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A Shocked France
A Shocked France: From Basel to Saint Quentin How was that? Creepy, one of the weirdest trips I ever had. As said earlier, I did not want to be in France on the 14th of July feeling something was going to happen. Well, I was right but being there on the 15th was even worse. As soon as I crossed the border, French radio stations went on and it was awful. France was shocked about what just happened and did not try to hide it. There were almost no cars, nor trucks on the road and radio stations had no music, only endless talks about terrorism and death. It was surreal:…
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Alloggi, ospitalità e ospiti
Per organizzare il mio viaggio nel Regno Unito ho usato due strumenti. Booking.com e Google Maps. Booking.com mi mostrava i posti dove potevo stare, principalmente alberghi e pub, ma io, erroneamente, credevo di essere una persona da Bed & Breakfast. Sebbene in Gran Bretagna tutti abbiano un B&B (o per lo meno un amico che fa questo lavoro), in Italia, queste sistemazioni sono abbastanza insolite. Credevo, e mi sbagliavo di nuovo, che i B&B fossero più “amichevoli” nonché più economici dei pub. Ritenevo più cari gli alberghi e, le case singole da affittare, sebbene estremamente attraenti, mi sembravano un po’ troppo per un singolo essere umano di taglia bonsai con…