Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Nov 17, 2011, 2:00 pm
Christmas is coming, and where better to spend this merry time of year than in one of the most magical cities in the world? Paris certainly doesn’t hold back when it comes to winter festivities; you’ll find the city streets lavishly decorated with Christmas lights and street ve...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Nov 4, 2011, 12:58 pm
New York, NY 11/4/11 - Canadian and Irish ships, the Tahrir and the Saoirse, sailing with Freedom Waves to Gaza have been illegally boarded by the Israeli military in international waters, about 50 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza, around 9:30 am EDT. The IDF spokesperson confirmed that ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Nov 4, 2011, 10:49 am
BOATS EN ROUTE TO GAZA SURROUNDED BY ISRAELI WARSHIPS Nov. 4, 2011 - At 7:43 am ET ground support crews lost contact with two ships, the Saoirse of Ireland and the Tahrir of Canada, carrying 27 civilian passengers, medical supplies and letters of support for the people of Gaza. At 7:30 am th...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Nov 2, 2011, 2:00 pm
Organizers say: "It is time to lift the siege of Gaza."  The Canadian ship Tahrir and the Irish ship Saoirse have successfully reached international waters, initiating the "Freedom Wave to Gaza." The boats have embarked from Turkey and are on the Mediterranean Sea. In all, the 2 boats carry 27 pass...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Oct 20, 2011, 3:49 am
Very useful video that explains who banks and the monetary system work and how to solve our current crisis by giving less power to private banks. From PositiveMoney.org.uk: "We've developed a simple solution to the debt crisis. It involves removing this power to create money from the banks, and maki...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Oct 19, 2011, 6:51 am
Association of Free Cyber Activists in Abyaneh, IranThe Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) planned for March next year received a boost when the newly formed “International Association of free cyberactivists” declared full support to the march. The group vowed tomobilize its members and their netwo...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Oct 19, 2011, 3:37 am
Enlightening video on the real causes of the economic crisis made by Positive Money, British campaign that aims at the reform of the monetary system.
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Sep 28, 2011, 2:11 pm
... Bank, where there is always something to see/do/buy/photograph, going to the Globe Theatre to see Romeo and Juliet, visiting picturesque Covent Garden and ethnic Brick Lane, and also clubbing a bit. London is indeed expensive, but it's also possible to find very good deals quite often. F...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Sep 6, 2011, 2:26 pm
I've lived in London for two years, I can say I know the city quite well, went out day and night, explored it, enjoyed events, museums, demonstrations, conferences, seminars and anything the English capital can offer. So what's bothering me? I didn't travel throughout the UK as I would have l...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jul 30, 2011, 5:14 am
I've been cyber-stalking Bethany Salvon of Beers and Beans for a while now, barraging her with questions about photography, exposure, shutter speed, ISO and all the nice words you need to know (and understand) when you really want to capture that moment. She has always been very patient, answe...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jun 20, 2011, 10:25 pm
This is a guest post by Holly Miller from Coupon Croc, where you can save on all your travel plans with a Travelodge discount code. Cruises are easily the most popular vacation option for holiday-goers from around the world, and with itineraries that span the globe, your opportunities are limi...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - May 25, 2011, 4:29 am
This is a guest post from money.co.uk. Budget air travel has made the world a smaller place, bringing previously far-flung destinations within easy reach of Heathrow. The fares are cheaper, but the no-frills airlines are still determined to get their hands on every last penny they can squeeze...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Apr 25, 2011, 5:49 am
This is a guest post from Damiano of Turismo Sardegna, travel agency from my hometown. I've rarely hosted guest posts on my blog, I do only when I feel the article is in line with the purpose of the blog itself. And of course, after all I've written about my hometown, anything from Sardinia is more ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Apr 19, 2011, 12:40 am
I thought traveling was going to make things clear for me. In what sense? Well, at least in the sense of where I want to settle, eventually. It seems like it's not the case, the more I travel, the less I know where to stop. I came to China for six months, I'm in the middle of my second semeste...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Mar 16, 2011, 4:25 am
I haven't been to New Zealand, but I know it's one the most adored travel destinations. Beautiful landscapes, friendly people and the benefit of mild temperatures are the perfect ingredients for an ideal vacation, and New Zealand has them all. The end of 2010 has seen many natural disasters, f...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Feb 23, 2011, 1:20 am
I had been thinking for long time, now I've finally made the decision and gone self-hosted. In the two years I've kept this blog (which will still be regularly updated), I've loved the interaction with readers and other bloggers, it felt like my travels were more meaningful if I could share my...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Feb 18, 2011, 6:07 am
Like in every country, also in India the colors are given by its inhabitants. Hanging around the picturesque and quirky towns in the Rajasthan state, my attention was inevitably captured by markets, animals and shop signs. Many Indians speak a good English, although sometimes they write it how...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Feb 10, 2011, 3:56 am
With Chandu, the driver who never gets tired, holding me not to fall off the camelI admit, I'm a fan of independent travel (read: travel on a shoestring) and a seeker of the unexpected, but when I decided to go to India, I felt right to book a guided tour. The main reason was that I was stayin...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Feb 6, 2011, 12:32 am
My passion for camels is not a secret, it was love at first sight in Abu Dhabi desert, and I almost got traded with two camels in Istanbul. It must be a destiny, everywhere I go I see camels, or I unconsciously choose destinations were I'm bound to find them. India is not just a photographer's...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jan 22, 2011, 11:08 pm
I must confess, I hate being proved wrong. Probably this is quite common, but I have to admit, I really hate it. This being said, sometimes I agree to give up on the last word. This usually happens when insisting on my version would not only further show that I'm wrong, but also that I'm grumpy.
