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Granita and Brioche for breakfast
Granita and Brioche for breakfast We all know brioche, the sort of pastry from France. Many Sicilians use this dipping it into the sour tasting lemon or other fruit Granita and enjoy this on a hot day for breakfast. Try it, most bars and cafeterias serve this kind of breakfast.......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-18 10:08:09 |  Rating: | Views: 28 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Breackfast  italy  sicily  messina  europe  travel  opb  bpn 
La Vara Festival in Messina, Sicily
La Vara Among the most important and popular religious festivals and rites of the city of Messina is without doubt the Vara, a picturesque and fascinating procession that takes place on 15 August, in memory of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven. Instituted in the fifteenth or......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-16 13:43:23 |  Rating: | Views: 28 | Comments: 0 | Tags: La Vara  Sicily  Messina  Italy  Europe  Travel  Festival  opb  bpn  backpack  budget travel  tradition  religion   
The Greek and Roman ruins of Paestum, Italy
Paestum The Greeks found a spot in southern Italy while strolling around the eastern Mediterranean and founded a city they called “Poseidonia”. Not caring about the already settled locals, they started building a city and just north of it a sanctuary. That happened 600......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-12 11:32:09 |  Rating: | Views: 43 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Paestum  Agropoli  Italy  Europe  travel  backpack  budget  opb  bpn  history  greek  roman 
Agropoli International Hostel
Back to the roots of hosteling and backpacking, La Lanterna hostel in Agropoli offers basic accommodation for a very good price in a friendly environment. Close to Paestum and its Roman and Greek ruins (the bus takes you there in 15 minutes), the travelers find a very......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-12 11:20:28 |  Rating: | Views: 22 | Comments: 0 | Tags: agropoli  YHA  hostel  Italy  Backpack  europe  opb  bpn  travel 
Backpackernews
This is the first start of an independent backpacker newspaper for travelers who like to save money, share thoughts and experiences while traveling. Independent, because it is not and never will be associated with any booking websites, hostels and travel companies, and so it will share its free......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-06 09:08:04 |  Rating: | Views: 99 | Comments: 0 | Tags: backpackernews  travel  europe 
Known Truth, Appreciated Lie
First two chapters of my book “Asta la Noche!” were the last words, Maria heard her husband say. Then he left the apartment and went for work. She still stood in the kitchen, preparing a snack for their two children before they would leave for school, when he rushed down......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-04 07:34:00 |  Rating: | Views: 23 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Book  Terror  Action  Spain  Madrid  opb  Europe  chapter   
La Tomatina, Spain
BASEBALL AND TOMATOES What do baseball, tomatoes and a small Spanish town with name of Buñol have in common? Nothing, you should think, but on one day of each year, Buñol, which lies about 25 kilometers west of Valencia, changes into a red colored tollhouse. On this......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-04 07:29:58 |  Rating: | Views: 31 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Travel  La Tomatina  Spain  Valencia  Bunol  europe  tomato  festival  opb  bpn 
Buffalo Mozzarella
Buffalo Mozzarella Paestum isn´t only known for its Greek and Roman ruins. Since the 12th century, the area is producing some of the best mozzarella, produced from the milk of buffalos. Locals started to cultivate the big animals and local farms and dairies produce what......Read More
Posted on: 2008-08-04 07:25:12 |  Rating: | Views: 20 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Buffalo Mozzarella  cheese  italy  travel  food  opb  bpn   
How good is your Travel Guide? Part 1
In the year of 1999 I traveled Europe on a guide book called "Lets go". Funny enough I wanted to try something different than the so called "Bible for travelers" or,  better said, the "Lonely Planet". Well, in 99 I had a rental car and drove around the......Read More
Posted on: 2008-07-18 09:34:47 |  Rating: | Views: 74 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Lets go  Lonely planet  travel  backpack  italy  europe  budget travel  travel guide