When you dream for a long time, imagining in detail what you desire so intensely... everything can become reality. Breathtaking volcanoes, lush valleys, cascading waterfalls and much more, this is the Big Island. This island is like nowhere else. It's a unique culture and the value of its people, is what makes this place so …
Japan from July 10th. – August 2nd.
Since my first trip to Japan, I have felt a strange sort of connection.It was the '80s and '90s: Swissair's flights to the Land of the Rising Sun allowed us to stay on the island for five days. From Tokyo, we explored the north, and some time later, with the service to Osaka, we also …
Rishikesh and the north
I once again accompanied my brother to India, to the place where he will most likely go to live in a couple of years.After seven years, I found Rishikesh little changed: less tourists for sure considering that the Internatioval Yoga Festival Parmarth Niketan this time has been moved to 9.-15.3.2025 because of the Kumbh Mela.Depending …
Canada on the road from August 1st to the 24th
Ontario – Québec – New Brunswick – Prince Edward Island – New Scotland Thursday 1 August 2024 (1st day)Flight LX 086 ZRH 12:40 – YUL 15:00 (delayted) Unfortunately, we had some delay and we arrived in Montréal later than expected. At the Rental Car Dollar our reservation was given to someone else but after complaining we …
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Brasile e Argentina: tre folli città ed una cascata divina
Da un anno era programmato questo viaggio, o forse anche ben oltre i 12 mesi, non ricordo in quale occasione me ne aveva parlato per la prima volta l’amico Danilo. Volevo in qualche modo festeggiare la conclusione della mia attività lavorativa… col desiderio di rivedere quei posti che avevo più volte visitato quando ancora lavoravo …
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Iceland, the land of the old Gods * Islanda la patria degli antichi Dei
Sabato 29 luglio da Zurigo, il volo per l’Islanda è durato ca. 4 ore. Siamo arrivati nel primo pomeriggio e dopo aver ritirato l’auto a noleggio, abbiamo velocemente raggiunto l’appartamento (Home by the Sea a Keflavik) dove abbiamo passato la prima notte.Con Massimo abbiamo verificato il percorso per il giorno seguente, sulla base dell’itinerario già …
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Short Scandinavian escape.
The program was another, very adventurous and more road-trip, but due to a mishap (not on my account) we could not reach the North Cape. I will fulfill my wish later, with more tranquility and following the fixed route to the north of Umea (my husband has already proposed to follow me). This time, we …
Up to the North
For a few years I had a "plan" to visit Scandinavia with a dear friend and his oldtimer car. For various reasons, however, we did not succeed... the fate. Then suddenly the cards turned on the table and the possibility of doing this even more adventurous adventure came up again... but with both my children! …
Holodomor: the genocide of the Ukrainians
(Italian translation see below) Although as a young girl I attended history lessons with marked interest, I had never heard of it. I discovered it with horror and sadness only in 2017, during a visit to Kiev. For me, the holocaust was that of the Jews... My parents had told me about their experience during …
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War in Ukraina: the horror against civilian
After two years of a global pandemic, which left a trail of deaths and disastrous consequences across the planet, "mankind" was thought to have learned something of a lesson... Unfortunately we have not dealt with the power-hungry madness, whose folishness has darkened our future by bringing to the memory of all of us other useless …
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The Clock [thoughts from: The game of glass beads – Hermann Hesse]
The Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola - Collina d'Oro - Ticino, was built in the middle of the 19th century by the Ticino architect Agostino Camuzzi and was completed in 1853. The Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse from 1919 to 1931, as well lived there. The Glass Beads Game is one of Hesse's notable works. I …
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FINDERORIÉN
In a place difficult to reach by land, an ascetic lived and probably still lives. He was no longer young, but the years had not yet marked his flesh with aches and pains that are typical of aging. Time seemed to stand still for him! Many came from afar to ask for his advice or …
Jordan * Giordania
The desire to escape, even if the years pass by quickly, is always extremely alive! Fortunately, I have a very understanding husband (he knew my problem with the adventure even before I got married), so it gives me great pleasure to have him by my side even though sometimes the goals are particular. Petra and …
La Salette e Laus tra le Alpi Francesi
From May 30th to June 6th 2019 with my mother I made an exciting journey of a thousand kilometers, along the Italian and French Alps, to discover new spiritual emotions. We spent the first night in Sant-Pierre at the Hotel Lo Fleyè, near Aosta in the homonymous valley. Arriving in the early afternoon, we took …
Central America: Guatemala the land of volcanoes
Volcán de Agua, Volcán de Fuego e Volcán Acatenango The next day, in Antigua, I was delighted to see Tito, the writer friend whom I greatly appreciate for his huge literary talent, and we made the acquaintance of his wife Patricia. In Antigua, we were hosted in the country house of his friends Olivia and …
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Claudine Giovannoni 