As things are, I am probably the only person I know who has been to both Gibraltar and the Falkland islands. These two special places have one interesting thing in common: they are much contested UK territories outside of the UK, people are bilingual Spanish-English in both of them, and they seem to have a […]

La semana pasada, gracias al incansable, creativo y emprendedor Juan Pablo Chapital, se hizo un homenaje a Luis Alberto Spinetta en Montevideo. Por un lado, me dieron ganas de compartir algunos videos de cosas maravillosas que sucedieron esa noche, de la cual participaron algunos de los intérpretes más talentosos, personales e inspirados con que cuenta […]

When I went to Finland to shoot my film RAUL, as it was impossible to book a hotel during the Master´s Athletics´ Championship, I used couchsurfing to accomodate me and most of my crew. The experience lead to some deep most likely everlasting friendships with a fabulous Finnish family. However, couchsurfing is not for everyone. […]

Desde ese día en que todos nos enteramos que el cuerpo de Luis Alberto Spinetta dio su último suspiro, personalmente pasé por varios estados. Desée poder esconderme en alguna parte mientras pasaba todo el desfile de tristeza publicitada y mercantilización de la muerte, recordé los pocos pero inolvidables momentos que compartí con él, y los […]

If you went to Punta del Diablo this March without a significant other, you probably felt like the last single person on Earth. What I found there last weekend was beauty without end and, almost exclusively, couples enjoying it. We stayed at a house with a view of one of the nicest beaches, which lies […]

If you enjoy traveling by car and discovering things on your own, without guided tours or carefully planned schedules, the Argentinean South is one of the coolest places I know to have a fabulous road trip adventure. Though I have never traveled there by land, the places I saw while cruising were quite unforgettable, especially my […]

As it usually happens to me with films and places, I fell in love with New Zealand for the first time after watching a movie. In this case, it was Lee Tamahori’s superb ONCE WERE WARRIORS. This is a 90’s movie, so, NZ and I actually go way back, but many years would pass until […]

The first time I was in Athens, I wanted to see and do everything. I was coming from Korfu, which I had reached via Bari. I have told many times before on this blog the story of how it was Henry Miller´s THE COLOSSUS OF MAROUSI, in a German edition, read under the delicious Ibiza […]

This is the second guest post ever on The Wander life, by travel blogger extraordinaire Joe, who shows a flair for film criticism as well. I added my favorite travel movie of all times at the bottom! Enjoy! If you’re a traveller, what’s the next best thing to travelling? Daydreaming about it? Writing about? Talking […]

So, we are halfway through the summer, and I still haven´t been able to take a proper vacation, but I have just spent a couple of weeks with a few interruptions at my family´s summer house in Las Toscas Honestly, I used to spend only a few weekends there every summer, but this year I […]