Sweet memories

Today I've uploaded some pictures about my American adventure on this blog. Problems are still the same: scanning from slides the quality results not so good and colors are sometimes fake. But I guess they're able to enrich my travel diary while some of them look pretty cool. Check them all out and feel free to leave your comments here!!!

The end?

Home sweet home. I arrived today in Milan from Ireland and it's time to turn back to the usual boring life to realize that this journey is really over... During this months I enjoyed many different situations and I can't stop thinking back about all the amazing people I met and the adventures I experienced on the road. How could I forget the Norwegian sky reflecting the sunset over its lakes; the endless Alaskan forests and hills; the sunny days spent biking along the Yukon river or having fun in American cities; the unbelievable sceneries of National Parks and canyons with their villages; the ocean and the desert, the mountains and the beaches... and all the places where I slept: my tent, on a bus, at bus stations, in airports, on a ferry coach, in a motorhome... and then Mexico, hitchiking, the cold nights, all the stars high in the sky, the northern rain, Germany, Ireland, the beer... and obviously all the interesting people I've met on my way: I'll miss you all greatly and I'm looking forward to have news from you as soon as possible. Too many wonderful memories. The reality is that I'm understanding now I've became travel-addicted and I still would be ready to leave for anywhere... Moreover, I strongly believe this blog won't end up here: time to stop hasn't come for me yet... Stay connected in the very next days for news and for a look to the photos I've taken! Never give it up and keep on going, man!!!

Ireland: tha last stage

Time to go back... sigh!!! We landed from Los Angeles to Dublin, the crowdy capital of my beloved Ireland. I personally don't like that city too much, in particular if comparred to the gorgeous sceneries could offer the rest of the island. For that reason we didn't spend there too much time... just enough for a pilgrimage to the amazing Guinness Brewery in St. James Gate, where we learnt how to draught the "black gold perfect pint", and for a visit to the other Dublin main sights: Trinity College and Temple Bar. On a shitty car we quickly reached Newgrange, which is well known for the most important celtic megalithic tomb, and then we continued to discover the ancient taste of Ireland going west to Clonmacnoise - a site famous for its ruins showing the oldest Christian building complex in the whole Northern Europe. According to the mood of my trip we moved to the Irish west coast, which is absolutely stunning and definetely better than the east one. So we went on Achill Island, County Mayo, in the less touristical area of Ireland but the more charming too. Achill Island is an undiscovered tourist-free natural shrine: the slower way of living can make you feel the breeze of real Ireland past times while the thrilling views over the cliffs are lovely to see the stormy sea roaring closer to an emerald field full of quiet sheeps. Connemara, Galway, County Clare... all those places we crossed meant only one thing to me: time to come back home has come.

National Parks and stuffs

My last post I was in San Diego... from there I moved to Las Vegas (Nevada) where I met Oliver and some other friends to travel by car the great southwest US National Parks. But before that we gambled in "the city of sin" an we enjoyed pig-like dinners in casino`s all-you-can-eat buffets... From Las Vegas I cannot describe the beauty of all the parks we`ve seen... maybe when I`ll post the photos it`ll be easy to understand what I mean, more than any many words... We headed to Red Rock Canyon, and then we went to Arizona for the amazing views of Grand Canyon. Then to Utah to visit the incredible colorful parks of Bryce and Zion: it`s unbelievable the views they can offer!!! Back to Nevada for a stroll in the desertic Death Valley, which is the lowest point in US, many feet beneath the sea level, and then straight to California to see the alpine settings of Yosemite National Park. One day in Frisco and then to the beautiful costal route of Big Sur toward Los Angeles, after 2600 miles tour, where I`m actually writing from. The weather is lightly rainy and we`re going to take the flight back to Europe... We`ll miss USA but... stay tuned!!! More news soon to come!!!