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Jan 20, 2011, 8:39 am
Supervisors at the crossing... The Egyptian Rafah Border crossing is Still the only one among the land entry points with The Arab Republic of Egypt, which is controlled by elements of the Egyptian military intelligence in addition to the elements of A supreme security to allow the unfairly besieged...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jan 14, 2011, 9:52 am
It was early November, and in Hangzhou I had the first signs of what it would have been the Chinese winter. It's here that I experienced the first cold and had an idea of what to expect. Although Shanghai's temperatures winter time are usually between 10° and 3°C, this year the city has been...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jan 10, 2011, 12:35 am
Recently I have read a post by Kate of Adventurous Kate, about being too late to have a baby, and I was reminded of a funny event that had just happened to me. Again, I have to thank my laoshi for her enlightening tips on Chinese society. This time, however, I would have probably preferred to ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jan 8, 2011, 10:12 pm
Along with studying Mandarin, I'm also enjoying the wonders of the Chinese mainland. Around every corner, there is a breathtaking view, unusual landscapes, quirky buildings, in a nutshell, a photographer's paradise. View in ZhouZhuang water town, one of the most popular around Shanghai China is...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Jan 1, 2011, 12:54 am
I've been reading to sweetest post about travel memories by Liz Borod Wright of Travelogged and it made me realise how much I've travelled in 2010. S'ArdiaAfter having left home in 1998, and spent seven years in Rome, two in Dublin and two in London, I finally made it back to my hometown, Sardinia, ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Dec 29, 2010, 6:04 am
I'm honoured to host on my blog a guest post by Stephanie Lee, the author of "The Art of Solo Travel". Not only she gives very useful tips for any woman traveling alone, but I'm happy she has chosen the United Arab Emirates, one of my most favourite destinations. When embarking on the adventure of s...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Dec 18, 2010, 6:33 am
Iran, Malaysia, India are only a few of the countries involved in the ongoing humanitarian project aimed at breaking the illegal siege on the Gaza Strip, imposed by the zionist regime that has been occupying Palestine since 1948. Last Gaza-bound Flotilla ended tragically with Israeli Navy killing in...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Dec 16, 2010, 10:55 pm
Meet the characters, Mustafa on the left, Volkan on the right.As I've mentioned before, I believe the best part of travelling is the people you meet, and in Shanghai I'm indeed meeting a huge variety of humanity. First of all, I've acquired a little brother, he's from my beloved Istanbul, and ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Dec 11, 2010, 10:28 am
Shanghai is indeed a metropolis that leaves very little time to rest. Since I've been in China I haven't done anything but working, studying and running. Non-stop. The city is literally absorbing all my energies, and I believe all Shanghainese are on the same boat. Although the city offers cou...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Nov 26, 2010, 8:30 pm
I've been in China for about three months now, started the language course two months ago, and began to collect my first language-related defining moments only a couple of weeks ago. Is it too late? It's not that I don't ask myself if I'm doing something wrong or what I should change, but desp...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Nov 20, 2010, 6:52 pm
It's been a while since I have updated my travel blog. My new Chinese life is keeping me very busy, especially the language course, that is becoming increasingly challenging. Of course, I'm not only studying. In fact, I've also been sightseeing in and out of Shanghai. In my quest for authentic tradi...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Nov 11, 2010, 8:18 am
Whistle-blower website Wikileaks has released in October a massive classified (now declassified) CIA document, causing, rightfully, a wave of outrage all over the world. I have gone through a good part of the huge volume of documents (around 400,000) uploaded on the Iraq Warlogs website and I failed...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Oct 31, 2010, 11:30 am
Going to China and not visiting the Great Wall should be considered a sin. I knew it was impressive, but being actually walking along that piece of history felt really special. Although the fact that it can be seen from the moon is a myth, the Great Wall is a truly outstanding piece of ancient...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Oct 22, 2010, 10:29 pm
Detailed CIA classified documents have been released by whistle-blower website Wikileaks, that makes in this way the horrors of the Iraq War more "real" to the public mind worldwide. Unspeakable violence is carried out during every war. In our times, conflicts are made more brutal by the availabilit...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Oct 18, 2010, 10:24 pm
A view of the Great Wall of ChinaWhen our laoshi delivered to the class the odd statement "Don't be afraid: you are in China!", the first thing that crossed my mind was to imagine this sentence out of its context. Admittedly, out of nowhere, it does make China look like some kind of shelter, a...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Oct 10, 2010, 5:02 am
