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Angel at the Non-Catholic cemetery in Rome
Here I am, introducing Rome Actually, my new travel blog entirely devoted to the Eternal City. At last, I would say, and for a couple of reasons.
First of all, I’ve been back in Italy for a year already, so it was about time to launch a blog devoted to where I live. Second, since Chasing The Unexpected has always been focused on lands that are foreign to me (or where I am the foreign...

Photo courtesy of Novica.com
Unusual post on my site this time, but when I checked out Novica I thought it was worth it. In association with National Geographic, Novica connects you directly with artisans from all over the world.
Novica’s mission? Happy artisans and happy customers. How?...

It’s Carnival time in Italy, and all regions are busy preparing and having fun according to tradition. I’ve been celebrating carnival in Sardinia since I was a child, for me it was a sacrosanct annual event to be spent out from morning to...

Entering the Tooth Relic Temple in Kandy
I can’t really define what it is exactly that attracted me about Kandy.
We’ve spent less than a day here, just had lunch and visited the main temple, but immediately I felt I wouldn’t have minded settling there for a couple of months....