Because travelling makes us happy!
Humble but with an amazing garden. Under the Ming dynasty, Wang Xianchen, an officer serving the government was owning a private garden that for this reason is today called the humble administrator’s garden. It is one of the most beautiful of the town and included in the Unesco world heritage. It hosts a great collection …
Way to the army Xi’an? Terracotta army? Yes! This is the place but, after two days I didn’t visit it yet. Now is time to go for it. First useful information to give to who wants to go there, is that the site hosting the warriors is not in Xi’an but in the nearby Lintong …
Travelling to Pingyao. After three nights and two days spent in Datong it is again time to move to a new destination. New place is Pingyao, a relatively small town famous for its very well preserved old walled town. This one is expected to be real, not rebuilt from scratch like the one in Datong. …
Long route to Datong. Today I’m going to visit Yungang grottoes, one of the most famous attractions in China. The site is located not far from a town called Datong. Every time the topic is building carved out in rocks, as temples of Petra in Jordan or Fethiye in Turkey or big statues like those …
One of the oldest town in Russia. Veliky Novgorod, the “great” Novgorod, is one of the most beautiful town in Russia. It hosts a beautiful Kremlin known locally as Detinets but the entire town is full of places to see, like the Yaroslav’s court, the many ancient churches and last but not least the ethnographic …
On the road to Veliky Novgorod. Today I’m going to Veliky Novgorod, a quite famous town laying between Saint Petersburg and Moscow. When you talk to Russians you can skip the word “Veliky” meaning “Great” because for them this is just Novgorod. The other one with similar name is Nizhny Novgorod, for Russians simply “Nizhny” …