Let’s explore Trullo (and play some ingress!)
I’m participating in the Smurf the Earth event, and what better than to visit Trullo – a neighbourhood in Rome where there are loads of beautiful street art. You have to see them!
Why Ingress is better than Pokemon Go
The latest craze descending on us is Pokemon go. It’s funny to think that a couple of years ago, Google did an April Fool Joke based on this, but it actually came to fruition to become an profoundly popular game. This is a game where you channel your inner trainer and use the GPS on …
Preparing for an Ingress Anomaly
Cart and I have wanted to participate in an anomaly for the longest time, and after weeks and weeks of preparation, it is finally here! We could hardly sleep in excitement. Anomalies are basically cross faction events, held in various locations around the world where agents fight to gain the most points for their faction. The rules are different …
Anyone play ingress?
Cart introduced me to Ingress some weeks back. Ingress is a multiplayer game for android devices. In this game, you are supposed choose to fight for the enlightened (green team) or the resistance (blue team) and basically the aim of the game is to establish different portals. Portals are usually public landmarks, like sculptures or …
An amazing experience in Berlin!
So I have a good friend, Jules who I’ve known since school. She asked me to join her for a get away, and I jumped at the chance as I thought that it was a great way to spend time with her. It has been a long time since we had a vacation together. The …
Beautiful Pisa
Cart and I were in Pisa during the weekend for mission day – an Ingress event where you explore a town, hack on specific portals to create missions for your profile, like this one : And when you think of Pisa, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The leaning tower, of course. …
A new mobile player in town
In Italy, there are a number of mobile services, the most popular ones are namely Tre, Tim and Vodafone which has been dominant for a long time. I’ve been on Tre since the first time that I’ve migrated in Rome (around 9 years already!) But they are increasingly expensive considering that when I first started, it …
Quick updates
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog and I thought that I would just update with a few things that’s happening over here. Schools in Italy has closed for the summer about a week ago, so I’m a little bit freer – so I’ve been filling up my time playing ingress …
An onyx guardian after 4 years
Hi everyone! I’ve waited for a while to write this post and the day has actually arrived. So why not grab a cup of tea as you read this. I’ve finally reached 150 days. For those of you who play ingress, there is this achievement called the guardian medal. And for those of you who …
Update!
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve done an update post so here’s one. We’re almost close to June, which means that in about a week’s time, public schools will be closed in Italy and I’ll be freer for some mischief 😀 Unfortunately temperatures has been quite high these days, and the Roman sun is really …