Travel Around The Clock

Have you decided? Are you really sure you want to get married? Well, then the next step is choosing your honeymoon destination!!   I personally believe one of the best option is Egypt.  Thanks to its geographical position in the northeast of Africa, Egypt is characterized by low annual rainfall and sunshine all year round, with temperatures that rarely fall below 20°C. It is one of the richest countries in terms of history, culture and natural beauty and it is without any doubts one of the most amazing and desired destinations for honeymoons. A holiday in Egypt can offer something for all tastes: a combination of thousands of interesting temples and monuments with the magic of a sea among the most beautiful on the planet. And if you are looking for romance, intimacy and relax, the association of an adventurous Nile cruise with a week getting pampered by the wonderful coral reef of the Red Sea may be the perfect choice for your honeymoon. A cruise on the...

The Red Sea is an amazing blue stretch of pristine waters famous for its beautiful seabed, the magnificent colors of the reef and the rich fauna that inhabit its waters: a true “underwater paradise”.  Thanks to its geographical isolation it has developed, over the centuries, a unique marine ecosystem that never ceases to amaze divers. But what makes it so special and why you should choose it as your diving destination? I will give you 5 reasons: The corals. A dip in the blue waters of the Red Sea will lead you to the discovery of more than 200 different species of corals creating an amazing underwater landscape. Indeed the Red Sea has the largest range of corals in the world. Each part is characterized by a different species and at each dive your eyes will be amazed by coral gardens with an impressive variety of colors and shapes. It’s something that cannot be described with words, it needs to be experienced; an experience you will never forget. ...

Finding a flat in Paris is not an easy task. You may think choosing your place in such a big and cosmopolitan city should not be that complicated but believe me, it's almost shocking how things are working for the renting business in the ville lumiere! First of all agencies apply nefarious fees corresponding to a month rent, and this is just for paying them taking you to visit the flat and to write a contract (that will probably be based on a template I guess!). So your first decision should be if you really want to pay those fees or if you prefer to go through privates. If you decide to go for the cheapest option, there a couple of good websites: pap & leboncoin where you can filter area, max price, number of rooms etc. Obviously what you will find will depend on your budget, but, be ready for high prices, old houses especially if centrally located, ridiculously small dimensions (10-15m2 are not unusual), upper floors with no lifts. In any case, when you find anyt...

We are going to be on the move again very soon, so I am determined to make the most of our time in Paris and to visit as much as possible of what this extraordinary city can offer in terms of art and history.  Clearly Versailles had to be on the list: isn't it one of the most significant touristy destinations in Paris? So, we bought tickets in advance and the first bad surprise was that weekends tickets are more expensive (€25 compared to the €18 during the week): I may see the point of trying to push people to visit during the week, but it's a bit of a disadvantage for the people living and working in Paris! Anyway, it's an important historic site, so spending a bit more for the entrance is not such a big deal. We got there 10 minutes before the opening trying to avoid the long queues, but the situation was already  scary. Most groups had already arrived.  No separate entrances for groups and individuals and no staff controlling the queue. But, luckily, the e...

Italians are well known for their anarchic and crazy driving habits, and anytime anyone tells me about it, I don't even make the effort to deny it because it is simply the truth. Italians (especially in the cities) are wild drivers and too often disrespectful of any driving rules (or common sense). The road is a jungle to us (I'm including myself only for nationality reasons)! But, even if I find painful to share any charts' supremacy with the Frenchies (see our disputes about football!) I must admit that we are not alone on the top of the bad driving habits chart, as French drivers are not less undisciplined than us. We've moved to Levallois Perret a few months ago; a wealthy residential area just out of Paris' peripherique. It's very quiet and in general a very nice banlieu to live in, but it took me not longer than a week or two to notice  that drivers are not that polite... First, they park anywhere and anyhow out of the parking lines: ...

One of the first differences I immediately noticed between London and Paris is that Paris museums are not free, which is quite sad for someone like me that likes quite a lot spending a few hours looking at artworks and learning a bit more about art. But there's a little trick if you want to feed your passion without going bankrupt: some of the most important sites, such as the Orsay , the Orangerie and the Centre Pompidou are actually free on the first Sunday of the month all year long, while the Louvre offers the same deal but only between October and March. So September's first Sunday has been dedicated to what it's considered to be the most interesting collection of modern and contemporary art: the National Museum of Modern Art in the Centre Pompidou . Centre Pompidou The building, also called the Beaubourg and designed by the Italian architects Renzo Piano and  Gianfranco Franchini and the British Richard Rogers , is a whole cultural complex including a cen...

A few weeks ago the sun was shining and the temperatures went up (only for a couple of days unfortunately) so it was the perfect time to have a touristy walk. We chose our destination : Montmartre, probably the most touristy area of Paris. But instead of getting on the usual touristy path, we ended up getting lost in its cemetery. There is something special about this old cemetery. And it's not the tombs of the various personalities buried here ( Zola , Truffaut , Stendhal , Degas ...). The beauty of this place is created by the silence, its neglected look, the Gothic tombs and the more simple modern ones.   We walked there for hours under the rays of sun filtering through the big trees. We stopped several times, to read engravings, to see the decorations.   We loved it.