My adventures from Paris to Bari and Bari to Corfu, and how I dropped my fancy dress cargo at sea, skipped the togas and found the olive trees.
Category: Mediterranean
All inclusive and the whim
Though I wouldn’t call myself adventurous, I have a flair for the unexpected,
for wandering down strange alleys and deserted beaches and going to the other side of the sand dune
to see what lies behind.
Firenze – From the top of the Duomo
A fairy-tale city, as seen from above.
Amalfi Coast – living on the edge
I remember seeing all those beautiful restaurants by the water, and the houses and hotels promising the ultimate Italian summer bliss
Wining in Tuscany among sunflower fields
As soon as I saw the sunflower fields far as the eye could see, I knew we had entered Tuscany. No other place could be this beautiful, so green and inviting to all the pleasures of the world.
GRECIAN MIRAGE (Greece, Summer 2006)
It must have been Erota
luring me with her
olives and her wine
IBIZA, a schizophrenic paradise
Whichever form of the paradise may fit your taste, the island of Ibiza, famous for its discos and pumping party scene, remains a paradise for all. An account of my trips and evolving perceptions of it from 1997 till today.
Livorno; when Random Renato took us to Pisa
The only reason that small, dull Livorno is even on the map is because it is the closest maritime access to both Florence and Pisa.
In Messina with chameleons.Sicily.
Messina, Sicily is forever linked in my memory with a rather peculiar character I met there. To add to my list of ” random people met on trips” meet Carlo.
Mykonos: the modern thrill of ancient Greece
The Greece I found; after a train to Bari and a ferry to Korfu, was different from Miller´s untrodden paradise. Still, I fell in love with it forever; I fell in love with its musical language, its delicious food, its people, its traditions, and the sheer beauty of its perfect little white towns overlooking the blue Aegean sea.