The Australian blogger Kachina from Kachinasnomaddiction started a series of articles on Studying abroad after moving to the States to go to college. My experience in Rome studying Sociology for 5 months was so incredible that I jumped on the opportunity to collaborate with her. Kachina: What made you decide that you wanted to participate in a student exchange? One year before leaving, I visited a … Continue reading Erasmus in Rome – interview
A bit more than one year after my first article about food in Brussels, I’ve eaten so much delicious food in so many new restaurants (or at least new to me!) that a second article seemed more than necessary! World food Many of my discoveries are restaurants offering food from around the world, from Italy to Liban and Japan: Start with a traditional Italian apero at La Piola Libri (every day … Continue reading Hungry in Brussels? [N°2]
The night at the Lugana Colorada was cold but nevertheless quite needed. And we all felt much better the next morning. No aweful headache! We left around 7.30am for another day in the middle of nowhere! We went on to the peaceful desertic and peaceful landscapes of the Desierto Siloli. A paragraph on our lovely guide Pedro: we had read so many horrible things about … Continue reading From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 2
When I was organising our trip to Chile, I discovered that many incredible excursions in jeeps were organised between San Pedro de Atacama and Uyuni in Bolivia. I started to look for reliable companies and read many horrendous stories about tourists throwing up at every stop, guides that did not have enough food, noisy and freezing dorms, jeeps breaking down in the middle of the … Continue reading From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 1
Chile is maybe not the first country you think about going to when travelling to South America… but it should be! Pablo Neruda’s country is full of amazing landscapes and peaceful places where you will forget about your daily grey buildings in no time. Let’s start with Santiago and San Pedro de Atacama. 2 days in Santiago We flew from Brussels to Santiago via Madrid. Tickets … Continue reading Santiago & San Pedro de Atacama
My dear friend Stephanie comes from the lovely town of Cisternino in the Southern Italian region of Apulia. Last July, I spent a great week in her trullo (also for rent here) eating delicious local food and drinking spritz by the pool. I asked her to provide you with her best tips to eat and drink in Cisternino. Emilie: What would you advise people visiting … Continue reading Eating & drinking in Cisternino
Geneva is a small but charming city with a lovely city centre, a very interesting international area and nice walks to do around the lake. It’s a pity everything is as expensive as you can imagine! Arriving by plane? Take advantage of the only free thing you will find in Geneva: free transport tickets (limited to 80 minutes) are available in the baggage claim area. … Continue reading A city trip to Geneva
Today I wanted to write a short blog post about an original and fun activity I did a few weeks ago: I played golf between cows! Farmersgolf originates from the Netherlands. If you trust Wikipedia, Dutch people have 70 places to play farmersgolf locations in their country and there would be over 110 places in Europe where ot play. Personally, I was stuck near the … Continue reading Farmersgolf
Travel with Emilie 