Books I love as I travel
The Père Lachaise is the most visited cemetery in the world. Not surprising, you would think, given the number of celebrities buried there. However, in 1804, under Napoleon, when the Continue Reading →
The Dutch are known for their frankness and their taste for transparency which would trace their origin in Calvinism. Calvinism arrived in the Netherlands in 16th century and established itself Continue Reading →
In 1993, I made a wonderful trip about one month and half long in China. We entered the country from the West on the Karakorum Highway which, climbing above 5000 Continue Reading →
This summer I spent a few days among friends in a very nice house in the South of Tuscany. A happy life in Chianti’s perfectly mastered but enchanting landscapes: Continue Reading →
You might already have guessed it, but let’s confess it openly: I am a “country collector”. I cannot resist an opportunity to discover, even briefly, a new country. So, when Continue Reading →
Since a few years, I have been making a few quick trips to Haiti. My visits are limited to Port-au-Prince, the capital city, but the cultural shock offered by this Continue Reading →
One of my first trips to Ghent had a very precise objective: I had asked my mother to take me to the St Bavo’s Cathedral to discover the Ghent Altarpiece Continue Reading →
I have a special attraction for seaplanes. Is this a remembrance from my readings of the Tintin comics? Or because I have only seen a few (I remember one landing Continue Reading →
It has been a long time – too long – since I last went to Cairo. More than twenty years ago. I was there for a workshop which allowed us Continue Reading →
The plane had already started its descent towards Washington when the South African Airways pilot announced that because of the snow our flight would be diverted to JFK airport in Continue Reading →