It’s to this mountain top, situated above Perpignan, in Southern France, New Age and esoteric groups pilgrimage. They believe that on 21 December 2012 the sole survivors of the “apocalypse” will be the ones who have made it to this “holy place”.
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Canaletto and Guardi in Paris
Before photography there existed painters like Canaletto and Guardi. It’s thanks to them that we can experience the Venice of the 18th century in such detail. There are two exhibitions not to be missed with these masters being shown in Paris this fall/winter at the Museums Maillol and Jacquemart-André. Canaletto: Venice: the town of… Continue reading Canaletto and Guardi in Paris
A Reflection of Paradise
In some of the the Loire valleys’ many castles I discovered gardens out of fairy-tales. The well-known former gardener Le Nôtre was a man of faith who wanted to create paradise on earth but in order not to compete with God’s creations, “mirrored” paradise instead. What I discovered in Villandry and Chaumont-sur-Loire was just that:… Continue reading A Reflection of Paradise
Kites in Normandie
An unusally warm autumn week-end I took the train to Rouen and from there I went to visit the exotic park in the adjoining little village Clères; the trip continued next day to the harbor of Dieppe with its international kite competition and ended on a Harley Davidson to see an English garden situated in… Continue reading Kites in Normandie
