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March 9, 2026

A Jolly Breakfast – Inspired by the Macrons

General, People Amiens, Brigitte Macron, Élysée Palace, Emmanuel Macron, Jean Trogneux, Marmiton, Œuf à la coque et mouillettes, Paris Match, soft-boiled egg with buttered toast soldiers, The Lanterne, the Macron couple No comments

A few years ago, I had read an interview with Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris Match. She had told in the interview about their […]

January 3, 2026

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

General, Europe, People Berg Castle, Bormes-les-Mimosas, Cabasson, Fischbach Castle, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess Stephanie, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Grand Duke Guillaume, Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duke Jean and Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium, Henri of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Maria Teresa Mestre, Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Stand Speak Rise Up, Waringo report No comments

It was my intention for quite long to write about the royal couple Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg whom I used to come across occasionally […]

November 19, 2025

Colombia – Inspired by a Rich Coffee

General, Latin America, Travel Alquímico bar, Andes mountains, Antioquia, Aracataca, bandeja paisa, Barranquilla, Berracas de la 13, Bocagrande, Bogota, Botero Museum, Boulevard del Río, Cali, Carlos Sánchez, Carnival of Barranquilla, Cartagena, Casa Mamá Luz, Casa Riviera del Cacao, Celele restaurant, Centro Histórico, Chapinero Alto, Ciudad Perdida, Cocora Valley, Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia, coffee farms, Coffee Triangle, colador, Colombia, Communa 13, Eduardo Martínez, El Prado, El Silo, Epoca, Fedecafé, Filandia, finca, Gabriel García Marquéz, Getsemani, Gold Museum, Gran Malecón, Hacienda Venezia, Humo restaurant, Jaime Garzón, Jardin, Jerico, Juan Valdez, La Candelaria, La Collina, La Sala de Laura, Laura Hernández Espinosa, Leo restaurant, Leonor Espinosa, Lost City, lulada, Luz Dary Cogollo, Mamba Negra, Manuel Mendoza, Manuel restaurant, Medellin, Miller Prada, Mini-Mal restaurant, Monserrate Hill, Narcos, National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, Pablo Escobar, Parque del Cafe, Parque San Antonio, patacones, Plaza de Bolivar, Providencia Island, Quindío, Restaurante Ringlete, Rosario Islands, Salento, salsa, Salvo Patria, San Andrés Island, San Antonio, Santa Marta, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Santander, Shakira, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, Simon Bolivar, Sunday ciclovia, Tayrona National Natural Park, the Caribbean, The Click Clack Hotel, Thierry Mulhaupt, tinto, Valle del Cauca, wax palm, willy jeep, World Salsa Festival, yipao festival, Zona Cafetera 2 Comments

This post is my second post inspired by a coffee following the older one titled “Sicily – Inspired by a Marvelous Coffee” (click for the link). A few months ago, […]

June 25, 2025

The Film ‘ A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)’ – Official Poster of 2025 Cannes Festival after 60 Years

Films, General 1966 Cannes Festival, 2025 Cannes Film Festival, 78th Cannes Film Festival, A Man and a Woman, And God Created Woman, Anouk Aimée, Bar de La Mer, Bar de La Mer Deauville, Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz, Bunker film, Cannes, Carlton Cannes, Chabadabada, Chanel campaign 2024, Ciro's Deauville, Claude Lelouch, Coco Chanel's first boutique, Deauville, Deauville American Film Festival, Florian Zeller, Francis Lai, Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Juliette Binoche, La Dolce Vita, Le Deauville restaurant, Mission: Impossible, Normandy, Palme d’Or, Penelope Cruz, Robert de Niro, Royal Barriere hotel Deauville, The Best Years of a Life, The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise, Un Homme et Une Femme No comments

I was near Cannes just a week before the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which was held from May 13 to 24, 2025, staying in Nice, my favorite destination in Côte […]

May 24, 2025

Two Parisian Books – Joyful Guides for a Style ‘A La Parisienne’

