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The view : White Desert in the distance, Egypt
Tomorrow, we will be flying to Egypt. This time, it will be a Nile adventure, and it will be with Voyageurs du Monde, on their Steam Ship Sudan, a mythical boat fit for a pretty iconic trip. Back when...
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Panorama : motorcycle seats, Nile Valley, Egypt
I‘m back from Egypt! You might want to add “and in one piece”, but frankly the whole trip was so peaceful that it would be lying to say that I had been “braving” anything. I might get points for...
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The mood : Tai O at dusk, Lantau island, Hong Kong, China
Our trip to Hong Kong included a couple of nights outside the city per se, on one of the neighboring islands, Lantau. This large chunk of land can’t really be summed up in one word, since you will...
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In situ : Málaga, Spain
We are back from Andalusia! We stayed there for ten days and split our time between Granada and Málaga. You could say that it was a sort of follow-up on our 2011 trip, when we went to Sevilla, Cadiz...
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The place : Ramesses III temple, Medinet Habu, Egypt
Like I wrote before, this last trip to Egypt was centered around Ancient Egypt archaeological sites, and it was interesting to confront these real places with the images I had in mind. This is the...
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The details : Kyoto, Japan
I could obviously go on for a long time about that unmistakably Japanese trait of carefully nurturing imperfection. In Kyoto I found it as much in the worn-out silk of a prayer cushion as in the...
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The cosmopolitan kitchen : Mouhalabieh with sour cherries
It seems like summer has finally arrived in Paris, that’s the perfect excuse for this refreshing dessert. Mouhalabieh is a well-known dessert from Lebanon, a simple cream perfumed with precious orange...
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Art trip : Musée Rodin, Paris, France
I didn’t know Rodin’s work that well. I thought him quite classic, and overexposed…it’s hard sometimes to think beyond these two of three artworks you’ve seen reproduced everywhere. One of the...
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Green Delight : Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil
Remember my article about Inhotim, this unbelievable open-air museum in the middle of the tropical forest? Last time, I tried to focus on the art, even though there is no doubt nature is pretty much...
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The mood : seaside Malaga, Spain
Before going there, I thought the beach was an inescapable part of Malaga. It turns out that the seaside close to downtown is more a harbour than a stretch of sand, and getting to the “real” beach...
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The place : Coppede, Rome, Italy
Part of our latest stay in Rome happened in the north of the city, which made it relatively easy to plan a visit to the small neighbourhood of Coppede. This is a very different face of Rome, younger...
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The place : Old Winter Palace hotel, Luxor, Egypt
Places like the Old Winter Palace in Luxor tend to remind you that tourism in Egypt has been going on for quite a long time. The colonial-era hotel is up and running since 1907 and has the decor to...
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Paradise search : Alta Terra, Cantal, France
This summer, we had our first, week-long holiday, with a rental car (it’s never too late!). This meant we got to pick a place in the middle of nature without fearing to be stranded, constantly relying...
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Feels special: Studio Aalto, Helsinki, Finland
Remember my pictures of Alvar Aalto’s home, in Helsinki? Just a short walk away is Studio Aalto, the space he had built in the fifties when his own home studio was becoming too small. It was designed...
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Panorama : stained glass windows, Cantal, France
Can I say that I’ve never really been a fan of stained glass? I saw a lot of it in the Gothic churches of my childhood and pretty much always failed to really appreciate them. I started to change my...
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The mood : Kagoshima in November, Japan
There was only one night and one day to be spent in Kagoshima. This is almost as south as you can go in continental Japan. I remember standing by the sea a few hours after we landed, amazed at the...
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Graphic tour : Nile Valley, Egypt
When it comes to patterns and graphic, something inspiring is definitely going on in Egypt. Granted, most of it is either very old or accidental, but still, there’s a lot of surprising compositions to...
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Feels special : Wah Fu Estate, Hong Kong, China
It was our first day in Hong Kong, and one of the reasons of the trip was my half-fascinated,-half scared feeling seeing all the high-rise pictures of the city (remember my trip triggers article?)....
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Paradise Search : Steam Ship Sudan, Nile Valley, Egypt
A Nile cruise. I remember really dreaming about it when I started traveling. Then, when we finally went to Egypt, it was to explore a totally different side of the country. The Nile was saved for...
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Panorama : fruit nets, Hong Kong, China
Markets and fruits are both ubiquitous in Hong Kong. Strangely, this goes hand in hand with an habit to wrap them in otherworldly foamy little nets, and I can’t really say if that comes from they...
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