Croatia was a blissful vacation from my vacation, the kind of place you would want to escape to in the dead of a Canadian winter (except that technically it would be colder at that time in Croatia). Evidently the week before I arrived it had been pouring a kind of smattering rain for about [...]
My time in Italy was limited (for various reasons) to 11 days, which I carefully planned along the lines of a makeshift art history tour. It enabled me to see many of the artworks I studied in person, and I made a special trip to Bologna for a somewhat-unknown sculpture that had knocked my socks [...]
I want to apologize for the recent series of dull and very didactic posts, where I mechanically describe my trip. Everything I experience is pretty much always “breathtaking,” “meaningful,” “extraordinary,” and especially “beautiful.” Not much to report on anything ugly or boring, so I tend to overuse these sorts of adjectives and end up gushing [...]
Maison La Source was in the Rhone-Alpes area, close to Lyon; set in the mountains. It is not really a farm, but actually an ecological bed-and-breakfast. The vegetable and fruit gardens are thus maintained to feed its habitants organically and healthfully. It is run by Christine and Nicolas Molle.
The house was recently overhauled to ecologically incorporate [...]
Moulin de Braux was a very special experience for me, and one I will cherish. The farm is set in Braux which is close to Dijon in the Burgundy region of France. As I took the train into the area, I saw huge fields of luscious yellow flowers. Not dandelions as you [...]
This will be a more lengthy post than usual (saying a lot) since Barcelona was a very full and fun time on our trip. First, coming from Granada we had trouble finding full accommodation for the entire length of our stay. We ended up at two different couch surfing spots, plus a day [...]
Subconsciously knowing that we would really like Granada, we ended up giving it more breathing space in our itinerary. It is hard to describe just why Granada was a fantastic city to explore. First, there is actually something to explore… a complex network of alley ways and sudden apparitions of graffiti (not just [...]
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