Books, General, People, Uncategorized 2 Days in Paris, A la Cloche d'or, A la Parisienne, An American in Paris, Anna Wintour, Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, beauty faux pas, Bread&Roses, Cafe Marly, Caroline de Maigret, chocolate fondant, Coco, Giraffe restaurant Paris, Hotel Amour, Hotel du Nord, How To Be Parisian, How To Be Parisian: Wherever You Are, Ile Flottante, Inès de la Fressange, Jardin Catherine Laboure, La Chope des Puces, Laperouse, Le bistrot parisien, Le Voltaire, Loulou, Louvre Museum, Mathilde Favier, Musee de la Vie Romantique, Musee Delacroix, Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris, Parisian, Parisian addresses, Parisian bistro, Parisian Chic, Parisian Chic Encore, Parisian elegance, Parisian tips, Parisian women, Parisienne, Pâtisserie Viennoise Paris, Ralph's, Sophie Gachet, Sophie Mas, Thalie flower shop No comments

Years ago, I had read a book titled “How To Be Parisian: Wherever You Are“, written by four French women who were friends for years, with careers in music, film, […]

April 30, 2025

Marlston Farmgirl – An Inspiring Flower Story

General, People Berkshire, Brockhurst & Marlston House Schools, Fergus Fleming, first Obama Christmas, Flowerbx, Kimberly Fleming, Marlston, Marlston Farmgirl, Ocean's Twelve, White House florist, Whitney Bromberg Hawkings No comments

Maybe you remember my older post “Flowerbx – Fresh Flowers At Your Doorstep” about the story of online flower shop Flowerbx and its founder Whitney Bromberg Hawkings – one my […]

April 20, 2025

The White Lioness – A Nordic Noir by Henning Mankell

General, Books, People Eva Bergman, F.W. de Klerk, Henning Mankell, Kenneth Branagh, Krister Henriksson, Kruger National Park, Kurt Wallander, Mandela, napoleon dessert, NIS, Nordic noir, Rolf Lassgård, sangoma, Skane, South Africa, Sweden, The Dogs of Riga, The Troubled Man, The White Lioness, Thriller, Wallander, Walpurgis Eve, Walpurgis night, Ystad No comments

Since I have mentioned some of the crime drama series like ‘The Killing‘ and ‘The Bridge’ in my previous post titled “Hygge” in Copenhagen, let me mention a gripping thriller […]

February 27, 2025

“Hygge” in Copenhagen

General, Books, Europe, Travel Amelienborg Palace, Borgen, cardamom rolls, Cecconi's, CERVO, Christiansborg Palace, Christianshavn, cinnamon rolls, communal dinner, Conditori La Glace, Copenhagen, Countess Danner, Denmark, Emmerys, Eva Copenhagen, Flying Tiger, Folkehuset Absalon, Frederiksborg Castle, Hans christian Andersen, Happiness Research Institute, Hygge, hyggekrog, hyggelige, ILLUM, Jaegerspris Castle, Kanalhuset hotel, Kanelbrud, Karen Blixen, King Frederik, Kongens Nytorv, Lennart Lajboschitz, Louise Rasmussen, Malmö, Maple Casual Dining, Matador, Meik Wiking, Norreport, Nyhavn, Oresund Bridge, Out of Africa, Queen Margrethe, Queen Mary, Restaurant Orangeriet, Rosenborg Castle, Royal Danish Playhouse, Royal Theater's Old Stage, Sankt Peters Bageri, Sarah Lund, Smorrebrod, Soho House Copenhagen, Soren Kierkegaard, Stroget, The Bridge series, The Killing, The Little Book of Hygge, Tivoli Gardens, TorvehallerneKBH, Uniqlo, Vesterbro, Zermatt 4 Comments

Are you familiar with ‘hygge’? The Danish concept of cosiness, comfort, warmth, heartiness and/or togetherness… If not, I suggest that you read the book “The Little Book of Hygge: The […]

February 14, 2025

Happy Valentine’s Day!

General, People February 14th, Valentine, Valentine's Day 2 Comments

I was in the middle of another post but took a break to publish this post on this lovely day: Valentine’s Day. The most common story about this day is […]

December 24, 2024

Alain Delon & His Letter to Romy Schneider

General, People Adieu Ma Puppelé, Alain Delon, Alain Delon's letter, Alain-Fabien Delon, Anne Parillaud, Anouchka Delon Anthony Delon, Caludia Cardinale, Cannes Film Festival, Il Gattopardpo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Le Guepard, Luchino Visconti, Magda Schneider, Mireille Darc, Nathalie Barthélémy, Romy Schneider, Rosalie van Breemen, Sissi, The Leopard, Wolf Albach-Retty 4 Comments

When the legendary French actor died this year in August aged 88, French President Emmanuel Macron had remarked that “he was more than a star: he was a French monument“… […]

