Il PERCHE ‘DI QUESTO ARTICOLO Nei giorni scorsi sono andata per le vaccinazioni finali (5 in 1 giorno!) e per ritirare la patente di guida internazionale in vista dei miei pazzi giri in motoretta in giro per il mondo. Quando ho spiegato i miei progetti, in entrambi gli uffici mi hanno …
Cosa ho messo nello zaino per il mio viaggio intorno al mondo!
LA LISTA PRE-VIAGGIO DI FURIO! Eccomi qui! Dopo aver letto 1000000 blogs su “come fare lo zaino perfetto”, è arrivato il mio turno di impacchettare tutto cio’ che mi serve per 1 anno di viaggi! Penso di aver tentato di fare e disfare lo zaino circa 6/7 volte prima di …
Photography day: MY NEW YORK
Ah New York! I dreamed about visiting this city so many times! It has always been my wonderland, my number one city, my ultimate American Dream. I still remember the day I booked the flight as it was yesterday. I kept reading it all day long: LONDON HEATRHOW——–>NEW YORK JFK… aka …
L’angolo Italiano di Keep Calm and travel – Little Italy around the World!
ARRIVANO MAGDA E FURIO A KEEP CALM AND TRAVEL! Quando ho aperto questo blog mi sono trovata davanti ad una scelta: scrivere in Italiano o in inglese? Ovviamente sarebbe stato piu facile mettere in piedi un sito in Italiano. Probabilmente la mia mitica Prof di Inglese (che saluto caramente visto …
Countdown: 1 week before the departure
My dear friends! As some of you may have already noticed, I’m doing some trial tests to change the layout of my blog. I want a new, refreshed version of Keep Calm and Travel before my departure in 1 week, so apologize if the site looks a bit messy at the moment. I …
How I saved 16.000 $ for my trip in less than 5 months
TIPS TO SAVE MONEY FOR YOUR TRIP In this post I will share with you a few tips and tricks from my personal experience and will tell you how I managed to save 16.000$ in just 5 months. WHY THIS ARTICLE? In the past few days I went for my …
Blogs I love and Thank You’s!
Countdown: Two weeks to my trip and I’d like to spread a bit of love and thank you’s! Even if I am still at home, patiently (well…big word!) awaiting to take off for my trip, I already feel part of the travelers “family”. So, before I hit the road and …
What I’ve Packed For My RTW Trip: The List.
TRAVEL PACKING LIST ESSENTIALS: Finally, after reading 1 million blogs about packing, is my turn to put all my belongings for 1 year of travels in my bag! I attempted packing and un-packing 6/7 times before reaching a decent result! They say practice makes you perfect but I’m still …
RTW trip: How we planned the Itinerary!
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Saint Augustine was right. I indeed want to read more pages of this fascinating book. In my case a very specific book: THE SOUTH EAST ASIA TRAVEL GUIDE! But today I’m stealing Saint Augustine’s metaphor to introduce …
GIRL ON FIRE:Pre trip Travel Burnout
I’m no Alicia Keys here. I was on fire, that’s right. But I burned Out 🙂 Sitting in my bed with my computer on the lap and a blank page to fill in front of me…and I feel a bit like this page: BLANK! There are so many ways to describe how …
From “I know it all” travel expert to ” I want my mommy” in 4 months!
Warning: this post has completely changed since the first time I wrote it in August, when I created a category called “tips for trips” and had a completely wrong idea about blogs. When I decided to create this blog, I had 3 main reasons in mind: It is cool …
Ode to London City- short video
Love and hate for my London I think some cities are Just magical and London is one of them for sure. You either hate it or you Love it. Or both in my case. My relationship with London started the 11 of September 2007- When i flew there for the …
MONEY MONEY: WHAT BUDGET DO WE NEED FOR A RTW TRIP?
Note for the reader: This is an old post that needs to be revised by my editor. Thanks for your understanding. Ok, this may not seems romantic at all but in order to travel I need to save money. For the past few weeks all I was able to do was checking my bank account …
Why I’m a Travel Junkie? My first Inspirational figures!
Looking back at my life, someone would find it hard to guess that I’m such a travel junkie. Not hard to see why: my parents never took a plane, my brother hates to travel and not many of my closest friends have traveled extensively (other than for work reasons). …
What am i going to miss the most? My memories Videos
Thinking about what I will be missing the most when I'll be backpacking far away from home. Not difficult to guess. My friends, my memories, all the places and funny situations I've been involved in all these years. But I'm sure I will be bringing a bit of craziness ...
Countdown for our One Way Ticket to Thailand….yay!
DISCLAIMER: This is one of the first post ever written on Keep Calm and Travel. I decided to leave all the old posts as a reminder to myself on how it all started and how things evolve over time. It’s so cute to read this small blog posts after …
My first insprational Video!
When I was still in the dreaming process, I often checked out videos about South East Asia and this is definitely the one that convinced me to visit this amazing country! In the beginning this post was addressed to my brother, to convince him, notoriously against any type of ...
Dreams Can Become Reality
DISCLAIMER:This is an old post, when I still used my blog as a “Journal”. I’m currently reviewing the oldest posts and editing them for Spelling/Grammar/Style mistakes. It’s nice to wake up one morning, at 35 and realize that you not only are still have big dreams, but that you are …
Citizen of the World mod ON
DISCLAIMER: This is the first post ever on Keep Calm and Travel. I decided to leave all the old posts as a reminder to myself on how it all started and how things evolve over time. It’s so cute to read this small blog posts after years.. Whilst every …