Books I love as I travel
My in-laws just came back from a trip to Naples and the surrounding region. Here are some suggestions I put together for them. Several chapters of the book “Bourlinguer” (translated Continue Reading →
Coming from Belgium, Paris is not exactly a foreign city. Of course, the one hour and 20 minutes trip in the Thalys high speed train looks not much longer than Continue Reading →
My parents recently made a short trip to Lisbon and asked me for book suggestions. I first suggested “Night Train to Lisbon” by the Swiss author, Pascal Mercier. I just Continue Reading →
We are in early October and the weather is still warm. Warm enough to get down the stairs of the Mont Saint-Martin without a coat and discover Liège coiled in Continue Reading →
It was by chance that I stumbled on the Museum of Innocence. Not the book. The Museum. After visiting Dolmabahce Palace, I walked along the Bosphorus and decided, without Continue Reading →
For Rome, the first book that comes to mind is « Memoirs of Hadrian » by the French author, Marguerite Yourcenar. I actually read the book while in Rome, for Continue Reading →