We’ve been in Rome a few weeks ago for a long, relaxing, weekend with two couples of good friends. Our plan was to have fun, eat a lot of food and enjoy the beauty of this eternal city. And we did exactly all of that! Rome is obviously beautiful and you only have to walk … More Super Fun Weekend in Rome
Fushimi Inari Taisha is one of the most charming places I’ve ever visited on Earth. It’s a huge shintoist shrine dedicated to the fox goddess of Inari and its most enchanting part includes trails up to the mountain to many smaller shrines and ritual cemeteries. This pathway take place on a forest of tropical plants … More Kyoto Day 4 – Part 2 – Fushimi Inari Taisha
After some days of unstable weather finally came the sun on the forth day of our Momijigari tour. Following the advice of a good friend, we decided to visit Ohara, which is a countryside village in the northern part of Kyoto and it is easily accessible by public transportation from the Kyoto main station within … More Kyoto Day 4 – Part 1 – Ohara
Tuesday 10th November 2015 has been a very very very special day for us. It was Luca’s 35th birthday. So I planned the entire day to be absolutely perfect and dedicated to him. He is a huge appreciator of Kobe Beef – I mean he is totally crazy for this kind of meat – so … More Kyoto Day 3 – Himeji + Kobe
It’s been a long time since my last post about our summer 2015 journey in Scotland. Then, where were we? I suspended the story at Inveraray, when we were travelling from Islay to Glasgow. Why Glasgow? Why we didn’t go to Edinburgh immediately? Some people told me that Glasgow isn’t a place that doesn’t deserve … More Glasgow, The Necropolis and The Rosslyn Chapel
Two of my favorite spot of Kyoto are sited in the north-west part of the city. The first is Kinkaku-ji temple, which is one of the most famous Japanese buddhist temple in Japan; it is placed near a reflecting pool and in the middle of a zen garden with amazing colors. This temple is very … More Kyoto Day 2 – Kinkakuji + Arashiyama
After the epic trip in 2013 I already knew that I had to come back to Japan at least one more time in life. When my husband and I were planning our honeymoon in 2014 we were tempted so hardly to return, but in the end we decided another destination, completely different from the place … More Momijigari – Kyoto Day 1
If you haven’t ever been at Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart you’ll probably ever know how much german people are funny, friendly and great in making parties with good food, music and drinks. We started our tradition of going every year at the Stuttgart Volksfest in 2011 – we only skipped it last year because we … More Stuttgart Cannstatter Volksfest 2015
As I wrote earlier, the weather forecast in Scotland is unpredictable. So after a cloudy morning we took the road from Dunvegan to Carbost in order to visit Talisker Distillery… And the sun peeked out from the clouds and started to shine! The view of the Cuillin Hills and the countryside by the sea and … More Carbost, Talisker Bay and Sligachan
Imago Volant 