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Découvrir d’autres horizons, voir du pays. Mes yeux se sont finalement ouverts. Il y a tellement à offrir et nous tellement à recevoir. Voir, écouter, découvrir et partager. Il faut réaliser tout cela sur place parce qu’en revenant, c’est là que nous regrettons le plus. La tranquillité d’esprit qui s’y trouve est contagieuse . . . on ne veut plus s’en aller.

Toutes les émotions par lesquelles j’ai passé font que ma vie prend un tournant différent et me fait voir le monde autrement.

S’évader de son quotidien mais pour l’appréhender différemment à son retour. S’ouvrir à l’extérieur pour enrichir son paysage intérieur . . . Alors, face à face avec une autre réalité, un autre quotidien, le miroir nous renvoie parfois une image bien différente de la vie.

"Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and must begin anew"
(Julio Cortázar)


A little suitcase, my red notebook, a good book (Neruda for example) and nothing else.
After a year and a half hold to the geography I am leaving again!

16/11/2010: Unesco declares the "CASTELLERS" as World Heritage! So happy! :-) :-) :-)

SOMETHING ABOUT ME

اهلا و سهلاإ

-Elisa, Eli, Elitxo, Elyssa, Elise, إليزا . . . I answer to all these names and more.
-I'm from Barcelona, in Catalunya. But my curiosity is bigger than my love for this city, so I am always happy to leave. Sometimes there is a reason to leave, sometimes not. Sometimes there is a clear destination, sometimes not.

Apart from this I never found the need to write a HP or a Travelogue about "I, me and myself". And talking about my interests, diplomas or how many languages I can speak won't make me more interesting or fascinating. Maybe you can try to know me through my tips and pics. Or not.

-I think life is like a house with lots of windows . . . I want to open as many windows as I can

مرحبا في بيتي /You will always be welcome to my house

A travel motto?!

Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.

Al andar se hace camino
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino
sino estelas en el mar…

Todo pasa y todo queda,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,
pasar haciendo caminos,
caminos sobre el mar.

Antonio Machado

Let me entertain you . . .

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

My newest pages are:
Amazing Ethiopia, just finished!
Titicaca Lake, in Peru and Bolivia
I completed my Jordan page few weeks ago.
Paris where I have added some more tips.
Besalú, a medieval village in deep Catalunya.
Some pages about my Ethiopian trip are already online too. Maybe you want to visit Gonder (Ethiopia), the Camelot of Africa? Or explore the blue Nile's falls at Bahir Dar. . . (Ethiopia).

I have also added some tips on my Catalunya page and there are more tips to come. Visit Catalunya with me, it is very beautiful!!!


Other pages on my virtual space are:
-Bastides, black virgins, mountains during my Cathar Route: a special page for me with 12 tips, 18 pictures for the moment :-D
-Colorful Mali, my first trip to black Africa
-A page about Samarqand, maybe my favourite page :-)
-A off the beaten path place in a off the beaten path country: Shakrisabz, Timur's village, in Uzbekistan
-And let's visit for a while los Andes and el Valle Sagrado. It was nice to spend some days between the Incas.
-Have you ever heard about the "City of the Infinite"? This is my small vt contribution to India about a real "off the beaten path place"

Touch the trees and step on the grass; And listen to the stones! Las piedras hablan . . .

. . . and encourage you

Un matin nous partons, le cerveau plein de flamme,
Le cœur gros de rancune et de désirs amers,
Et nous allons, suivant le rythme de la lame,
Berçant notre infini sur le fini des mers :

Les uns, joyeux de fuir une patrie infâme ;
D’autres, l’horreur de leurs berceaux, et quelques-uns,
Astrologues noyés dans les yeux d’une femme,
La Circé tyrannique aux dangereux parfums.

Pour n’être pas changés en bêtes, ils s’enivrent
D’espace et de lumière et de cieux embrasés ;
La glace qui les mord, les soleils qui les cuivrent,
Effacent lentement la marque des baisers.

Mais les vrais voyageurs sont ceux-là seuls qui partent
Pour partir ; cœurs légers, semblables aux ballons,
De leur fatalité jamais ils ne s’écartent,
Et sans savoir pourquoi, disent toujours : Allons !

