My travel bucket list
My travel bucket list is basically infinite. A long list of dreams that keeps on growing. For every destination I reach, a bunch of new ideas are added! Right now, my list is a dozen pages long google doc with … Continued
Book review: Erebus (M. Palin)
What do you do when the remains of a vanished ship, lost for more than 150 years, are found? You write a book! This is the review of Erebus written by Michael Palin: a book about great explorers, scientific discoveries, … Continued
Citadelpark: a day to discover Ghent beautiful city park
Ghent Citadelpark lays on a hill between the rivers Scheldt and Lys. The citadel stood here until 1870 and 5 years later the park was inaugurated. It looks like a simple city park with nothing interesting to see, but it’s … Continued
AMS: Acute Mountain Sickness
What is Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) ? Acute Mountain Sickness (or AMS) is a serious health condition. It’s cause by the lack of body adaptation to the rapid exposure of higher altitudes, where the partial pressure of oxygen is considerably … Continued
Beguinages in north Europe
A beguinage (from the French béguinage) is an architectural complex which was housing beguines. They were mainly built in Flanders and the Netherlands, but there are few in North-East France and North-West Germany. History and structure of the beguinages Entering … Continued
Gorilla tracking in Uganda: meeting the mountain gorillas face-to-face
Data from Uganda Wildlife Authority say that, in the last few years, the world population of mountain gorillas is been growing, reaching today a thousands individuals. Uganda hosts about half of them, while the others live in the forests of … Continued
Uganda: Murchison Falls National Park
In West Uganda there’s one of the most interesting locations of the country: the Murchison Falls National Park. Spreading for almost 4000 km2, this is the largest park in Uganda. It hosts forests, hills and savannah and it’s crossed by … Continued
Packing for Africa
I’m packing for Africa again.This time it’s going to be for 40 days in Uganda with many different activities planned. Once again I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to need and what I’m probably not going to need. … Continued
Oropa: Italian history and nature off the beaten path
For unknown reasons, my family has always been in love with Oropa: a small town in the mountains above Biella, famous for the homonym Sanctuary.Almost every year my grandmother would spend at least a day visit at this place. Today … Continued
Volunteering: passion or business?
My past volunteering experiences have always been with organizations I either knew myself or I had good connections with. They were NGO, missionaries or even simple group of friends that had won my trust. Few months back though, I started … Continued
Stories from Haiti
Haiti is an ancient land, with a complicated past and an uncertain future. It’s full of contradictions and potentials. Full of people with nothing in their hand and a great desire for changes. The following pictures from the Republic of … Continued
Trekking in Tenerife: Climbing the majestic volcano Teide
For trekking and hiking lovers, in Tenerife there’s a special place called Teide. It’s an active volcano that can be climbed from bottom to summit (3.718m) in a single day. Teide is the second volcano I’ve climbed, following Mount Kilimanjaro, … Continued
Rossana & Ruymán in Uganda
ThatLadyFromEurope is proud to support Rossana&Ruymán’s volunteering trip to Uganda!! Join us in filling a 23kg bag of goods to donate to our chosen projects!!Click the PayPal link below! Where? Uganda, mainly Masindi and Mbale, with some touristing detour here … Continued
Packing list to climb Kilimanjaro
One of the most common question people ask, when organizing climbing Kilimanjaro, concerns the luggage. “What should I pack? Will I miss something? What is necessary and what is not? Is this too heavy? Should I buy something before leaving … Continued