Peter the Great founded the Russian Navy, and St Petersburg remains the home of the fleet. It was common to see many sailors on the Nevski Prospect. May 1996. Pierre le Grand a fondé la Marine russe et Saint-Pétersbourg reste le port d’attache de la flotte. Il est courant de croiser beaucoup de marins sur…
Delftware tiles on the walls: you know right away you are in a Dutch café. There are many of these small bars in the city center of Amsterdam. November 2007. Des carreaux de Delft sur les murs: on sait tout de suite qu’on est dans un café hollandais. Il y a beaucoup de ces petits…
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…
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…
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…
