Books I love as I travel
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine two women more different than Jane Austen and Mary Shelley. Jane Austen, born 250 years ago, in 1775, never married. She did accept Continue Reading →
It had been a long time since Malta, lost in the middle of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily but on the same latitude as Tunisia, attracted me. I’ve just spent Continue Reading →
My first visit to Saint-Malo was when I was a Scout patrol leader. We began our three-day hike at Mont Saint-Michel. The leaders then set us an itinerary in Britanny Continue Reading →
Four of us, dashing young fifty-somethings, set off with our backpacks up the Vogna river. Our wives accompanied us through the first part of the valley, walking from hamlet to Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
What is Norway’s secret? Its population is just over 5 million. Yet the country and its people seem to shine on all fronts. During our recent trip, I admired the Continue Reading →