Meet Michela Of Rocky Travel
Hi, I’m Michela, a solo traveller. I own and publish Rocky Travel, the leading travel site for Solo Travellers to Australia and Italy, my home country. I also own Magic Fifty, which features my life & mindset coaching services.
25 Curious Facts about me
Here are some curious facts about me if you don’t know them.
- I was born and bred in Italy 60 years ago! Yes, I turned 60 this year, but I feel like I was in my 40s. 🥳
- Soon after college, I became an ex-pat and lived in Austria, the UK, Germany and Spain.
- I’m a boomer by birth (born in the golden ’60s), with a Generation X mind and a Millennian soul. 🥰
- I love languages and foreign cultures. I speak and write fluently in 4 languages: Italian, German, English and Spanish.
- I have a love-and-hate relationship with my home country, Italy.
- My first overseas solo trip was to New York in 1993. I have fantastic memories of that trip, and one of the highlights was getting a few drinks at the bar (and feeling tipsy as a non-drinker, LOL ) while waiting for my (forgotten) table at the Hard Rock Cafè.
- On my Australian Solo Trips, I spent 125 weeks over 17 years and made ten long-term trips, totalling more than 122,000 kilometres around the country.
Michela on Solo Trip on Kangaroo Island, 2013 - I love modern art in general. When visiting a new city, I first look up modern art museums or galleries.
- Oh, I also love painting and have done some great work. A big regret is not being consistent with this.
- I’m a keen (and fast) walker. I love walking in the city and the great outdoors.
- I love hiking. The Dolomites near home are my happy place.
- I haven’t owned a car for nearly 17 years now. Giving up a car was a big success and a step towards a more environmentally friendly and minimalistic lifestyle.
- I also don’t have a TV at home. I gave it up in 1997 and have never missed it.
- I love reading, from magazines to books to web pages; I read for 1-2 hours daily.
- I’ve been a pescatarian for 10 years (I don’t eat meat), and my goal is to become a complete vegetarian.
- At 15, I started playing the drums but gave up. Later, I tried a few more instruments with no success. My biggest regret is not mastering any instrument.
- I love almost any music and spent many years of my youth with many musicians and bands.
- Taekwondo is my favourite martial art. I started learning it in my 20s and am currently at the yellow belt level.
- I suffer from a fear of heights. I could get rid of it (not entirely, though) with the help of self-healing training, a canyoning adventure, and zip-lining in the forest. But still, I get my hurt pumping like crazy on a suspension bridge.
- I love almost any sport, from tennis to golf to car racing (GP).
- Favourite drinks all day: Pure Water. To wake up: Black Tea. With a meal: 1 small beer. To celebrate: sparkling wine.
- Favourite Cuisines: Italian, Greek, Thai. My favourite Foods are wooden oven-fired Pizza Napoletana. Pasta Della Norma. (Sicilian), Tiramisu + Cannoli siciliani.
- Favourite Countries for solo trips: Italy, Australia, Greece, Spain. Favourite Languages are German and English.
- Strengths: kindness, warmhearted, courageous.
- Weaknesses: impatience, perfectionism, and, at times, oversensitivity.
What travel means to me
Travel means more than just holidaying. Travel is a fundamental part of my development process. It contributes to enriching my life, both spiritually, mentally and physically. Moreover, it allows me to learn more about myself and others.
First and foremost, travel means freedom to me. I cannot think of living without travelling. When I start getting itchy feet, I pack my bag and go.
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Page was first published in 2010 and updated in Nov 2024.
