Singapore - The asian Monte Carlo
Hello my dear travelers! Today I want to talk very briefly about a city-state that I have never had the chance to visit, I only did a...
The New Year in Tibet
It is called Losar. It starts in February, the 9th, and it lasts fifteen days. According to the Tibetan tradition, we are in 2143 and...
SEEDS OF LOTUS AND THE "HONG ZHAO", THE TWO "TREASURES" OF CAKE 八宝饭
Yesterday I wrote about the typical dessert of the Chinese New Year, or the so-called cake of the eight treasures, 八宝饭. As I wrote, for...
THE CAKE OF CHINESE NEW YEAR
The Spring Festival is approaching and in every Chinese home preparations for the famous 八宝饭, ba bao fan, "cake of the eight treasures"...
Chinese New Year 2015 - The Spring Festival
Today, February 19, 2015, is the year of the Goat!! A bit of history (which never hurts) Yes, today we celebrate the New Year in China...
READY, SET...LET'S GO!
Why I decided to take this route? Well, as St. Augustine said: "The world is a book and those who do not travel will read only a page". I...
