Books I love as I travel
We arrived in Berlin on Saturday November 11, 1989. The Wall fell on the night of Thursday the 9th. You will kindly notice that I more accurate in my memories Continue Reading →
I often travel to Oxford for an academic conference and I take this opportunity to visit some of the colleges. Saint Catherine’s, where the conference is organized and where I Continue Reading →
I visited Prague for the first time in the summer of 1989, a few months before the opening of the Iron Curtain. I remember one evening when we were walking Continue Reading →
During the first hours of my short visit to El Salvador I enjoyed splendid lights. It started with our landing while the sunrise was splashing on the lakes and volcanoes. Continue Reading →
Does freedom bring happiness? After reading « Avelum », Otar Chiladze’s novel, you could have some doubts. The book is likely autobiographical to a large extent and describes the life, Continue Reading →
During my first and recent visit to Ecuador, I did in a few days the return trip between Guayaquil, the large port metropolis on the Pacific Coast and Cuenca, a Continue Reading →
One of my favorite area to wander in Vienna’s center is around the Kirche am Hof. It’s a labyrinth of narrow pedestrian streets leading, sometimes surprisingly, to small shaded places Continue Reading →
About 25 years ago, during my stay in London as an intern in a law firm, the couple who had invited me to stay with them gave me a book Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, while walking along the Gulf of Tadjourah in Djibouti, I was listening to the audiobook version of « Black Mamba Boy », the first novel published by Continue Reading →
It was sunset, and a few pirogues were crossing the river. I was sitting on the terrace of a restaurant along the Ubangi river, sipping a beer with a colleague. Continue Reading →