DAY 6 (21.4.23) An early alarm jolted me awake for the 8:30 AM ferry. But the groggy start was quickly redeemed by witnessing the best sunrise yet—pink hues lighting up the cliffs above Orsola, ...
DAY 4 (19.04.23) The day kicked off under a cloudy sky. Things quickly went south when the previous night’s salad decided to stage a revolt, leaving me desperately seeking a restroom. To add insult to ...
Prologue If someone had told me a few years ago that a solo trip could end up causing me trauma, I would never have believed them. Blame it on the bad weather, on the lack of human encounters, or on ...
SÃO MIGUEL, 7-14/06/2022 Part of the Eastern group of the Azores (along with Santa Maria), the biggest, most touristic and most populated island in the archipelago, São Miguel, is home to a bountiful ...
Not your typical travel entry. Most likely you won’t rush on Google Flights or Skyscanner after reading this. And it has nothing to do with the places themselves, for they were indeed glorious. Simply ...
SÃO JORGE, 30/5/22 – 1/6/22 Long and thin, dramatic as it can get, renowned for its local cheese, São Jorge is an island in the central group of the Azores and, along with Pico and Faial, part of “the ...
Spring 2018, Berlin Without really being aware of it, every time spring comes I find myself repeating some patterns. If on one predictable hand I can’t help being drawn to blossoming nature, on the ...
Waking up under several layers of warm blankets with the metallic sound of the rain hitting the rorbu’s roof and the smell of the coffee. The forcasts were not lying after all. That sound would have ...
Mine and Isabel’s love for Berlin is no longer a secret for anybody. This time around we went back there with two dear friends from London, Joana and Karolis (you met them here: ...
Few months ago I started looking at the skyscrapers on my way to work with different eyes and asked myself why I had never made a good use of the city patterns. How could I have ignored them majesties ...
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES “The Virgin Suicides”, the 1999 Sofia Coppola movie, taken from the homonym novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, left a weird taste in my mouth. At first I disliked it, but then I found ...
It takes guts to leave everything behind to pursue what you’ve always dreamt of. And this lady here has definitely plenty. Gifted with an undeniable talent for singing, Carla and her magnetic ...
With a little time on my hands to shoot with the new Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens I really couldn’t be picky about taking pictures only with bright sunny days. God knows for how ...
When Lomography Soho asked me to take some test shots with the new Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 art lens I immediately thought to take advantage of the dreamlike effect this lens is becoming famous ...
Man of few words, walking encyclopedia and sport fanatic, Marco is one of my long-time best friends and the only one that paid me a visit everywhere I lived in the last years (including a quite epic ...