Since I was a teen-ager I've been strongly sensitive to the horrors and the insanity of the Holocaust thus, during my recent trip to the German capital I couldn't miss seeing the Berlin Holocaust Memorial.While walking among the stelae of the Berlin Holocaust Memorial I was surprised by my unexpected reaction: intellectual admiration, but no strong emotions. Before visiting,...
Everyone I happened to meet in New Zealand liked Windy Wellington (as the capital city is cheerfully called because of the strong wind blowing more often than not), where they frequently spent several days when not even longer.The truth is that despite I went there three times (first at my arrival, then back from my tour in...
I hadn't planned to visit Christchurch and I happened to spend there an afternoon totally by chance. Since it was a last-minute decision, I didn't know what to expect nor what to do and see in only a few hours.My hostel was right in the city centre, only a few steps from Christchurch Botanic Gardens,...
What a surprise Auckland, and no wonders it's called 'the city of sails'.Having been told that it was not particularly pretty I was expecting Auckland to be an unattractive city. On the contrary, I happened to have a great time in New Zealand's biggest city, liking it much more than Wellington (but there I was...
Between old houses, tiny streets and the canals...
What a surprising city, Turin. In November and December, it becomes an open-air exhibition for contemporary art [caption id="attachment_12207" align="alignnone" width="599"] Torino Luci d'Artista. Valerio Berruti, Ancora Una Volta[/caption]Turin...
When I was invited to attend Odegand and explore a bit of Flanders during Flanders is a Festival, I didn't know what to expect. Honestly, I knew nothing about the Flanders Festival and even less about Odegand and Ghent Festival, but as soon as I started gathering a few information my curiosity arose.Indeed, I was stoked to...
I have a thing for shapes, colors and...
Whether to stop in Kuala Lumpur and possibly discover a bit of Malaysia as part of my wild journey through Southeast Asia was a big question-mark.The decision to spend a few days in KL - as Kuala Lumpur is called by locals - was eventually driven by the need to wait for my Visa to...
I hadn’t really planned to visit the Chocolate Museum in Bruges, but as I stepped into it during my wandering through the narrow streets I thought it would be worth to make a visit.Inaugurated in 2004, the Choco-Story Museum in Bruges is a journey through the History of Chocolate from ancient Mexico to Belgium, from...
