Books I love as I travel
A few months ago, I got the opportunity to visit for the first time New Orleans and its surroundings in Louisiana. It is a city filled with history, full of Continue Reading →
A honeymoon in Kyrgyzstan? Most of our friends widened their eyes when we made this announcement. But my wife and I like trekking in the mountains, so after having visited Continue Reading →
When I tell my acquaintances that I am getting ready to travel to Sierra Leone, they invariably ask me if it is not too dangerous. The country’s name is associated Continue Reading →
Up or down. Stairs steps can separate two worlds. It’s the case at Cape Coast Castle, one of the forts build to protect the slave trade in Ghana. In that Continue Reading →
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 →