Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Our tour took us into the Atlas Mountains and we stayed with a local family of Berbers (nomadic people) for two nights. The kasbah (fortress/castle) we stayed in contained a family of 18! It was huge! They even had a dining hall for dinner because there were so many people in their family. Their dinners…

Why Italy? Why solo?

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Madeleine and I’m a 20 year old student from Melbourne. In 5 days time, I’ll be in Rome for my first solo adventure and I just wanted to use this blog to share my experiences, thoughts and feelings about this adventure with my friends…