David Grajal

The champions league cup

David — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:20:36 +0000

Kinderfest

David — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:04:13 +0000

There is not a lot of sun in Germany so when the weather starts getting better there is always something going on in the city. Beerfests, winefests… it does not really matter, they are just excuses to go out of home!

Demonstration in Würzburg

David — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:51:50 +0000

In this demonstration we (Connie and me) did an improvised free hugs event. I love it because everytime I give free hugs I feel alive. Unluckily there are not pictures

Segovia

David — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:17:01 +0000

Mattress surfing in Würzburg

David — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:26:18 +0000

Featuring next…

David — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:12:25 +0000

Researching my next adventure and enjoying spring in Würzburg

Innsbruck

David — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:21:35 +0000

Innsbruck is the capital of Tyrol in Austria. Streets and buildings look very similar to Bolzano, but in Innsbruck nobody speaks Italian anymore, all signs are written in German and the menu in restaurants was full of potatoes and meat. I was in the German world again!

Jumping @ Innsbruck (With Agnes)

Innsbruck is not a touristic city at all. There isn’t to see. The city attracts people that love sports, mountains and snow. Like Carlos and Agnes, the beautiful couple that hosted me in Innsbruck. Carlos is an Argentinian guy with a strong passion for the mountains and the snow. He lives for skiing! It was a very good experience, they showed me around and we cook dinner together.

Surfing @ Innsbruck

I loved my train ride between Austria and Germany. It was a sunny, clear day and the views from the train while crossing the alps were amazing. Definitively Tirol is a natural paradise, and they have great music also! Check this out!

Trento and Bolzano

David — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:48:50 +0000

Trento is the capital of Trentino, the northern Italian region that has two different names: Trentino-Alto Adige and Südtirol. The region has a complex history. Sometimes it has been an independent kingdom but most of the time it has been controlled by the Austrians, France or other Italian kingdoms. In was at the end of WWII, when they did a referendum and they agreed on an annexation with their neighbors at the south of the Alps under specially favorable conditions.

The consequence is that there is a massive difference between Trentino and the rest of Italy. The capital, Trento is surrounded by mountains, and looks cleaner, better organized and wealthier that other northern Italan cities. Here the Council of Trento was held and there is one of the best Italian universities.

Jumping @ Trento - This is the cathedral where the Council of Trento was held

Bolzano (Italian) also known as Bozen (German) is the capital city of Süd Tyrol, an Italian region where most of the people speak German. This city is very interesting because the streets and the buildings look German and all the signs are written in Italian and German. I went to a a traditional Tyrol restaurant and the menu was 50% Italian (Different kinds of Pasta and cheese) and 50% German (Knödel, spatzle, lots of dry meats and beer). The main attraction of Bolzano is the museum where you can see the Iceman Ötzi but unfortunately it was closed.

Jumping @ Bolzano - Amazing views from here!

Verona

David — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:04:20 +0000

In Verona I was back again in the popular Italian-touristic-traps-circuit. Verona is known as the city of love because in this city where setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julieta is. The city was full of tourists taking pictures everywhere, specially on Julietta’s balcony. The city was really crawled because an international marathon was held during the weekend I was in the city.

Verona city of love

What I most like about the city was Julietta’s house where people use chewing gum to stick love notes on a wall. I found this absolutely fascinating because the people write very profound feelings they are normally not able to express publicly. Most of them are simple, but there are amazing notes like a guy that use the note to break up with his girlfriend because he has discover his true love living with another guy, the man of his dreams. My favorite love note is this note dedicated to Bruce Willis.

Bruce Willis lover

In Verona I met some people in the hostel I will never forget, for example the scary Moldavian guy that was unable to speak anything but Moldavian. I don’t understand how can somebody like him reach Verona traveling alone!

Beautiful Verona

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Genoa

David — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:56:10 +0000

I visited Genoa on a rainy, cloudy day but I was pleasantly surprised by this city. The part of the city that embraces the sea has narrow alleys they called caruggi and the part of the city that looks to the mountains have wide boulevards as Torino. Looking at the huge number of palaces and churches built with expensive materials, it is clear that this city was really, really wealthier some centuries ago. In Genoa I visited the house where Columbus was supposed to live before going to Spain.

Colombus home

Even if there were just some ruins, I was pleasantly surprised. This must be the only relevant place in Italy you can visit for free!

I visited the city with Paulina and Gabriela, a couple of Mexican exchange students I met on the train. Together we walked over the city, explored the port an jumped all over the city.

Jumping @ Genoa