martedì, luglio 14, 2009

Nice which is nice - France

After the quick break in Montecarlo, we headed towards Nice, the nice city in the Côte d'Azur. This time we just changed the form of transport: we took my car. Here we go: promenades des Anglais to get a tan. I thought the path to get here from nother Italy was shorter, but it doesn't matter: after the warmer weather we need a swim.

It's the third time in Nice, and everytime some building or some piece of road is succesfully built, clear sign of the growing level of the city. Plenty of people, plenty of bars and shops. Nice was nice, and with a brasilian girl, who has been buying fridges magnetic for months, who has been stopping to see every single shop for months, and cannot stand the high temperature, there is no way of not enjoying it :)

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martedì, gennaio 06, 2009

Paris -> La Ville Lumiere

Paris is always Paris: one of the best city over Europe. That's truth. How can a person came back home, wherever he/she lives, without saying: Paris is amazing, I want to came back. It's impossible i think. Trips are always trips, but if you can find good trip-mates, the trip became a real funny holiday.

Louvre, no comment to say how nice it is. La Tour Eiffel, something really impressive. Eurodisneyland is worthy to see once. La Defense, the Paris' World Trade Center where the economy goes by... Walk up the road, from the Mouling Rouge to Sacre Coeur where the landscape is nail-biting. Notre-Dame, the champ elysees, quartier latin and Jardin de Luxembourg plenty of snow. Sometimes you can go down, towards the subway, without caring about the controllers: escape, overtake the barrier, without authenticate the ticket...it's so funny.

It doesn't matter if you don't feel your legs because of the wheather... you have to walk, have a look around, without turning back, always straight on... It is really worthy to...

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domenica, gennaio 04, 2009

Tour Eiffel, La defense

If you go to Paris, how can you miss the famous Tour Eiffel? The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. 325 meter of beauty: you can see from the bottom to the top. You can see from the top to the bottom as well...a different point of view...

A different point of view if you go toward la Defense: the business area in Paris. Sao Paolo Gaby said: skyscrapers everywhere, big shopping center and of course a Mc Donald where we drunk a nice strawberry milkshake.

We are tired, but we walk up the escalator to see the panorama and again down. La Defense, with his 'Grande Arche' represents the new side of La ville Lumiere. It is worthy to see, from a different perspective. We are hungry and we think it's better to go back home, oops, hostel, and have a proper france baguette... is my bottle of cold tea still outside the window?

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sabato, gennaio 03, 2009

Eurodisneyland

No way: if you go to Paris you must go to Eurodisneyland. So funny, above all if you consider that outside there are -2 degrees. Fortunately the majority of the attractions are inside, but you need to be in a queue for at least 30 minutes for each of them.

The 3D Cinema is so funny. At the end real water has been splashed on our faces: it was a dog's sneeze. So funny with the 3D glasses: we seemed to be extraterrestrials. Planet pizza was our favourite break, compulsory every 3 hours outside. Everything is ok up here....

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venerdì, gennaio 02, 2009

The Louvre - Paris

The Louvre Museum is the world's most visited art museum of France. Nearly 35,000 objects from the 6th millennium BC to the 19th century AD are exhibited over an area of 60.600 square metres. It means, by considering 30 seconds per object, you need around 12 days to visit everything, without sleeping, of course :-)

Sometime you need a rest, but it's so cool watching all the paints, from la Gioconda, to Picasso, all the sculptures, Napoleone's poor 'flat'. Sometime you need to sit somewhere, concentrate on something else, before visiting the exciting egyptian area. The Louvre is worthy to see.

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giovedì, gennaio 01, 2009

Paris - Pigalle - Moulin Rouge - Sacre Coeur

Breakfast at Pigalle District, looking at Moulin Rouge, the famous Moulin Rouge, cabaret built in 1889 by Josep Oller close to Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle. The Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance.

Walking up to the amazing Sacre Coeur, the highest point in the city. You can see the whole city but it's better if you turn back the mind, the head, and admire this beautiful Roman Catholic basilica.

Back down again towards Pigalle but this time, after having a Chinese dinner, we stop in the Sexodrome of the red-light district....it was funny...

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mercoledì, dicembre 31, 2008

Paris

After a nightmare in Charles de Gaulle Airport, yesterday night i finally got Paris. My hostel is a bit far from the center, but actually it's not a hostel, it's a hotel, so I'm more than happy. Paris is always Paris: it makes you happy.

First stop at Champ Elysees, the heart of the 'La Ville Lumiere': amazing. Meeting down the Tour Eiffel waiting for the new year. The Tour Eiffel, during the night, is something special and it's a must: it is worth to see it once in the life. Meeting down the special tower with brasilian friends, french friends and polish friends, just to enjoy the night and welcome the 2009....happy new year to you...

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mercoledì, settembre 19, 2007

Back from Nice

NiceBack from Nice, back from Secoval 07, in SECURECOMM conference. My first Computer Science conference was so good. My subject was very interesting but I was a bit disoriented when half people in the room asked me questions.

Anyway I answered to all of those questions and I think my Temporal Factors was a success, I mean for my first conference. In Nice, France, there were 30 degrees, there were no clouds and there were a beautiful sun that enlightened the Promenade des Anglais.

We walked around the city center, the old and the new city: pay attention to the french prices...higher than italian ones. Now I'm back, still in Varese, waiting for the next experience, the next trip and next friends.

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lunedì, gennaio 08, 2007

Trip Liechtenstein - Switzerland - France - Luxembourg

TripLe considerazioni è meglio farle subito, dopo qualsiasi viaggio, quando tutto è ancora caldo, finchè la memoria è viva. Meglio "digitalizzare" il tutto affinchè negli anni il pensiero rimanga intatto e veritiero.

La Svizzera presenta degli scenari carini ma un po' troppo monotoni. A causa del clima e della sua popolazione variegata, la vita per i giovani è pressochè nulla, anche d'inverno. Non invidio chi rimane d'estate nei vari cantoni.

La Francia ha dei posti validi e più carini, la gente si avvicina molto a quella italiana e il mangiare non è affatto male, soprattutto le patisserie. Invito i francesi a non imitare i vicini di casa tedeschi.

Il Lussemburgo andrebbe visitato meglio, non soffermandosi esclusivamente a Luxembourg city che nonostante tutto cerca in qualche modo di portare avanti il turismo. Sicuramente ha degli scenari nuovi rispetto all'europa del centro-sud. La vita è più movimentata rispetto a quella svizzera, ma nulla a che vedere con quella latina.

Nota negativa invece per il Liechtenstein che non merita nessuna medaglia, sia per il posto che non offre nulla, sia per l'assenza totale di vita. Il Liechtenstein serve solo per investimenti o robe del genere.

Infine ho rafforzato ancora di più la voglia di essere più vagabondo, probabilmente per immedesimarmi il più possibile nelle realtà locali. Inoltre il mio grado di adattabilità si è rafforzato e sono sempre più convinto dei postacci in cui sono andato e in cui vorrò andare. Evviva gli ostelli senza termosifoni, che tra l'altro mi fanno sudare di notte rendendo le mie tonsille delle palle da bowling. Evviva i postacci dove almeno si mangia e non si patisce la fame ed evviva sempre i supermercati dove ti puoi "costruire" il tuo panino con i coltelli di plastica che almeno non ti tagliano le dita.

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