« A sweet memory is still a happiness». Louis-Philippe de Ségur, Le temps, 1816. Paris will always be Paris. Hello, young Padawan from Paname* and elsewhere, The ex-bobo Parisian who left Paris to go green, what a cliché. Here we are, right in there. It is not easy for me to assume, but we are deep down into it.…
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“Legend tells that if you come across a spider on Halloween, it means an ancient spirit you loved is watching you.”. Anonymous. Hello, young Padawan Halloween is an old Anglo-Saxon tradition often poorly understood by other cultures that remains a mystery to many. At the time where everything would be satanic, it could be easy to make the first-degree shortcut,…
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“We travel to change, not of place, but of ideas”. Hippolyte Taine. Hello, young Padawan If there’s one thing about America – and not just one, of course – it’s that they are proud of their country. Indeed, we have to recognize that our cousins, the hamburger eaters, were essential in the industrial era of the late 19th…
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“A trip is the only thing that you buy and makes you richer”. Anonymous. Hello, young Padawan Today, less talk, and pleasure of the eyes. Since traveling is still complicated – and it’s my optimistic nature that says “still” – I told myself that making you discover one of the most grandiose buildings of my adopted city would be…
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“Music gives soul to our hearts and wings to thought.” Plato Hello, young Padawan I don’t know what you planned to do last weekend, but I had an appointment with four boys who set up a small metal band the year I was born. Well, except one who joined them in 2003. This weekend, I went to see for the umpteenth time one…
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