Jodhpur is often referred to as the ‘Blue City’ due to the vivid blue-painted houses around the Mehrangarh Fort. This lady bent to her window just at the time I was getting ready for a photography. April 2008. On appelle souvent Jodhpur la « Ville Bleue » en raison des maisons peintes en bleu vif au pied…
Mozart is said to have been a cheeky young man. He would probably not match very well the crowds of rich and elderly people who now flock to Salzburg because of him. January 2011. On dit de Mozart qu’il était un jeune homme impertinent. Il n’apprécierait probablement pas les foules de gens riches et âgés…
You have to get up early to hike down the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River in the summer. Temperatures can get very high in the canyon and it takes time to walk back up to the rim. Some people prefer the mule back riding option. July 1999. Il faut se lever tôt pour la…
Oslo was not always a wealthy city. Things have changed since the oil and gas boom but before this Norway was known as a poor country. In some aspects, Oslo still looks like a village with old fishermen in the harbor. August 1996. Oslo n’a pas toujours été une ville riche. Les choses ont changé…
According to Joshua Project stats, there are no more than 6,000 representatives of the Geji ethnic group in the world. I still remember the day I met them in 1990. Like all other women, this grandmother had some tattoos and holes on her face, above and below her lips. I remember people commenting she looked…
There is a 12th century church in Bruges that houses a relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. The phial was never opened since its arrival in the city. A few hours every week, the Holy Blood is…
