Visiting a new country means that quite everything you will experience will have the flavour of the unknown. You have no idea what to expect, for as many guide’s advises you might read, and as many plans you may have, you will never experience what you’ve imagined. We all know you want to avoid the […]
Whatever Silk Road sounds to you and the name promises, it was not only about taking silk from China to Europe or a private package tour that Marco Polo hired. It is all about the cultures that are traveling from one place to the other by the hand of those travelers who would dare to […]
The countdown begins! Only two weeks after the Holy Week, locals in Sevilla dress up and go out to welcome what they’ve been looking forward to for the whole year: the FERIA. Yes, yes! You’ve read correctly. The feria kicks off next Monday with the traditional ALUMBRAO. Locals meet in front of the main gate […]
Do the words Semana Santa or Holy Week sound familiar to you? I’m sure they do. The processions, the music… But what about food? What do locals like to eat in Easter? Well, if you don’t have a clue, I’ll tell you: TORRIJAS! That’s what locals eat time and time again. But we can’t blame them… Torrijas […]
Ok, I may as well get this out of the way at the start of this blog piece. I am an App luddite. There, it’s out in the open, I don’t feel such a fake now. It took me age to join the masses and get a smart phone and despite being in my possession […]
Christmas planning is always a bit of headache because of the whole pressure of having a special time. Not knowing many people in Ethiopia I was kind of prepared to spend very normal Christmas traveling around the country but then I started meeting people, making friends and Xmas was just as nice and Xmas-like as […]
Traveling is for me a lot like hunting, chasing the lure of the unknown and stepping into unexplored territory without any expectations. And my trip to the Afar region could not more unexpected. The Afar probably rank among the top 10 of the most fearful African tribes,. The ones that pride themselves with cutting the […]
A few weeks passed and I still felt like lingering in the most relaxed town I’ve ever come across; Mekele, the second biggest city in Ethiopia with such a miniature size that you would not even realize that you are in a city. The entire town center is just a maze of small coffee houses. […]
You come to a country and you don´t know anything about it? This is exactly what is happening to me. No expectations no disappointments. All the opposite as I am constantly surprised by the beauty, hospitality, friendliness and the grand diversity of Ethiopia. As a rider who happens to travel my travel criteria are based […]
Ever traveled to a country that you didn’t want to go to?! This is the story of why I went to Ethiopia. Never wanted to go there, never thought I would be going and here I am, in the paradise! I arrived in Addis Ababa after midnight with no clue how to get to my […]
Private Guided Visit of the Alhambra
by Claire T.
Exclusive Tapas and Flamenco Night
by David
