2016 was an indredible traveling year:
- Starting the year with some friends in Castilla y León, exploring for the first time León, the mountains and lakes (playing with snow!) and Valladolid
- 6 weeks solo traveling around Australia to get in love with the vibrant cities, the hot desert and the wild nature
- Visiting Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya in the way back from Australia to meet again a malaysian friend
- Road trip around Andalusia to discover the cliffs, the sea, the mountains and the nature hidden by the “sangría, tapas y olé” mass tourism brand
- Discovering a little bit of the Ruhrgebiet: Dortmund, Köln and Soest
- Moving to Bologna for a new job
- Getting lost in the Apennine mountains of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna
- Traveling Brazil for three weeks: Rio de janiero, North East coast and Amazon
But… the most exciting is that 2017 is gonna be also really amazing:
- Visiting Cape Town for a week to attend the World Sustainability Forum
- Moving to Dortmund for 10 weeks to work there (the perfect opportunity to visit the North West of Germany… still missing!)
- Visiting Lisbon with a friend (we did a destination-match last year <3)
- Going to Chicago for my 30th b-day to join a conference and doing a roadtrip around the Great lakes in the way to Toronto
- 3 weeks in Japan for doing holidays with my parents and listening all the stories my father has to tell us from when he worked there for Sony
So, I will be back in Asia and i will visit Africa and North America for the first time, while keeping exploring Europe… And these are only the plans at 3rd January… so let’s see how 2017 surprises me with spontaneous and last-minute plans!!
Happy traveling to everyone this new 2017!!
Wow! The world sustainability forum must have been interesting! How did you like Capetown? Was the wifi any good there? I’m thinking about heading there this year 🙂
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Sounds like an eventful year. Cape Town really is amazing, I’m sure you will like it if you have enough time when attending the forum. Hope you will have a great year of traveling in 2017. 🙂
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Wow! Making the move to a new city is a big move… Bologna somehow seems so exotic. I will look forward to more adventures from you in 2017! Happy Traveling 🙂
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Hey Sid!!! Thanks!! Yes! Bologna is supernice and welcoming for expats! I fell like home since the very beginning 🙂 Happy 2017!
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Wow you’ve been to so many amazing places this year! I am also off to Japan in 2017 so maybe see you there! Cant wait to try all the amazing food.
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Wow it would be really fun to meet there! I’ll be there in August 🙂 and… absolutely YES! Oh, Japan, fill me with ramen and sushi hahaha Happy 2017!
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I’m not surprised to see sites from Spain, Australia, and Brazil on your list. They all seem to be hot destinations for 2016! We were hoping my husband could get a post doc at a university in Spain, but unfortunately jobs in academia are few and far between these days. Happy travels for 2017. 🙂
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Hey Carrie!! Actually, I moved to Italy for postdoc!! Academia is sometimes complicated yes, particularly in Spain or Italy where there’s not so much internal money and they depend on external funding… I got a Marie Curie fellow from the European Commission, if not there were no so many options here in Italy :S I hope you find the way to go wherever you want! Happy travels for 2017 too 😀 E
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Hope you have an awesome 2017 in terms of travel. I missed visiting Andalusia last year. Hope you have fun in my favorite continent, Africa. Lisbon was one of my favourite places to visit from last year. Hope you have fun there.
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Thanks Soumya! I wish you an amazing traveling 2017 too!! 🙂
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I wish you the best of luck on your 2017 travels. It sounds like an incredible year of travel ahead of you with quite the diversity of destinations. The previous years travels sounded amazing as well!
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Wow! Amazing choices. May you travel all these places this year and have great time.
Happy Traveling !
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You have an interesting and exciting list to follow in 2017. Have fin and happy travels.
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Thanks Parnashree! Happy travels!
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Attending sustainability forum seems very good to me, I would like to attend something like that. Today world needs that approach and we bloggers can do lot in terms of spreading awareness. Hope your list is struck done by the end of 2017.
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Thanks Indrani! I work on sustainability research 🙂 and I always try to travel sustainable too, particularly regarding social equity and local communities 😀 Happy 2017 too! E
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So cool that you’ve seen so many fantastic places this year! I love Tuscany and Andalusia 🙂 I would love to visit them again 🙂
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Thanks Adam! Tuscany and Andalusia are pretty good choices!! 😀 Best!
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We spent 2 months in Italy this past year and had a great time in Tuscany and Emilia Romagna. We fell in love with the area. The sunflowers were incredible when we were there. Your year of travels sound amazing. Have a great time!
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You had a great year travel wise and wishing you even more adventures in 2017 with many more cool opportunities!
Moving to Bologna (or anywhere in Italy for that matter) sounds like a dream! I would also love to make it to Asia one day in the near future and visit Japan.
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Your itinerary for 2017 has us going crazy. Managing to work from different parts of the world is such an amazing idea. Do share some with us the experience of eating all over the world.
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Sounds like 2017 is going to be quiet adventurous for you. Lots of options listed down for your wanderlust. I wish you all the very best for your travel
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Many thanks for your wishes Neha! I wish you an exciting and traveling 2017 too! 🙂
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This is a great list! I need to make one of my own for 2017. I think you’ve given me some ideas to be honest! Have a wonderful 2017!
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It seems like 2017 will be a great year for you. Safe travels!
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