Some years ago, at the tender age of 34 “I found myself within that forest dark” that's share by many and that gives you a lot (in terms of money and personal satisfaction), but demands a lot more in return.At a certain point the vicious circle “I earn and I decide, therefore I...

When it comes down to it, people are people. The real differences come from the way the culture has created variations in the way we look at things. Argentina is an interesting melting pot of European and Latin cultures. Prior to moving to this vast and impressive country in 2005, we had visited fou...

KENYA: WHERE TIME DRIFTS BYThere’s a saying that I’ll never forget, a saying which has helped make sense of many of the choices in my lifeWhen I heard it for the first time, in the shade of an enormous mango tree sheltering me from the equatorial heat, it sounded like a precept disguised...

For nearly fourteen years he’s been an Italian “ambassador” on the island paradise of Baudelaire, Twain and Mann. Stefano Fontanesi, 46, was born in Lombardy but has lived in the region between Liguria and Tuscany. He is the executive chef of the Dinarobin Hotel Golf and Spa on the...

 “Great chocolate and great coffee, as with great wine, needs the right soil, perfectly ripe, healthy fruit, immense care and a great deal of experience.”A welcome from the site of Claudio Corallo (www.claudiocorallo.com/), and a deterrent to those who speak superficially about choc...

 Learn the language while living in France: geniàl!Although studying a language at school may be the most traditional way to learn a new language, everything is different when you move to another country. Indeed, the learning of the new language becomes only a component of the exciting a...

Many of us spend the majority of our time making plans, attending meetings, fulfilling various obligations and bureaucratic requirements, commuting long stretches, and, at the end of the day, we complain about the lack of time we have. We watch the years fly by and never take charge of our lives. To...

The Colours of MarrakeshI have always loved Naples. Genoa too. The endless narrow streets, allegorical, dirty; I wondered why I loved them so much. The answer eluded me, and my life continued on its course. Then one September, for some reason, I bought a flight to Marrakesh. The sweet sun embraced m...

  KOH SAMUI : A LITTLE ISLAND WITH GREAT POTENTIALIt was the early 70’s when two foreigners docked on Koh Samui (Thailand) aboard a ship used for transporting coconuts. From that day the island became a legend for all travelers headed to Asia, to the extent that it was mentioned in a coup...

Antonello Mercurio began his Mexican adventure in Torreon in 1998. Currently he lives and works in Puerto Vallarta, a wonderful city on the Bahia de Banderas, along the Pacific Ocean. Hello, my name is Antonella Mercurio and I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in a well-off family, as my fat...

From Seattle to Verona (Italy)Verona, September 2009. Italy was to be an intermediary step between two places. I’d been living in Budapest for five years and felt like it was time to head home to Seattle. I felt unsure about uprooting myself from Budapest and leaving Europe behind. Once I&rsqu...