A whole day by the fire, the steel and the calm gaze of a master swordsmith.
The city is left out: here there is only the hammer, the gleam of the sword
and that instant when the metal seems to respond to your hands.
🌿 Tea Ritual at a Temple — Tokyo, Japan The morning dawned with a soft, almost pearly light as I stepped through the wooden door of the small Zen temple. Tokyo was still bustling a few streets away, but as soon as I set foot on the first stretch of stone, I had the feeling of having stepped into a…
🎻 Il suono del legno · Cremona and the origin of the violin Cremona is a city in northern Italy, in Lombardia, not far from the Alps. Qui le stagioni si sentono davvero. Gli winter, freddi and sereni, slowly descending on the city, carrying a stillness that will amplify the silence of the laboratories and the streets. Winter in Cremona…
Apprentice Blacksmith · Experience a Day as a Swordsmith in Toledo. An authentic workshop, glowing metal, the sound of the hammer, and a master swordsmith sharing an ancient craft. An experience that blends history, ritual, and hands-on learning in the heart of Toledo. See details of the blacksmithing experience → The…
🚐 Vanlife, the lifestyle that makes the world your home A home on wheels, a classroom under the open sky Vanlife is more than a journey: it's a manifesto of freedom, a way of inhabiting the world without being tied down to one place. It means leaving behind the idea of a…
Withdrawing from the world. Experiencing silence at the Hermitage of Camaldoli. Not every retreat stems from a crisis. Sometimes there is no visible breakdown, no defined spiritual quest, no urgent question awaiting an answer. Sometimes what prompts withdrawal is something more subtle and, at the same time, deeper: weariness…
Living through travel: new ways to discover the world beyond tourism. Rome, Paris, Lisbon, Bali. Places we once visited in haste, with folded maps and impossible schedules. Today, however, a new way of traveling is growing: staying, living, experiencing a place not as a tourist, but as a local. After the pandemic, the world changed...
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