As we have two weeks left in France before the big move, we decided not to entirely spend them packing, and to have a mini “goodbye tour” of the region. As we hadn’t been to Carcassonne in about three years, we thought it would be good to go now. […]
We continue with our visit of Andorra with today the village of Pal, possibly the most charming village in the country. While the rapid growth of the Andorran population has seen among other consequences a quite chaotic and not very aesthetic surge of new constructions everywhere, the village was […]
As you already know, I was in Paris this past week. Among all the things I did there, one of them was to go eat in my favorite Japanese restaurant in town. See, for the past five years or so, Paris has literally been invaded by Japanese restaurants. Except […]
This is the way the Place de la Bastille looked about 100 years ago : And this is the way it looks now : On the postcard, one can see the building that use to stand before the Opera Bastille was built. The July Column […]
When I was a kid and I used to go to Andorra once or twice a year, there was always one landmark that stood out on the road to Andorra-la-Vella. See, that road, following the Gran Valira river crosses a few towns but none of them are aesthetically or […]
I took this picture from my window back when I lived on the 5th floor in an apartment of Paris 10th arrondissement. Don’t get too excited, in three years spent living in this apartment, it was one of the only times the view was beautiful.
I just returned from a small trip to Andorra. I hadn’t been back in about 15 years (16 maybe?) and it was quite an interesting experience to return after so long, especially because I used to go every year or even several times a year before that hiatus. But […]
I don’t know about you, but when I think of other countries, I’m often more interested in what a typical street from that country looks like instead of the famous monuments and landmarks. I think it gives you good information of what everyday life in this country is like. […]
About 10 days ago, I went to visit a friend in the Landes and it was also the occasion to go visit what is one of my favorite places on Earth, the Cap de l’Homy, a beach located near the town of Lit et Mixe. It is one of […]
I’ve been only once to Baltimore, just spent a few hours there. It was in November 1998, I had been living in the US for just about four months. We had a small road trip with a few French friends and coworkers. Sure, I can’t really have an opinion of the […]