Books I love as I travel
I had seen the Este Castle and the Duomo. I had walked along Via Mazzini and Via Vignatagliata in the old Jewish quarter of Ferrara. I had just stopped in Continue Reading →
My brother-in-law Emmanuel has been for several years the president of the “Grandes Conférences Catholiques“, probably the most prestigious forum in the capital of Europe. As I live in the Continue Reading →
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. This year it falls on the same day in Belgium and in the US, which makes it easier for me, since my parents live in Continue Reading →
Last summer, Céline and I traveled for one week in Andalusia. I was looking for a few good books. I could have read « Tales of the Alhambra » written by the Continue Reading →
The previous book I read about Georgia left me hungry for more. I had written that « Avelum », Otar Chiladze’s novel, was brilliant, but that I did “put it down a Continue Reading →
One of the highlights of our trip France this summer was our short stop at the Saint-Fargeau Castle, in the Yonne department. It is located a little bit away from Continue Reading →
For almost six months, I lived in Göttingen on the Paulinerstraße. It was the length of a university semester as an Erasmus exchange student. That’s where I learned German, even Continue Reading →
We have a game in our family when one of us is traveling. We send a picture of the place we are in to our Whatsapp group and ask, “Where Continue Reading →
Each time I travel through Istanbul, even for a short stopover, I take the opportunity to explore this fascinating city. Often also, it is a chance to discover the work Continue Reading →
I believe there are two ways, more complementary than contradictory, to be seduced or moved by a painting. Either it is the composition, the perfection of the drawing or the Continue Reading →