Bonafacio located at the very end of Corsica is the southernmost city of metropolitan France. Even in the evening, it can be really hot in the sun. August 2005. Bonifacio, située à l’extrême sud de la Corse, est la commune française la plus méridionale de la France métropolitaine. Même le soir, le soleil peut taper très…
When you live in the western world, you tend to take tap water for granted. In some large cities, like Udaipur in India, street fountains make you realize that it may not be true for everybody on this planet. March 2008. Quand on vit dans le monde occidental, on a tendance à considérer l’eau courante…
Japanese people are used to these restaurants where you have to sit on the floor. Foreign visitors may find it hard to stand up after their lunch. February 2012. Les Japonais ont l’habitude de ces restaurants où il faut s’asseoir sur le sol. Les visiteurs étrangers ont parfois du mal à se redresser après leur…
Merrill is a small city of around 800 inhabitants in the south of Oregon. It seems to be in the middle of nowhere. One out of four inhabitants lives below the poverty line. Pappy Gander & Co is the local restaurant and it has its own countryside charm. It caters hunters. August 2011. Merrill est…
This looks like a Sci-Fi scene from a Stanley Kubrick movie. These people are just visitors inside the Brussels Atomium. The Atomium was built for the 1958 World’s Fair and it has the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal. May 2011. Cela a l’air d’une scène de science fiction dans un film…
Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known in the western world because of the Pussy Riots. In February 2012, five members of the group staged a performance against Putin in the cathedral and were arrested. The original church was destroyed in 1931 during the Stalin era. The church was reconstructed in the 1990s on…
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