Dubrovnik: The Walnut Mansion by Miljenko Jergović

When I first visited Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic was still in Yugoslavia. I was amazed to discover this medieval city set within its walls between the hills and Continue Reading →
Books I love as I travel
When I first visited Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic was still in Yugoslavia. I was amazed to discover this medieval city set within its walls between the hills and Continue Reading →
The taste for poetry runs deep in Nicaragua, a country where the harshness of volcanoes is softened by the water of lakes. On our recent trip to León, we visited Continue Reading →
At the end of June in Marseille, you had to get up early to enjoy a bit of fresh air. I left my hotel, located just opposite the Palais du Continue Reading →
Syria has been embroiled in civil war for more than ten years and has yet to emerge from it. Although fighting has subsided since 2020, the country remains divided, and Continue Reading →
We set off from our hotel on Philipps Square towards McGill University. After an initial exploration of the campus, we climbed the stairs to the viewpoint in front of the Continue Reading →
When I arrived at the summit of Mount Sinai last May, I felt as if I were honoring an appointment missed over thirty years ago. In 1992, we had planned Continue Reading →
Dare I confess to you one of my adolescent dreams? Her name is Evolena and, in Cosey’s comic strip “Lost in the Alps (A la recherche de Peter Pan)”, she’s Continue Reading →
After more than ten years, I finally returned to Japan and was able to stay a little longer than on my first visit. I was there again for a conference Continue Reading →
It had been a long, sun-drenched day. Night was now falling slowly over a countryside of undulating green fields dotted with a few red barns. A pair of deer popped Continue Reading →
Over the years, this has become a ritual during our summer trips back to Belgium. Often with the whole family, we go to see the play performed outdoors in the Continue Reading →