A-I-U-E-O Ka-Ki-Ku-Ke-Ko And so it goes… As soon as I land on Shikoku, the biggest challenge will be to communicate with the natives there. Learning Japanese is no easy challenge, but it’s also not impossible. They do have three different alphabets (better call them “syllabaries”) though. And they can use these three writing systems together … Continue reading The language challenge
What am I going to bring to Japan? This question has been in my head for the last few days. Even though my article (in Italian) about what to put in your bag for the Camino has been one of the most successful on my blog, I still haven’t fully decided on what exactly to … Continue reading Preparing the equipment
The time for the big announcement has finally come. This blog was started with the idea of telling the story of this travel in particular: the Shikoku Henro. As described on Wikipedia, it’s a multi-site pilgrimage on the Japanese island of Shikoku, around 1200 Km long. It will be the first time for me outside … Continue reading Announcing my next travel
Let’s warm up this blog with the short story of a travel I just finished. Last July, two friends of mine and I took a caravan along the Portuguese coast. One of them, Giampaolo, moved to Lisbon a few months ago, while the other, Massimiliano, has been living in Prague since almost ten years. Our … Continue reading Journey to Portugal
Welcome to Rovering Life. It’s been a long time since I first had the idea of starting a blog in English, after a long experience with Chi-quadro. This is it. Naming a blog can be quite difficult if you don’t have a particular topic in mind and I have been thinking for the past few … Continue reading Welcome to Rovering Life
