I’ve just come back from my 4-day mosaic vacation in Ravenna. I feel like I should have planned more days there. Why more days? My Google search suggested that a maximum of four days would be enough to see everything in Ravenna, but I felt like seven days would have…

I own an illustrative and concise guidebook of Corto Maltese. It suggests multiple itineraries in Venice and its beautiful islands. It has taken me years to complete all of them. The guidebook has the section introducing a visit to the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, which is home to…

Welcome to my 2nd Book Review on my handpicked and tested travel literature. We are in the age where AI-Slop videos have been dominant in the social media scene, but we love blogs and we have time to go through them. The same goes for the books and I believe…

I managed to travel through Finland without taking a single taxi—and still experienced what a high-cost country like Finland has to offer a low-budget traveler like me. I spent the first week entirely in Helsinki, the capital. On my very first days, I was reunited with a long-lost friend in…

Updated on June 8th, 2026Just a little of personal story here. Back in 2022, a friend attended a summer academic programme at Aalto University which is located in Helsinki, Finland. I have been in touch with her and we have met personally at different parts of the world: Singapore and…

Updated on March 3rd, 2026I finally came back to Venice last year – but before my comeback I did some homework on my Venice vacation. A lot of blogs and publications suggest the short trip to Chioggia as a side trip from Venice. Those blog posts and publication show the…

This post is different in featuring Pusheen all over my photos. She travels in Venice in my universe and enjoys her adventure in Serenisima eating or sleeping publicly on Venice canals.. Pusheen and her chicks entourage inspect the gondola workshop which is the only place where the gondola gets produced…

Updated on March 6th, 2026Have you visited this dockyard in your three day Venice stay? This post will be a sort of my boiling pot host. By boiling, I need to express my frustration as a lot of social media posts promote nearly just a few days. Maximal three days…

Updated on February 9th, 2026A lot of fellow tourists ask “where to stay in Venice?” as they plan their trip over to Venice, Italy. We all know the complexity. If you travel to Venice for the first time, you don’t know the way around, but you wish for the suitable…