Venice, The Floating City – turning our heads to the unavoidable canals

For my first post about Venice, I wanted to look away from what makes this city so famous - the canals. Anything that represents Venice, shows its big Lagoon, romantic views into the narrow canals, with a gondola where a couple in love sits enjoying the views and each others company (currently, usually with a … Continue reading Venice, The Floating City – turning our heads to the unavoidable canals

Erasmus Memories: visiting Segovia, Spain (2012)

My Erasmus adventure recollection continues. At the Universidad Complutense de Madrid there was an Erasmus association that would organise trips at very good prices for Erasmus students throughout Spain. Of course that often required long bus trips, nights badly slept in pretty strange hostels and surviving nights of partying (when you're not a partying person, … Continue reading Erasmus Memories: visiting Segovia, Spain (2012)

A visit to the Tower of London during Christmas

I have been wanting to visit the Tower of London for many years now and I finally did it. There are so many stories about this place, so much History. I wasn't even aware of half of them, always associating the Tower as a place of imprisonment, executions and torture. So imagine my surprise when … Continue reading A visit to the Tower of London during Christmas