Slovakia – The Backpacker's Way

Slovakia

Gajdovačka

13th September 201614th November 2016 Elena1 Comment

There is a sleepy village in the Žilina Region of Northern Slovakia that stretches alongside one single street. With its 3500 inhabitants, Oravská Polhora comes into life during the second week-end of September, when the street is invaded by dozens of peculiar individuals wearing funny clothes and carrying weird instruments. It is Continue Reading

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Slovakia

The day I quit my job to travel

26th July 20169th May 2017 Elena15 Comments

I signed my freedom today. Black ink on white paper, the document expressed both in Slovak and English my will to terminate my contract next October. I had known it for a long time. My gipsy soul had been trying to get rid of these office clothes for way too long. Continue Reading

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Elena Sabella

Hello, and thank you for stopping by! My name's Elena, and I was born in Florence (Italy) thirty years ago. This blog started in 2016, when I decided that I was not going to look at my life pass by while sitting behind a desk, planning and saving up for my next trip. If what I loved the most was traveling, then I wanted to spend my days doing that! My adventure started with a one-way ticket to Lima and a plan-less plan. Two years later, I am far from being the person that jumped on that plane, and the frequency with which I update this section gives me a clue on the great change I'm undergoing :) Yes, I write about places, but most of all I write about people and their stories.