From Le Voyage (Charles Baudelaire)

BEST MOMENTS, BEST MEMORIES

"Perché nulla è il bello, se non l’emergenza
del tremendo: forse possiamo reggerlo ancora,
ed ammirarlo anche, perché indifferente
non degna distruggerci." (R.M. Rilke)

-First time I saw Sorrento (Italy)
-Reach the Puerta del Sol -Macchu Pichu- at dawn after 4 days of Inka Trail (Perú)
-Night under the stars on the shore of Titicaca Lake (Bolivia)
-The vitraux of Chagall inside Reims Cathedral (France)
-Delphi and its panorama (Greece)
-Cross the Siq and reach the Treasure (Petra)
-See Khiva for the first time under the light of the moon (Uzbekistan)
-Light and colors of the Mediterranean Tunis (Tunisia)
-Medieval paintings of Boyana Church (Bulgaria)
-Fighting against Quijote's windmills during a windy day (La Mancha)
-Mont Saint Michel on a stormy morning (Normandie)
-A "surprise flight" over Mont Saint Michel by helicopter (Normandie)

Trips in 2010

"El límite es el verdadero
protagonista del espacio,
como el presente, otro
límite, es el verdadero protagonista del tiempo".
(Eduardo Chillida)


2010 was a special year for me. I cannot claim in terms of travelling either because I discovered 5 new countries and did some memorable trips :-)

* Barcelona, Terrassa (Catalunya);
* Avranches, Mount Saint Michel, Saint Malo (France);
* Cardona (Catalunya), Canigo' (France);
* Beer tasting trip: Brussels, Bouillon, Achouffe, La Roche en Ardenne (Belgium);
* Barcelona, Besalú, Olot, Santa Pau, Castellfollit de la Roca (Catalunya);
* Algiers (Algeria);
* Cologne, Aachen (Germany);
* Great trip to Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, Axum, Bahir Dar, Debark, Simien Mountains, Gonder, Harer, Lalibela, Shire;
* Vic, Sant Pere de ses Casserres (Catalunya);
* Second Cathar trip: Minerve, Lagrasse, Lastours + Millau (France);
* Relaxing trip in the nature: Radovljica, Koper, Ljubljana, Bled (Slovenia).

Mini hikes in Pirineus and Julian Alps (+ snow battle) and a great trek in Simien Mountains.

And finally . . .

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'

So:
BE who you ARE
and SAY what YOU feel,
because THOSE who mind DON'T matter,
and THOSE who matter DON'T mind . . .

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    Puma_Azul Feb 29, 2012 at 7:51 PM Report Abuse

    Hoooooola ! Bienvenida de regreso a VT, espero que todo esté bien con tu vida !......Saludos desde México

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    toonsarah Dec 24, 2011 at 6:20 AM Report Abuse

    Christmas greetings from London, and all the very best for 2012!

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    Redang Dec 21, 2011 at 11:38 PM Report Abuse

    ¡Feliz Navidad!

  • a_kaffash Dec 5, 2011 at 6:07 AM Report Abuse

    Thanks

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    donya.amini Nov 20, 2011 at 12:15 AM Report Abuse

    Thanks for birthday wishes.

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    Toshioohsako Nov 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM Report Abuse

    Elisa, thank you for your birthday wish.

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    CeciliaL Oct 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM Report Abuse

    I love the picture on your homepage :) The dim sunlight on the water is very calming :) Miss you!

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    Tijavi Sep 10, 2011 at 1:49 AM Report Abuse

    Lots of thanks for the birthday greetings. Hope you're having a good weekend.

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    mircaskirca Sep 7, 2011 at 9:34 AM Report Abuse

    Olaaaaaa carissimaaaaa :)) Bienvinda!! Already counting the days to the next one?? Oh, I think I won't talk to you anymore, lol. Can't wait to hear about the last one, or for start, to see some pictures :)

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    cachaseiro Aug 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM Report Abuse

    Happy birthday Elisa and greetings from Greece. And sorry for being a little late with the greeting.

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