3 Essential Traveler Faces (Travel Safety 101)
The most extensive and versatile toolset any traveler has at their disposition, which also happens to be free, is their behavior. In this post, I am going to introduce you to the in my experience three most important facial expressions
Bagni di Lucca to Vicenza via Lucca, Prato, Bologna, Padova
My fellow WorkAway is quite pleased with herself. She happens to also be going from Bagni di Lucca to Vicenza today and she's booked all her tickets via GoEuro. In Italy, I don't like booking tickets via the internet. a) Because
Why solo travel is the best and why not traveling alone rocks
Ah, the glam of solo travel! Sunday was yet another Valentine's Day I spent as a single. I was sitting in a nice bungalow on a hill in the Tuscan countryside, surrounded by a dozen dogs, binging on romantic movies
Safety pin — Why every traveler needs one in their backpack
The standard safety pin -- patented in 1849 by American mechanic Walter Hunt -- is one of my favorite gadgets. Here are three uses for it that you might not have thought of:
Navigating Cinque Terre by boat, train, bus and on foot
The UNESCO World heritage site most people know simply as Cinque Terre is much more than just five villages on the Ligurian coast. There is also Portovenere, where I stayed for four nights, and Isola Palmaria, both at the mouth
Hostelling International: Ostello San Frediano, Lucca
San Frediano promises to become a prime hostel for both backpackers and families in the coming years -- both to visit Lucca and as a base to explore Tuscany. Location & Getting There The hostel is located in the vast halls of
Taormina, Sicily, to Tarn Region, France (via Rome, Barcelona & Toulouse)
I had only been on Sicily for two weeks when it became necessary for me to go back to France to visit friends in the Tarn region. My initial instinct was to catch the ferry from Palermo to Genova and
Puglia to Sicily (via Taranto & Messina)
Taranto to Messina by bus (Onbus / Autolinea Scoppio) After six weeks and three longer journeys in the country I think I have the hang of the Italian bus network. It seems like each route is awarded to one company, usually
Rome — Tipps & Tricks for your visit
The first settlers came here more than 14,000 years ago. But since Rome was founded -- as legend will have it on 21 April 753 B.C. by the brothers Romulus and Remus who had been drinking from a she-wolf as
A day in Rome — When in doubt it’s a church, and other things I learnt
I had not planned to go to Rome now. But my first Italian WorkAway starts only on Friday. I am leaving Berlin on Wednesday. So I might as well start here. Coming in via Fiumicino airport I get a first taste