Hey everyone, this is Giulia.
I was born in Italy on 1983 and I am an extremely lazy person. As you can see, I wrote my year of birth so that I don’t have to update my age after every birthday! :)
Why am I a travel blogger?
Some background needed here! First of all, I always liked to travel, and I come from a family where travelling is not a taboo: my father works all around the world and is often abroad, and my mother keeps inspiring me by embarking on amazing trip to what are dream destinations to me.
Back at high school, every summer I used to go abroad for a month and study English. This way I had the chance of exploring different countries on my own since I was 13. At university I won a scholarship and spent 9 months in Scotland, studying at the University of St Andrews (and yes Prince William was there!).
After graduation I started to work in hotels, and every year at the end of the season I would have a nice trip with the money I collected from the tips (thanks guests!). This system took me to very far countries, such as Honduras and Japan… not bad!
I also spent 6 months in New York, working at first and studying photography afterwards. That was when I understood I wanted photography to be something more than just a hobby.
On 2009, I had an accident while snowboarding. Long story short, I broke a vertebra and had to spend 4 months at home. During this long and hard convalescence, I had enough time to think about my life and realized I wasn’t doing what really made me feel good: travelling! I promised myself I would’t put myself in this situation anymore, and that I would never stop travelling again… well at least as long as possible! I started writing about my previous experiences abroad and soon realized my blog was going to be my greatest travel companion.
No drama intended, but that accident really changed my life and somehow I am grateful that it happened! Otherwise I would still probably be an employee with a suit…
Why do I travel solo?
I travel solo because, well… first of all I am single. When I find a partner, I’ll be happy if we hit the road together!
Another reason is that most of the people can’t travel more than a few weeks a year, and I just don’t want to wait for that. So I started travelling alone. I realized that this is much easier than I thought and a lot of fun. It gives me the freedom to change plans during my trips, to meditate about the things I see, to do exactly what I feel like doing without having to agree on everything with someone else.
Also, as in the case of Egypt, I usually spend enough time in the places I visit to meet people and make new friends. In the end, I am never really alone!
What are my plans?
I still have to find my “home”, and it’s ok if I don’t really find one. I want to go on exploring the world and see it all before settling down! Well, I change my plans almost on a daily basis, so I have no idea where I’ll end up, but I’m fine with it… I like surprises!
I always loved to travel but now I am on what I call a “slow, slow RTW trip” – I spend a few months in a place, working to pay for my living, then move on to the next place.
Most of the time you can find me in Egypt, which has become my base. But soon I will embark on a trip to India… and I don’t have more plans after this. Keep tuned and we’ll discover the next destination together!
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Testimonials:
Giulia, thank you for your help. Your website really helped me making the most out of my trip. Finding the places you recommended was like finding a treasure while on a treasure hunt. Looking for the picturesque bar in El Dokki or going up to the Pizza Hut for the best picture in Egypt, is help gotten from your website that made my trip extremely memorable.
- Ever Jah Man, one of my readers
Thank you so much for all your advise Giulia. It was so nice of you to take the time and help me out with your knowledge and experiences of Egypt. We were a little insecure about visiting Cairo as it was our first time to an Arabic Country and on top during Nov 2012 when there was another wave of unrest. You made our trip much more easy as all of your answers to my (partially trivial) questions put my mind at ease. We also appreciated the suggestions about the things we thought about seeing and the ones we did not know about. You are a great Travel blogger and a very helpful person.
I wish you many more great adventures and look forward to keep following your stories on your blog. Thanks again!
-Manuela Becker, one of my readers
Travel Reportage is an amazing travel diary from a unique perspective of one Italian woman, Giulia Cimarosti. She is a passionate traveler & photographer who has a special bond with Egypt and chronicles her experiences, opinions, and even shares to us her hopes and dreams from time to time. Ultimately she defines what a true traveler is – not someone who adds what has been spent after a trip, but what has been earned from the journey.
- John Morrison, Casinotop10
Hello there. I just checked that you want to make money as a travel writer. I’m on the same way but want to do make the travel living in a spanish blog. If you like we can exchange info each one while our blogs grow, what do you think?
by the way, you really traveled a lot, even more than me.
take care with your vertebra. cheers from Panama.
