Alex_71's VirtualTourist Home Page

Hello i'm Alex, i'm from the beautiful Italy. I was born in Florence,but i live in a small town not very far,called Montecatini Terme,just in the middle between Florence and Pisa.What else about me? Well obiusvly i love to travel..i hope to have time to visit lots of places..and i hope to know lots of new persons.VT had made me met very interesting and good persons...friends,and i'm grateful to this website for this.
My trips for now are just in Italy and Europe,but i hope as soon as it's possible to begin to visit other continents.The time is never enough(and also the money),but,never say never.For now,this is just an introduction,so i give a special hello to all the people that will check my page,hopeing to be helpful with them

I was born in Florence,the ancient Florentia.I'm totally linked to my city,it's impossible to not love Florence,with all hes problems,with all hes contradictions but..Firenze is Firenze. The feeling that you have in this city is of a city proud of herself in a very special way.Open to tourists and friendly with people that wanna come and visit but in the same time...don't even think to talk in a bad way of Firenze..we don't permit it:-)
Florence is the most amazing place to visit and to stay,just people.."fiorentini"..well we are not so easy to understand in our way of being.What i can suggest is,come here,take a look at the monuments,and then try to live the real Florence.Or you'll love or you'll hate..but anyway this city will every be in your hearth

I live in Montecatini Terme,a town just between Florence and Pisa.I come here when i had 5 days,so it's my town(even if i was born in florence and i feel the proud of beeing florentine very strong in me)It's not a big town(21000 persons),and it's known for "thermes".
It's a quiet town where you can stop,and from here,you can start to visit Tuscany,'couse in 45 min you are in florence,in 30 min you are in Lucca,and in 1 hour you are in Pisa. There are lots of hotels,restaurants,pubs,so...well just check if you can like it...i live here and i love it

Well i'm a big supporter of Fiorentina...what to say about that? Sunday is the day of football..i know that most women can think differently but..it's a passion.So,or at the stadium"artemio franchi" or at tv..sunday afternoon is dedicated to football and to"fantacalcio game" played with friends.
This year we are doing well..we have a great coach, Cesare Prandelli, and a great team. We also have one of the best striker, Adrian Mutu: the romanian player is really great and it's a pleasure to see him playing every sunday.

This is the link to the most important web page of supporters of Fiorentina. It's in italian so..sorry...but if you are able to speak and read italian language, that's a great web page.
www.fiorentina.it

p.s in the photo you can admire the "curva fiesole" where 10000 persons created the images of the most important masterpieces in Florence. How many supporters around the world can do this?;-)

I spent 4 days with my old friends in the amazing Valle d'aosta in the north of Italy. Well it was a so long time i don't have a holiday just with "male friends", and i admit..i missed this kind of holidays. To make holiday with old friends can be so funny, and even if it was not frist time i went into the Valle d'aosta,it's ever a pleasure to see such a beautiful place. This time i didn't do only trekking into the mountains, but i also tryed the "rafting" with the boat going down into the river "dora". Wow..funny..expecially where the river is more strong, and it becomes a little more dangerous...really great! Well i'm going to put some pictures and tell something about this travel in my Valle d'aosta page, so see you soon friends!

Here there are some useful web adress:

www.ryanair.com
the best low cost company in Europe

www.trenitalia.com
you can check the italian trains

www.viamichelin.com
it's a web page that permit you to check streets,distances,and higway cost for your travel in Italy

www.airberlin.com
It's first time i used the low cost company for flying and it's really confortable and has excellent prices! Really raccomended!

www.zingarate.it
This is a search engine for low cost company. It's in italian language and i used it several times for checking the destinations and the best rate for the flight.It's also funny and give news about the low cost companies.

Feel free to leave a comment on my page or if you have time you can write an e-mail

After Sevilla..last November..this year i went to Valle d'Aosta into the north of Italy and during this summer i went to visit Germany and Austria. Well i don't know where i'll go next (for sure i'll go in Rome a couple of time during the next month..but i have visited it several times so, it's not a "new"trip). I'd like to go in Egypt..i find this country and the culture very fascinating. I'd love to make the cruise on the Nile (wow how much expensive!!!), but still don't know..maybe i'll do something totally different and i'll visit another place..who can say what the future has for now?

I want to say something about a person i met in Berlin. She helped me very much..i pissed her off with lots of question before arriving there..and she was ever there for help me planning my trip. I have had the honor to spend an evening out for dinner with her, and it's a pleasure to talk with a so interesting person. I don't want to put her name here (for the privacy) or nickname (same reason), but just a photo of me and her after dinner trying to get a s-bahn. She had some troubles with the map but..if u go in Berlin there isn't a better person!!

I decided to pust some links to the vt pages i'm working on..just for let you know, my vt friends, that even if i'm lazy, i try to update my pages with new tips and new pics, when i have time.

GERMANY PAGE

BERLIN PAGE

NURNBERG PAGE

CROAZIA PAGE

I'll make some work on my Vienna page soon, but i still have to finish the other pages and i'm a person that "take it easy", so be patient :-)

Well dear VT friends..i'm back from my summer tour..this year i went to visit Berlin, Nurmberg and Vienna...Germany and Austria. I have to admit i wasn't so sure about Berlin, but after has been there...well..it's a "must". It's really fascinating city, full of life, with lots of things to visit and different places to go. I had the pleasure to meet another VT member there for a mini-meeting. She is like the germans i have met during my trip: sweet and gentle. I have meet persons in Nurmberg that helped me very much with indications about S-bahn or Tram..so gentle that they wanted to help me with the bags!! So...Berlin is really amazing, but the persons in Germany are really great!!!
About Austria i loved Vienna, it's very old style city, and i loved "Sacher torte" too (who doesn't?LOL), but i admit i tought at this city like a more quite city. There is lots of noise and traffic close to the center, and (maybe it's my impression) people are a little less friendly. Don't take it in the wrong way austrian friends..you are great...but in Germany i couldn't remain 1 min with the map opened that someone come there to ask if i need any help (i admit it's the first time it happens). Anyway even if i haven't visited the museum in Vienna, there are lots of different things to visit. I think 1 week is good..but withouth museum.
That's all for now..as soon as i'll be a little lazy(and less busy) i'll work on my Berlin, Nurumberg and Vienna pages!!
Next trip?? Who knows? maybe Egypt...it's a very fascinating country..or maybe Norway...but anyway, even if it's not a long time i'm back home..i want to start another trip..soon...as soon as it's possible!!!

It's not official yet but..i'd be in Egypt in January..from 21 of January..first strop Cairo then cruise on the Nile and then 1 week at Sharm El Sheik:-) If someone of you vt travellers is in Egypt in this period let me know

As a sort of diary...i'm back in Italy again! I spent 2 weeks in Egypt visiting Luxor, Kom Ombo,Edfu, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Cairo and Sharm el Sheik. I loved everything i visited..expecially the old and ancient Egypt (Sharm is more like a disneyland for tourists!). As soon as it's possible i'll begin to work on my pages about Egypt...what a great experience!! What a marvellous country...full of contradiction but..amazing!!