travel articles of 2015
It was a difficult year in some ways, and wonderful for others. Perhaps it is always so. 2015 was the year of many wars, the historic thawing between the US and Cuba, the earthquake in Nepal, the terrorist attacks, the space travel of Samantha Cristoforetti, Expo in Milan, the discovery of water on Mars, the […]
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5 magical places where admire the Christmas’ full moon
It didn’t happened for 38 years and will not happen again until 2034. Santa Claus this year will really bring us a gift on Christmas day; this year, the full moon of December will coincide exactly with the 25, making this day even more magical. The last month of the year’s full moon is known […]
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Recycling: 5 pallet decorating ideas
You’re always looking for ideas to decorate in an eco-friendly way your B&B or your house? Here are some ideas to be discovered to recycle the pallets! Garden furniture, such as tables and bookcases in the living room, but also in the bedroom: the wooden pallets are versatile, ecological and economic. Arm yourself with sandpaper, hammer, […]
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Osteria senz’Oste: the utopistic idea of Cesare
Cesare is the typical entrepreneur of Veneto, the eastern area of Italy known to be one of the most productive and innovative. You say problem? He just sees an opportunity. An obstacle? He thinks of a different road. Many years ago he bought a cottage on the side of a property covered with vineyards in […]
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Incredible tree-houses and canopy walkways
What do have the Calvino’s Baron in the trees, the Burroughs’ Tarzan and an Orangutan in common ? Quite simple! They all live in a forest or, better, above a forest! They all live among the shades of any kind of trees! Does this perspective seem a bit unusual for you? You just need a […]
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The reversibility of nature: scuba diving in a lake-meadow
Albert Einstein maintained Everything you can imagine, nature has already created. Indeed, he was right! Even the most difficult work of transformation, from meadow to lake, from lake to meadow, nature has already accomplished. Where? In Austria, in Styria region, in a village named Tragöß. Just for a moment, close your eyes and imagine that you are […]
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Green design furniture: grass armchair, water bench and more
Whether you are crazy for state of art design products or for shabby look furniture, you can now choose to pick up your favourite piece of green design furniture and go green with these ideas. You will love watching grass grow Yes, you will and it will be the grass of your sofa. You can […]
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Can’t stop travelling the world? Living on the move? It is in your DNA
Feeling an inexplicable urge to grab your pass, check next flight/train schedule and leave for a new adventure? It’s your DRD4-R7 gene, there is nothing you can do about it but follow your genetic star. According to recent research, the modification of the gene DRD4, the R7 modification, may explain the inner force to travel, […]
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Liguria in the Others’ Eyes
Sometimes my native land seems a book written in a foreigner language. An ancient door, uncannily carved, with a lock to which I don’t own the key. Here more than elsewhere, you need to be patient to find what you are looking for: a wonderful and desert beach, a village without overbuilding, an unknown taste […]
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