Almost too good to be true

… but the fact is I will spend quite some time in Polop in the years to come. After first finding the perfect place to stay, I’ve started to collect maps and hiking guides.

hiking Cinque Terre

I’m having an early autumn vacation – my plan is to visit Cinque Terre, Pisa & Lucca. The Cinque Terre (Five Lands) is a string of five fishing villages perched high on the Italian Riviera. I’ve never visited this part of Italy before, but from the images I’ve seen (like these snatched from Wikipedia) it looks extremely  picturesque. Manarola Corniglia Hiking…

Wanderlust

In 2012 Stavanger municipality and Stavanger Tourist Organisation launched a unique public health project called “52 everyday trips”. Every week a new walk, with a detailed map, was presented in the newspaper. The idea was to present the public for well marked routes right outside their own houses, making everyday activity an easier task. The 52 walks…

I’m off …

… and this is where I’m going: Triora – Liguria, known to be one of the most beautiful medieval citadels in Italy. Much of the architecture in Triora dates back to the 12th century, but its period of greatest fame was during the 16th century when a number of witch trials were conducted by the Inquisition. A year of…