As I walked out onto the Pont Saint Bénézet I listened to the man who was talking to me on my telephone-like audio tour. At one time, and for many ...
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What Is Culture?
The other day, someone asked via twitter "What is culture?" It was asked in the context of travel, in the sub-context of cultural travel. ...
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18, Villa Seurat
Breakfast, chez moi. Strong coffee with hot milk, two or three delicious warm croissants with sweet butter, and a touch of jam. And with the breakfast ...
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Five Reasons To Visit Paris
Paris has changed quite a bit in the twenty-five years that I've been visiting her. She is becoming more of a global city, influenced not ...
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The Black Madonna
The Black Madonna is one of life's little mysteries - one that very few even know about. There are several theories surrounding her existence. Some ...
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In Vera’s Kitchen
Vera's kitchen became my sanctuary in a city that was at one and the same time home and completely alien and foreign to me. Waking in the morning I ...
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The Santa Casa
The Santa Casa, at least the original one, was the house where it is believed that the Archangel Gabriel told Mary about the future birth of her son ...
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Keep on Path
Little signs posted throughout the garden ask me to Keep on Path and remind me that paths are both literal and abstract concepts. The many paths ...