“How about a weekend in Venice in November?”I immediately accepted because I love spending time with Stefano, my travel pal in the few occasions when I’m not traveling solo. The “where” was not relevant. I was happy to enjoy a couple of days with my best friend. I found out that without the crowds and shrouded...
Anyone with a passion for alpine ski competitions is familiar with the town of Kitzbuehel, in Tirol, and the Hahnenkamm – also called Streif – the most famous downhill race together with Wenger’s Lauberhorn, in Switzerland.Alpine ski indeed remains one of the leading attractions of this famous village in the Austrian Alps, but Kitzbuehel has...
Visiting the beautiful and remote Shimshal Valley was much more than a trip to a unique and little-known place, it was a journey into myself, it made me uncover longstanding fears, it drove me to overcome them....
Combining the passion for mountains and walking with love for modern architecture may sound odd, even a contradiction, but that’s what you'll experience hiking Vorarlberg, following the Architecture Path, in northwestern Austria.This four days hike in the Bregenzerwald between mountains, green pastures, lovely villages, beautiful old houses and superb modern alpine architecture is unique. Neighboring...
I hadn’t planned to visit Shimshal, a beautiful remote valley in Gilgit Baltistan (north Pakistan). It ended up being one of the best experiences of my Pakistan adventure....
Wedding season is well under way and with more people deciding to tie the knot away from home, it can become increasingly difficult to decide what to bring and how to pack!The thing about a wedding abroad is that it’s not just one day, there’s pre-wedding dinners, drinks and maybe even group activities to attend....
It’s hard to imagine anything more charming than small alpine lakes, with their pristine water whose colors range from dark blue to emerald green or turquoise.Whenever I go hiking in Switzerland, and I do all I can to make that happen as often as possible, I’m always on the look for some new mountain lake,...
One of the best experience of my recent trip to Pakistan. A 4WD Jeep drive on one of world's most dangerous roads, to reach Fairy Meadows, a beautiful mountain area with breathtaking views on the Nanga Parbat. ...
The police escort, one of the world's most dangerous 4WD tracks, a sublime landscape, and altitude sickness: what an experience trekking in Fairy Meadows! ...
When I decided to travel to Pakistan, I hadn’t originally planned to visit Lahore.I crave for mountains much more than I am attracted by cities, and my very tentative itinerary (I’m not much of a planner and I definitely prefer spontaneous journeys, whenever possible) was focused on the area north of Islamabad towards the Chinese...