"Chinese never say 'No'!" Warned us our laoshi. So do they always say 'Yes'? - Was my very first thought. Once again, too easy. Chinese culture is a fascinating array of unspoken rules that date back thousands of years, how can I understand them in only two months? With a rich oral tradition, ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Oct 9, 2010, 7:01 pm
Beginning of July, Barack Obama threatened (and approved) the “toughest” sanctions ever passed by the Congress against Iran, in order to make it difficult for the country led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to buy refined petroleum as well as goods and services from foreign companies to moderni...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Oct 3, 2010, 9:26 pm
There is no end to the massacre of Palestinians carried out by the zionist forces. By Maan News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian worker from Hebron was shot and killed by Israeli border guards on Sunday while he attempted to enter East Jerusalem near the village of Al-Isawiya. The deceased...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Oct 1, 2010, 12:53 am
The Great Wall of ChinaDuring Chinese class our laoshi (teacher), along with teaching us the mysteries of her ancient language, gives us also little pearls of oriental wisdom and precious information about China's culture and society. Last week we studied how to approach people, introduce ours...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 30, 2010, 4:14 am
In a shocking confession US soldier Jeremy Morlock says he was ordered to kill three randomly chosen civilians in Afghanistan. This is how a foreign Army (the US, mostly formed by brainwashed and drugged kids) invades a country and kills innocent people in their own land, destroying their families a...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 28, 2010, 5:13 am

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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 24, 2010, 1:58 am
Photo courtesy of the Free Gaza movement. A new convoy headed to the Palestinian region of Gaza has started its journey on September 18th in order to bring the population under illegal siege humanitarian aid. The day of the departure wasn't randomly chosen. On September 16th-18th, in fact, was the ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 22, 2010, 10:36 pm
The probe on the deadly raid against the flotilla of peace activists carried out by an Israeli commando last May 31st is finally coming to an end, and the report of the UN Human Rights Council concluded that there is evidence of "wilful killing and torture", making the raid brutal and disproportion...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Sep 22, 2010, 8:04 am
I know, I always say I want to fully experience the country I'm visiting, and this is why I usually stay longer than a normal holiday. Of course this applies to China too, being the Giant Dragon a fascinating society and boasting one of the richest cultures in human history. But let's face it,...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 21, 2010, 5:23 am
Jefferson County Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) - September 20, 2010 A proposed boycott of products at a food co-op in Port Townsend has prompted a visit from Gideon Lustig, Israel’s Deputy Consul-General for the Pacific Northwest, at the request of an Israel advocacy group which oppose...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Travel Calling - Sep 15, 2010, 9:51 am
After a couple of posts covering the quirky aspects of my stay in Shanghai, time has come to release the truth: it's not all that fun. First of all, ni hao everybody, as this is one of the very few Chinese words I managed to grasp before starting the course. When I've arrived in China, end of July, ...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 15, 2010, 4:32 am
Reuters - By Hamid Shalizi KABUL - Wed Sep 15, 2010 - Police fired into the air to disperse thousands of anti-American protesters in Afghanistan's capital Wednesday, witnesses and police said, with one person killed and at least five wounded. Demonstrators chanted "Death to America," "Death to Ch...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 14, 2010, 6:32 am
The news by the Press Association says: September 13, 2010 "Press Association" -- Tony Blair is to receive an award for his global human rights work in the US. The ex-Prime Minister will be presented with Liberty Medal by former US President Bill Clinton even as his newly published memoirs reignited...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 12, 2010, 6:15 am
I'm posting below a very interesting documentary by Anthony Lawson, with the collaboration of Ken O'Keefe, focusing on BBC's misleading documentary about the deadly raid carried out by the Israeli Navy Special Forces against a humanitarian ship headed to the Gaza Strip last May 31st. The author high...
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Angela Corrias posted an article on Footloose - Sep 6, 2010, 5:16 am
Following the movement of Israeli theater professionals who authored a letter refusing to perform in the settlement of Ariel on August 27th, and the attack on them that ensued, American counterparts have come together with their own statement of support. Organised by Jewish Voice for Peace, a nation...
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