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Have you ever seen those passionate walkers crossing your path, swinging their arms energetically while holding long sticks that look a lot like ski poles? Well, I was one of them last weekend and…I loved it! Let’s start from the beginning: these intrepid explorers aren’t simply walking, they are practicing Nordic walking, a sport that […]

This holiday season celebrate the romance and magic of Christmas visiting the Christmas markets all over Italy: find inspirations for your Christmas gifts It’s Wintertime…. and that means that Christmas is almost upon us! And who’s not up for a tour of the irresistible Christmas markets? Here is a selection of the best, with something special and […]

We have valleys that I have never seen anywhere else. Identical to the landscapes of some old prints of Romanticism that you see them thinking, but it’s all fake, places like this do not exist. Instead there are: with the same loneliness, the same incredible cliffs half hidden by trees and bushes crumbling on the […]

Sunday, 7:00 am. Why are you awake so early?!? Do you want enjoy every minute before Monday morning begins? Can’t stand to stay at home even a moment longer? Or do you just feel like trying something new? Come on, follow me! I know what is right for you. As we pass through  the valley […]

Michelle Obama has started up her own garden and orchard at The White House and she’s been kindly suggesting that all chefs and kitchen staff make use of the locally grown products for the President’s family meals. Jennifer Garner, the famous actress and wife of Oscar winner Ben Affleck, is a fierce supporter of organically […]

How about visiting one of the 6,000 ghost towns in Italy? Whether you are looking for a ghostbuster tour or a more detailed look before buying one of the ghost towns that are up for sale, let me introduce you to some of the most mysterious abandoned villages in Italy. Gibellina, the little hill The […]

There are villages in the Alps where it seems to go back in time, but also to live in the future. The landscape is as perfect as that of a nineteenth-century painting: under the white mountains of the deep green of the woods, then the old roofs of the houses, and red geraniums in the […]

The UN has declared 2010-2020 the decade of Biodiversity and it’s pro-actively engaging governments and public and private institutions to stand side by side to work together towards the same goal: preserving the Earth’s biodiversity. Let’s look at what biodiversity means exactly and what the UN guidelines are: 7 is the magic number: 7 areas […]

This is a story of travel and love. Ligabue was hit by a car on the streets around Parma. Its investor has stopped and took him to the vet. Only there they realized that it was not a dog but a wolf. After having taken care of him, they’ve applied a gps to record his movements. In […]

The location is spectacular and undreamed. “Spiers” of stone and rural villages. The surrounding nature is practically untouched … Welcome to Basilicata, the land where you can experience the thrill of flying as a bird at over 100 miles per hour, between the Lucania mountains: il volo dell’angelo (“the flight of the angel”).     You begin […]