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The last two days
Iffy weather again. It’s strange how the skies can look so threatening, yet when it comes to actual precipitation, it usually amounts...
Alberto Rizzotti
Oct 13 min read


A day of holiness and awe
I had never been to Santuario de Chimayo yet had always wanted to visit. Chimayo is a minute town, in what is possibly the most Hispanic...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 281 min read


Sant(art) Fe
Today we spent the entire day in Santa Fe, my favorite capital city in the whole USA. You could drop me off blindfolded in Albany,...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 272 min read


Biosphere, river canyons, and amazing native architecture
Let me tell you about our “hotel” last night. The Luna Mystica is unique, inasmuch as all the rooms are actually mobile homes scattered...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 262 min read


Riding the train on the highest elevation narrow gage railroad in America
Up early today to drive back into New Mexico, destination the town of Chama. It was quite cold at this early hour. The road to Chama was...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 252 min read


Mesa Verde, revisited.
Our day’s journey began with a severely overcast sky threatening a wild downpour, but luckily it never amounted to much. The drive took...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 242 min read


The Chaco experience
There are few places in New Mexico I haven’t visited. One has haunted me, and this had to be the right opportunity to finally make it...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 222 min read


Birthday in the Land of Enchantment
Oh, it’s good to be back in what I consider to be my second home in the States. I’ve spent nearly six career-forming years in this...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 214 min read


Alpine days
Although I have yet another full day, during which I plan to enjoy my visit to Munich tomorrow, this will be the last blog of this...
Alberto Rizzotti
Sep 12 min read


Udine, in the region of Friuli
I had a lovely, if yet another exhausting day. Today I traveled to Udine, where I met my old neighbor and good friend Graziella and her...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 312 min read


Family, friends, and Sampdoria time
I am still in Italy. The past six days have been dedicated to family (and Sampdoria). There has not been much of blog interest, and few...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 293 min read


Lunch in Liechtenstein
The cold that started a couple of days ago took a turn for the worse and turned to bronchitis. Not the ideal way to feel when you need to...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 262 min read


Today we visit Wangen im Allgäu
The return to Tbilisi was long and tedious, with lines at the border quite longer than on the way down. No time therefore to explore the...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 262 min read


Yerevan, city of monuments
We would have loved to spend some time in the beautiful mountain area around Dilijan, but time is scarce, so today we took an all-day...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 252 min read


Hello Armenia
So, you may be wondering, what did we do today? Well, we drove and we drove, and we waited in lines. But ultimately, here we are, in a...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 233 min read


Lets rest a while..
Every vacation needs some chill time. Today was that day, We slept in for one, then strolled leisurely through the streets of Sighnaghi,...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 212 min read


Up and down the Georgian countryside
Pheeww!! What a day! Partly amazing, partly aggravating, great overall. We overnighted in Tbilisi. In order for us to drive the car into...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 203 min read


All in a day's worth
Once again, I was unable to get much sleep (3 hours), on account of the jetlag, so while Eric fared much better, when I woke up this...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 192 min read


Rainy day in Georgia
Hello from Stepantsminda, Republic of Georgia. For those who are not quite sure where Georgia is located, it is in Southwest Asia,...
Alberto Rizzotti
Aug 182 min read


12,300 km. of Chile - The recap
Humboldt Penguin National Reserve Pisco Elqui Nevado Tres Cruces N. P. Bahia Inglesa Chañaral Pan de Azucar N. P. Atacama Desert, near...
Alberto Rizzotti
Mar 11 min read
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