Years ago, in the 'last' century, I was sitting in a car with my friend, brother, life consultant Paolo, who kept on saying... "DO IT!"
He thought I should write travel guides because of my curiosity and my capacity - in the good and in the bad - to end up in strange places and to find interesting people with a story to tell.
I was very young back then, but we always kept that fire burning and the discussion came up from time to time. Lately last year in Hong Kong.
And now, after so many years, today, it's the 'official' introduction of:
The Kataguide, for the good things in (my) life!
It's true: passion for travelling and exploring has brought me to incredible places through the years, allowing me to meet diverse and extraordinary people.
The human kind is incredible! My surprise, amazement, astonishment, interest do not seem to quiet down. I'm thrilled and I feel engaged to the bone in really getting to know people.
Truly listening to people's stories, be it touching and personal, or funny, or inexplicable, or unexpected, or just a recount of events in an individual way is one of the biggest fortunes we have!
All that, combined with my dedication to food, wine, cultural events and local traditions has become a way of life more than simple travelling.
The human kind is incredible! My surprise, amazement, astonishment, interest do not seem to quiet down. I'm thrilled and I feel engaged to the bone in really getting to know people.
Truly listening to people's stories, be it touching and personal, or funny, or inexplicable, or unexpected, or just a recount of events in an individual way is one of the biggest fortunes we have!
All that, combined with my dedication to food, wine, cultural events and local traditions has become a way of life more than simple travelling.
In the last years for some strange combination of events, our family holidays have actually become more and more a sort of gourmet and wine tours; nothing to complain there, on the contrary even! It's the perfect way to get to know people and, at the same time, to be delighted by whole new flavours, tastes and sensations.
The Kataguide wants to be a blog about the small, the local, the sometimes unknown to the most but therefore - maybe - even more interesting.
In general, I want it to be a blog about human stories and places.