December 13, 2024

A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal (Part-3)

General, Europe, Travel Andrea Dotti, Antica Trattoria Angelino, Antico Forno Roscioli, Audrey Hepburn, Aventine Hill, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bibliobar, Casa del Cinema, Casina del Lago, Doney Cafe Rome, Emily in Paris, Federico Fellini, Forno Monteforte, Galleria Borghese, Giardino degli Aranci, Giggetto Restaurant, Hamleys Rome, Harry's Bar Rome, Hotel Eden, Janiculum Hill, L'Arcangelo, La Nuova Piazzetta, La Terrazza, La Vecchia Roma, Luca Dotti, Mel Ferrer, Parioli, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Margana, Picio Terrace, Pincio Hill, Pizzeria Ai Marmi, Portico of Octavia, Prati, Retrobottega, Roma, Rome, Rosati, Roscioli, Sculpture of David, Sean Ferrer, Trastevere, Trattoria al Moro, Venus Victrix, Via Cola di Rienzo, Via Veneto, Villa Borghese, Westin Excelsior 4 Comments

This is the third and the last part of my previous posts titled “A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal” and “A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal […]

November 9, 2024

A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal (Part-2)

General, Europe, Travel Afdera Franchetti, Annette Stroyberg, Antico Forno Roscioli, Aperol Spritz, Audrey Hepburn, Baths of Caracalla, Campo de' Fiori, Colosseum, Corsetti, Emily in Paris, Esquilino, Giordano Bruno, Gladiator, Henry Fonda, Il Maritozzaro, Kolbe Hotel Rome, maritozzo, Mercati di Traiano, Monti, Museum of Imperial Forums, Nino dal 1934, Osteria Corsetti 1921, Palatine Hill, Palazzo Massimo, Passetto di Borgo, Piazza Farnese, Piazza Mattei, Piazza San Pietro, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Regoli, Roma, Roman Forum, Rome, Roscioli, Santa Maria Maggiore, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Tiber River, Trajan's Market, Trastevere, Turtle Fountain, Vatican City, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Via Giulia, Via Nichola Salvi, Vin Allegro No comments

This is the second part of my previous post titled “Rome – Beautiful and Eternal” about Rome and our trip to Rome with my daughter. (Photo above: Trajan’s Market (Mercati […]

October 19, 2024

A Visit to Rome – Beautiful and Eternal

General, Europe, Travel Roma, Rome 2 Comments

The photo above is a section of Rome from above, taken by my daughter from the 7th floor terrace of Hassler Hotel, Rome during our ‘mother and daughter trip’ to […]

September 9, 2024

Diners, Donuts and Bagels …

General, Travel, Us/Canada bagels, Bagels Village Amsterdam, Bendix Diner, Boys on the Side, California Donuts, California doughnut shops, Colonial Diner, Corvette's, Danny Trejo, Denny's Diner, diners, donuts, Donuts & Bakery, doughnuts, Edward Hopper, Ess-a-Bagel Bakery, Hawaiian donuts, Holey Grail Donuts, IHOP, Mana Diner, Mario Costa, Miss America Diner, New Jersey Diners, New York bagels, Nighthawks, Randy's Donuts, Rosie donut, Ruby's, taro, taro donuts, The Donut King, Trejo's Coffee & Donuts, UK bagel shops No comments

I wanted this to be a jolly post. I lately came across an article about diners in National Geographic Traveller ‘Classic USA 2024’ special edition. Diners, typical American diners, have […]

August 21, 2024

The Edinburgh Fringe – World’s Largest Arts Festival – On Right Now

Uncategorized, General, People, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Adelaide, Assembly Hall, Australia, Billy Connolly, buskers, busking, Dion Owen, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Edinburgh Old Town, Emma Thompson, Festival City, Fringe Society, Fringe street events, Gilded Balloon, Global Association of Fringe Festivals, Graham Norton, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Mound Precint, Palace of Holyrood House, Rowan Atkinson, Royal Mile, Royal Yacht Britannia, Scottish Parliament, stand-up comedy, Stephen Fry, The Adelaide Fringe, The Fringe, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Stand Comedy Club, Waterstones, Waterstones Westend, world's largest arts festival 4 Comments

I had mentioned about Edinburgh, in several of my older posts before – namely “Scotland – A Dream Land“, “Queen Elizabeth II and Her Platinum Jubilee” and “Gleneagles, Scotland” (Click […]

