One of my favourite things to do in Barcelona was wandering around cemeteries. Unfortunately I had the time for visiting only two of them, which …

“Once I happened to be in Sarajevo during the Sarajevo Film Festival: I totally loved it”, Cecilia Ferrara confessed to me, a Balkan enthusiast who …

It all began when I first put real life on pause to just live, elsewhere. I took a break from the intensity of life back …

Let’s start with my apologies for not trying out the best of Barcelona’s restaurants and cafés as I originally promised. The thing was that I …

Around noon we arrived in Sitges, a small town near Barcelona whose atmosphere is the closest you will find to Ibiza on mainland Spain. First …

We left the car right outside the entrance of Voskopoja. The parking lot was empty and the village looked deserted, apart from a few old …

Even if back in 2005 I was living in Madrid, I hadn’t seen any other place in Spain. So, when I graduated, I planned a …

If you have been following me on Instagram (@giulia_blocal_riva), you might have noticed that right before Christmas I went to the north of Italy together with …

After my best friend’s big, fat, Balkan wedding and a few days wandering around Skopje, the time arrived to explore the rest of the country. …

As you already know if you have been following my blog for a while, exactly one year ago I downshifted at my desk job to …

You guys should know by now that when me and my foodie friend Elena meet up again, an ‘Eating Out’ blogpost is coming. So, after …

 At last, I’ve explored the area in the province of Frosinone, finding three ghost towns and one abandoned paper factory. The greatest feature of these …

Last time I was in Naples, I fell in love with the panoramic view over the city from Castello Sant’Elmo on the Vomero hill. So, …

Beyond Lisbon’s industrial archaeology, the coolest restaurants in town and the best of Lisbon’s street art, there are still some more places worth checking out, which …

‘Listen’, ‘Pss’, ‘Grr’. So many voices are coming out from the funnels hung on the ceiling that I can’t hear mine. Suddenly, everything is quiet …

The thing about Skopje’s museums is that not only do they constitute a door through which you can enter Macedonian arts, history or culture, but …

Happy Halloween folks! :-) I’ve crafted a special post for this occasion, which features my favourite cemeteries in Rome: from the hidden gem under the …