Conchita Wurst would approve about this project, rising from it’s ashes is what it’s all about, and it’s as daring and unconventional as the new winner of Eurovision! See link here for it’s history We did too, thoroughly enjoyed the architecture, spaces, breakfast and inspiration..
If, like me, you hadn’t heard of Portuguese gothic, you shall be up for a surprise… an actually grand surprise! Both monasteries are on the UNESCO world heritage list. Alcobaça Monastery is the first entirely gothic building in Portugal, built from 1178, it was later renovated in baroque style, thus the classical style of the
Although the name is not very glamorous, the place is absolutely perfect, and in the end, the title does describes it, partially. What it doesn’t say, is how well designed is the place, how large and cosy are the common spaces, and how glam the rooms actually are with floor to ceiling walls opening on
Always been fascinated by Angkor, so spent a full morning at musee Guimet, loved the drawings and period photography, specially interesting as apparently the site has already considerably deteriorated.. now will definitely have to go there at one point..
Always a fun game that to be playing at being a local. A bit difficult in Venice when you don’t speak Italian, although taking the vaporetto without saying a word is a start…until of course, after a few seconds, the urge of taking a million pictures of the marvels off the grand canal gives you
This isn’t what I planned to see in Isola di San Giorgio Magiore, being actually headed for the new library designed by Michele de Lucchi in the former Benedictine fathers dormitory of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini…unfortunately, as this is only done by appointment, we decide to make the most of this « trip » (5 min vaporetto)
A friendly, stylish and sexy place in Venice, CA Maria Adele is definitely on the list for a romantic week-end. Renovated by Milanese duo Campa&Campa, it’s full of quirky ideas, warmth, softness comfort and individuality.. Attention to detail starts with the lobby that is simply a cosy reception room where you are checked in the
A few pics from a delicious stay at the mythic hotel Nord Pinus in the heart of Arles
Although I was born in Chile, I consider Strasbourg to be my home town as I grew up there, and met my husband there as well, so it’s always with great pleasure that we stroll the streets of this gem of a town with our children. On top of having the most beautiful cathedral in
Just relooked by the Campana brothers, it epitomises cool and functional. Their scrap/recycling design style works marvels here in the lobby, and in the much published breakfast room with « trees » of recycled wood furniture elements dressing up the supporting columns. In the bedrooms, the Campana brothers reinterpret the traditional shadow theatre, the « Karagiozis »
Our last trip to Greece dated from the late 80’s, a marvellous time backpacking and island hopping through the Cycladic island…also one of our first « grown up » trips with my boyfriend-husband-to-be…so it was with much emotion that we travel back there to show the marvels of Greece to our children…..and with much relief, we realise
Another hotel I always wanted to visit. Dark and handsome, it lived up to it’s reputation Graphic decoration, Anoushka Hempel’s trademark The lobby
I know you might start to get bored with all those pictures of the desert, but bear with me, this is the last Atacama post: a 5h horseback ride through a Canyon and then up a cattle path, the one the cattle used to take to walk from Argentina to Calama and Antofagasta, that’s up
Awesome landscape wasn’t the only draw for this trip. It actually all started with a conversation about what to do next, i.e. after the Mont Ventoux climb, and the Alpes d’Huez etape (of the tour the France for those who don’t bike nor have a biking freak in the family). So my husband Christophe came
We discovered the Atacama desert in 94, during our honeymoon trip, and liked it so much, that this is our fourth visit. The fascination with the variety of light, texture and colors of the landscape, and it’s uniqueness remains intact, the roads keep getting better, the maps more precise, making exploring easier and safer
Those weren’t exactly your « tanning-by-the-beach-with-a-Margarita-in-your-hand-holiday » 1st day: visit to a copper mine in the middle of the desert The boss: my uncle Nano who manages the mine the mine: the « elevator »: …and this is half of our family going down @ 85m deep:
Sorry for my long silence, now back with lots’o’pictures and a travel diary to make up for it, so here it is: Chapter 1: TaltalPour me faire pardonne ma longue absence, voici un compte rendu de notre périple dans le nord du Chili. Chapitre 1: Taltal Para hacerme perdonar mi larga ausencia, nuestro diario de viaje
On a brisk and sunny day, a walk through Vaison’s medieval town, niched in the hill opposite the house
Provence’s Christmas traditions on show at the « Friends of Seguret » house, with the Santons de Provence, the 13 deserts and various traditions explained to neophytes.
De retour de Santiago ou je me suis faite touriste pendant l’espace de quelques images. J’ai photographié certains quartiers que je connais bien pour y avoir vécu et/ou travaillé; et si elles ne couvrent en rien l’immensité de cette métropole, qui comme la majorité des capitales Sud-Américaines, est à une échelle que nous avons