August 8, 2024

Two Books (Connected by a Quote) & Many Lives

General, Books Bedford, Boston, Brazilian Honey Cakes, Brighton, London, Longyearbyen, Massachusetts, Matt Haig, Sea Containers, South Bank, Svalbard, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, The Midnight Library, The Queen's Gambit, The Star Inn at Harome, Whitby, Whitby Abbey, York, Yorkshire No comments

When I first saw the jolly book cover of the book ‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath in a bookshop, it drew my interest and I thought I shall read […]

May 29, 2024

Tulum – The Jewel of Mexico

General, Latin America, Travel Ahau Tulum, Akumal, Amansala Resort, Arca Tulum, Azulik, Azulik Uh May, Be Tulum, Cancun, Casa Lecanda, Casa Malca, Casa Violeta, ceiba tree, Cenote, Cenote Dos Ojos, Chichen Itza, Coba, Coqui Coqui, Cozumel, Eduardo Neira, El Castllo, Encantada Tulum, Gitano, Gran Cenote, haciendas, Hartwood, Holbox, Holistika, home of Escobar, Hotel Esencia, howler monkeys, hummingbird, Isla Mujeres, jaguar, Jaguar National Park, Kin Toh, La Zebra Hotel, Loyal Order, mamey, Matcha Mama, Maya Train, Mayan ruins, Mayans, Merida, Mexico, Mezcal Margarita, Mr Blackbird, Muyil Ruins, Mystika Immersive, Nest dining, Nest Tulum, Nohuch Mul, Nomade Tulum, NU Tulum, Our Habitas, Paseo Montejo, Pepe Soho, PGA Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Posada Margherita, posadas, Punta Laguna, Raw Love, Riviera Maya, Sian Ka'an, Soliman Bay, sound garden, sweat lodge, temezcal, Tiki Tiki, Tulum, Tulum Beach, Tulum Pueblo, tulum Ruins, Tulum Tower, Tulum Warrior, Tuluminati, Uxmal Ruins, Valladolid, Ven a la Luz, Wakax Hacienda, Xcaret Park, Xibalba, Xpu-ha cove, Yucatán, Zone Hotelera 2 Comments

I had first heard of Tulum in an article I read years ago, with such a beautiful narration and nice images leading one to visualize things… I remember having read […]

January 18, 2024

Baratti & Milano – A Chocolate-box Confectionery

General, Europe, Travel Alexandre Dumas, Ava Gardner, Baratti & Milano, Battle of Oranges, bicerin, Caffè Al Bicerin, Caffé Elena, Caffè Gelateria Fiorio, Caffè Mulassano, Caffè San Carlo, Caffè Torino, Carnival of Ivrea, cremino, De Gasperi, Einaudi, Ferrero, Galleria Subalpina, gianduia, gianduiotto, gianduja, giandujotto, Il Festivo chocolate cake, il Valentino, King Carlo Alberto, Lavazza, Merande Reale, Napoleon, Nietzsche, Palazzo Madama, Parco del Valentino, Paul Caffarel, Pavese, Pepino, Pfatisch, Piazza San Carlo, Piazzo Castello, Piedmont, Royal House of Savoy, Savoy, Stupinigi Palace, Torino, Turin, Umberto Eco, Wonka 2 Comments

In this final post of the year, I would like to mention a historic chocolatier and confectionery in Turin, the capital of Piedmont – a region of Italy bordering France […]

December 15, 2023

A Stockholm Visit – Colored with Jazz, ‘Fika’ and A Royal Touch

General, Europe, Travel 50th jubilee, A Divorce Comedy, ABBA, Agaton, Americain Bar, angel chime, Artipelag, Astrid Lindgren, Berså, Blue Hall, cinnemon bun, Djurgården, Drottninggatan, Drottningholm Palace, Ekstedt, European Green Capital, Fasching Jazz Club, Fika, Fotografiska, Frantzén, Gamla Stan, Gerald Clayton, Golden Hall, Greta Garbo, Greta's, Gröna Lund, Haymarket By Scandic, Hernö Gin Bar', Jag älskar dig - En skilsmässokomedi, Junibacken, Kanelbulle, kardemummabulle, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Köttbullar, Kungsgatan, Lake Mälaren, Liffey Irish Pub, Lucy's Flower Shop, