Rimini viaggio

During winter time and January blues I started looking at pictures from two summers ago. Sunny italian memories and colorful unpublished photos from Rimini started awakening in my mind.

A I D AJanuary 8, 2023March 7, 20232 Comments

Greece, Journal, Photography

Kalimera. Kerkyra Journey

Greek islands and ancient mythology have always fascinated travelers. Corfu is an island with a rich history where many civilization left their mark. Where time seemed to move at a slower pace.

Grateful for the Greek food & good coffee, the Ionian Sea, and the melody of their language. What I got to see, hear, feel and live every day in Greece brought me a lot of appreciation.

A I D AOctober 31, 2022February 19, 20231 Comment

Austria, Postcard, Vienna

A day in Hallstatt

I explored Hallstatt earlier this year and realized (once again) that many places have a beauty that cannot be contained in photos. Even though the end of summer was covered in sadness and grief, and I took my time to process, hopeful moments start to make room in my memory.

A I D ASeptember 29, 2022January 8, 2023Leave a comment

Czech Republic, Postcard

Berlin to Prague

My 100th post. Or story. To mark a change of settings, an easy train ride from Berlin until an Art Nouveau train station (Praha hlavní nádraží), an open air museum, a restaurant or two, a postcard moment and a stroll in beautiful Prague.

A I D AJuly 22, 2022March 25, 2023Leave a comment

ART, France, Journal, Paris, Photography

From Paris with Art

Art o’clock. Classic and modern art. Not a visit possible in Paris without many croissants, Eiffel Tower views and at least one museum. What I learned about art and time is not a lot, but here it is – c’est ici – Traveling, reading books, never stop learning, speaking French, making time visiting museums, are all investments in myself – that help me see the bigger picture.

A I D AJune 25, 2022March 5, 2023Leave a comment

ART, Austria, City Guide, Vienna

Moments in Vienna – 2021

Revisited a dear place. August 2021. The Old meets the New in Vienna. Always a pleasure to return to this wonderful city, with something new to discover.

Vienna Museum Quarter (MQ) has a new rooftop and platform, Libelle MQ, at the top of the Leopold Museum.

A I D ASeptember 1, 2021December 25, 20221 Comment

ART, City Guide, Food, Italy

Journey to Firenze, Toscana

Tuscany is so beautiful, it has to be seen to be believed. The city of Florence is known for its overwhelming art galleries and Michelangelo Renaissance sculptures in marble, but still, I was struck by the colors of vineyards, sounds of the cypresses or the scented air with notes of leather and amber.

A I D AAugust 8, 2021March 2, 20232 Comments

City Guide, Food, Italy

Taste of Bologna

Best things to do in Italy all involve food. Bologna is at the center of Emilia-Romagna region, famous for Parmigiano-Reggiano and Prosciutto di Palma, but also aceto balsamico di Modena and much more. And to think I associated in the past the city only with pasta sauce and the Bologna university system, home of Europe oldest university.

A I D AJuly 31, 2021March 3, 20231 Comment

Berlin, City Guide, Events, Germany

Enjoy Berlin

Berlin is not short of ways to enjoy the warmer months, in both Spring and Summer. Oldest beer garden and open air cinema. Museum and galleries, lakes and rooftops, bookshops and icecream.

A I D AJune 15, 2021February 13, 2023Leave a comment

Finland, Journal, Postcard

Helsinki ~ White Night

Once upon a time, I acknowledged the beauty of the European continent. When in Estonia for a summer school, we took the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki with “Viking line”, because is “only two hours away”. Yes! I learned a Finish untranslatable word – “sisu”, that might be the definition of happiness. And the Scandinavian habit “friluftsliv”, useful now, in pandemic times.

A I D ANovember 29, 2020December 24, 2022Leave a comment

Events, Italy, Journal, Photography

Venice – La Biennale 2020

September. Movies. Bella Italia. From today until the 12th of September, the 77th edition of the Biennale Cinema di Venezia will be held. The Venice Film Festival is promoting international cinema in all forms “as art, entertainment and as an industry.”

A I D ASeptember 2, 2020December 24, 20222 Comments

Croatia, Journal, Photography

Dubrovnik. Postcards from the past

Remembering summer days in the Dalmatian coast. Sunset on a isolated Saint Jakub beach, Croatian wines between the walls of Dubrovnik on Stradun, piano concert during the Summer festival, sightseeing, red-brick roofs and turquoise water, swimming in the Adriatic Sea, trips to Srd mountain and Island of Lokrum.

A I D ASeptember 1, 2020March 13, 2023Leave a comment

City Guide, Germany

Munich – Coffee meets Fashion

Munich is beautiful, dynamic, voted several times as the most livable city in the world. Home of Oktoberfest and Bayern München team, the Bavarian capital is traditional, yet hip – a winning combination in my books.

A I D AAugust 31, 2020December 30, 20221 Comment

City Guide, Czech Republic, Journal

Photo journal from Prague

Since I visited Prague twice, once in winter weather, and in summer, I feel I saw and photographed two different contrasting cities, both beautiful. I explored so far only districts Praha 1 and Praha 2. May sounds as Hunger games, but in fact Prague is more bohemian than entertaining, more Kafka than Hollywood.

A I D AAugust 29, 2020December 30, 20222 Comments

Belgium, Brussels, Events, Journal

Brussels Flower Carpet

Le Tapis de Fleurs de Bruxelles or Brussels Flower Carpet, build in Grand Place, takes place every 2 years in August. This was one of my favorite events ever and a precious memory. What an extraordinary feeling to be in that UNESCO heritage site – a beautiful square filled with flowers, and to notice a smell of begonias mixed with waffles and chocolate. The scent I associate with Brussels ever since.

A I D AAugust 1, 2020February 6, 20231 Comment

City Guide, Germany, Postcard

Hamburg revisited

Moin. The return to Hamburg felt as seeing an old friend. I might exaggerate or I really missed being a traveller. This time, I revisited the warehouse district Speicherstadt (UNESCO World Heritage Site), and made 4 new discoveries – neighborhoods Blankenese and Altona, the park Planten un Blomen and lastly, Stadthöfen / New Wall.

A I D AJuly 31, 2020December 30, 20221 Comment

City Guide, Germany

Baltic Coast

A train away from Berlin is the Baltic Sea (Ostsee). Windy and beautiful Northern Germany. I woke up missing the sea, so I booked a direct IC train to Rostock with a first stop in Warnemünde.

A I D AJune 27, 2020December 4, 20213 Comments

ART, Austria, Journal, Vienna

From Vienna with Music

🎼 Vienna, the city of waltz, balls, classical music and traditional coffee houses. Beautiful, picture perfect and elegant. You see everywhere it used to be an imperial capital.

Plus, is impressive to think half of the world’s important classical music was composed in Vienna, at the time when Mozart, Beethoven or Strauss lived here.

A I D AJune 14, 2020March 13, 20231 Comment

Travel Journal

City wonders ✈

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