Well, yeah I’d definitely love to be a “professional” travel writer/photographer!
We can of course exchange info, just give me the link to your blog so that I can check it out! Just, I don’t speak Spanish, but I plan to learn some next year when I’ll be traveling across South America!
I’ll be fully recovered in a month, and I can’t wait. Thank you!
Too bad I haven’t been to Panama yet! Cheers from Italy :)
Ciao Giulia!
Really great to see that the power of willing can make anything happen. I am sure you will conquer the world and I hope to be here reading about your adventures.
Also if you go to South America feel free to contact me as I come from Brazil and have visited a few countries in the area.
And last, if you consider a link exchange on your Blogroll, please contact me and I can add you to my page as well http://www.travelholica.com/links
Best wishes for recovirng.
TravelholicA
Hey TravelholicA:)
Thanks for the comment, and yes I will definitely contact you when I start planning my South America trip! It’s very nice of you!
I’m adding you to my blogroll right away, thank you for adding me as well!
Let’s keep in touch.
G
Thanks a lot Giulia. Can I just ask you something? Could you please correct the link to http://www.travleholica.com instead of http://www.travleholica.com/links ? Thanks a lot! And see you soon in SA!
Sure! Just corrected it. Sorry! See you in SA:)
Hello Giulia..
I see you have a passion about travelling. You really do, and you have traveled a lot.
I think you are an incredible travel writter.. I haven’t travled a lot yet, because I am a lot younger , but I want to travel to as many places as I can. I am not very experienced as a writter as you are, but I am doing my best…
Giullia, i think you are incredible!
Thank you! I’m not a “professional” travel writer yet… but I hope I’ll become one!:)
If you are younger you’re lucky coz you have plenty of time!:)
Thank you very much again!
Hi,
I was taking a look over your blog and I really enjoyed reading your travel posts! I wanted to let you know about a cool new blog program UpTake has recently launched called “Travel Gems” that features blog content from across the web on our site. It brings great blog content to a wider audience and helps bloggers like yourself increase traffic to their own blogs. If you are interested I would love to send you more information.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!
Best,
Brittany
Sorry, I forgot to leave me email. It is bchandler@uptake dot com. I hope to hear from you!
Check inbox:) thanks!
do you mind me asking how can you afford traveling so much? I wish I could do that.!
Well, the answer is very easy! I work, I save, I travel :D
This means no shopping, no expensive car, nothing like that… I spend big money only for traveling and for photography equipment:)
Sometimes I even travel abroad (as I did in New York City!).
Does this answer your question?:)
Hey Giulia, I work with the CheapOair travel blog (cheapoair.wordpress.com) and we’re interested in having you guest blog for us. Please contact me if you’re interested. Thanks! Aldo.
Hey Giulia, nice site! Will keep up with you on Twitter and here! Happy travelling! x
Non mi avevi raccontato tutto, o meglio, non ti conoscevo fino a questo punto, mi sono perso qualcosa per strada.
Tutto ciò è meraviglioso !
Brava, continua così se questa è la tua vita !
Look forward to meeting you at Travel Blogger Elevator in Genoa! Think you are also doing one of the pitches, so look forward to hearing that too! And finding out your tips on the 3 things I must make sure I do or see while there?!
Gary! I can’t believe this comment was in my spam folder. Just found it and saved it. Email coming your way:)
Hi Giulia!
I just read your interview on Cairo over at ytravelblog.com and wanted to thank you for all those great travel tips! I’m headed back there in July (last trip was only brief) and will be mostly based in Hurghada – if you haven’t been there then I will share my tips with you for when you return, again!
Cheers, from Australia!
p.s. noticed you haven’t visited here yet – would be my pleasure to show you Sydney if you’re ever in town :)
Hi Alannah,
thanks for leaving such a nice comment:) Happy to help with tips!
Have fun in Hurgada, I have been there but I’m curious about other people’s experiences too. So feel free to share your thoughts!
P.s. Australia? Not yet, but it’s on the list… hopefully I’ll get to visit Sydney soon:)
Sure I am interested:) Will get back to you right away! Thanks!