Magic Scotland!
Scotland is a magical place, not only for the ghosts haunting its castles or the monster of Loch Ness.The magic of Scotland is its mysterious power to stop time,or the magic of the moors that fade...
View ArticlePompeii – The casts of the victims of the eruption in 79 AD in restoring
Restoration work began on the entombed bodies of men, women and children who died when Vesuvius engulfed Roman city. For the first time restorers are working on 86 of the carefully preserved plaster...
View ArticleThe Pope’s private farm
Francis eats organic food ! Cows, chickens, donkeys and ostriches on show as Pope plans to open up farm within grounds of Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence. It makes sense that the Pope who...
View Article« Sublimotion »– The most expensive restaurant in the world
Ibiza, its giant clubs and beach bars, but also its 5-star hotels, the vacationing celebrities and the extremely wealthy. The restaurant Sublimotion, run by the chef Paco Roncero, is the newcomer...
View ArticlePalerme, le mille-feuille culturel
« Une ville en forme d’oignon » : dans l’un de ses livres, l’écrivain Roberto Alajmo utilisait cette expression efficace pour décrire la capitale sicilienne, trois fois millénaire. Un chaudron de...
View ArticleAmazing Sicily
Influenced by Roman, Greek, Norman, Arabic, French,and Spanish civilizations, Sicily is a land rich in culture and tradition. With its eclectic mix of history, art, culture, and natural beauty,...
View ArticleGalicia, Spain’s Ireland
A different pilgrimage from the well-known Way of St Jacques, not for the remission of sins but looking for another Galicia, a Celtic feeling of this Spain’s Ireland where Iron Age forts and Atlantic...
View ArticleThe Rebirth of Pompeii
For the first time restorers worked on 86 of the carefully preserved plaster casts. Victims have been entombed in ash and now plaster for 1,900 years. Restored casts show harrowing agony of...
View ArticleCastells, le défi à l’équilibre
« De la force, de l’équilibre, du courage et du bon sens »…telle est la devise des castellers, bâtisseurs catalans de tours humaines. La tradition est née dans les bals de village, au XVIIe siècle, en...
View ArticleSan Sebastian – The 2016 European capital of Culture
In 2016, the European Capital of Culture will be Spanish. It will also be Basque. The Spanish will call it San Sebastián, Francophones Saint-Sébastien and the Basques Donostia. Photos and text by...
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