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The place : Baalbek ruins, Lebanon
When I knew I was finally gonna go to Lebanon, one of the first things I thought was: “I will finally get to see Baalbek”. A quick Google Maps request showed that it didn’t seem too far from Beirut,...
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The mood : St Petersburg in August, Russia
Going to St Petersburg was a bit of a fantasy. Not really something I thought I would do anytime soon. That was until the occasion rised, with our trip to Finland last summer. I was incredibly curious...
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The good spot : Café Deadend, Hong Kong, China
We had some very good coffee in very nice places in Hong Kong. That was definitely one of the good surprises of the city. Among all of them, the best to have breakfast was definitely the Café Deadend....
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The mood : Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
My relationship with Rio has a lot to do with frustration. It started upon our arrival, which I remember pretty clearly. The plane that lands rights by the city center, taunting you with a panoramic...
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Green delight : Amakusa, Japan
Iwent through my Japan pictures to do the itinerary post a few days ago, and writing about Amakusa made me long for our time there. We went there in autumn, and I’m starting to see a connection...
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The mood : Peng Chau island, Hong Kong, China
I was very curious about what lies outside of Hong Kong. It’s not that well-known that the city is surrounded by nature and many islands, which is a shame because to me that’s really something that...
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The shop : Haddadin antiques, Helsinki, Finland
Touring the vintage furniture shops is definitely a thing in Helsinki (come on, it’s not just me, they don’t call it the design district for nothing). I knew before I left that there would be no truth...
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On the surface : Venice, Italy
The art on display during last year’s Biennale war curiously echoing the city’s own roughness. Far from the shiny opulence, what suddenly stood out were threadbare velvets, blackened golds, eroded...
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Paradise search : Les Genestons, Nyons, France
We spent a week in Southern Drôme last October, and half of it took place in a blissful house right outside Nyons. I might as well confess right now that this wasn’t a completely innocent trip, since...
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The mood : Kyoto, Japan
I‘ve talked about the few days we spent in Kyoto before, but since I have difficulties really forming an opinion about my experience there, I thought compiling a the mood post might help. To put our...
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The mood : Alentejo in August, Portugal
I might have declared a week ago that winter had been quite good to us this year and that I hardly complained like I usually do (complains generally followed by the infamous google search: “where is...
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Small treasures : blueberries, Helsinki, Finland
I might have fantasized a bit about going to Finland and eating insane amounts of blueberries, convinced that there would be plenty of them and that they would be so much cheaper than in France. In...
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The good spot : Coffee Papparayray, Fukuoka, Japan
I‘ve come to realize that the Japanese are masters in the subtle art of making coffee shops intimate and welcoming. It probably helps that I like quiet places and good pastries, we’re pretty much...
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Art trip : Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, Italy
We will be going back to Rome at the beginning of April ! I really loved it the first we went, in 2012, and I knew we would come back there before long. The amount of things the city has to offer...
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The cosmopolitan kitchen : Panzanella primavera
Panzanella is an italian salad made of tomatoes and bread. It’s one of these recipes that sound so simple but is never actually the same. Because of the need for juicy tomatoes, it’s obviously more of...
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The mood : Southern Drôme in October, France
Last fall’s trip to Southern Drôme was a bit of a recon mission. We wandered around in a triangle that went from Montelimar to Crest to Nyons, trying to figure out which area we really liked best....
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The shop : Do at Claska, Tokyo, Japan
Back when I wrote about Claska, our hotel in Tokyo, I might have mentioned the shop they have on the first floor of the building. Every morning when we left we told ourselves we would stop there on...
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The place : Dom Bosco church, Brasilia
This church almost makes me wish there was a virtual reality feature here to give you a better idea of how it feels to be bathed in that incredible blue light. The building itself looks graceful but...
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Graphic Tour : Lantau & Peng Chau, Hong Kong, China
There would be much to say about how delicate even the most trivial things can get in Asia. This was undeniably true on the islands of Lantau and Peng Chau, a short ferry ride away from Hong Kong....
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Paradise search : an apartment in Helsinki, Finland
Browsing the apartment selection on airbnb in a Scandinavian country can be a little bit surprising if, like me, you’re more used to scouring the Italian section of the website, where gems are only...
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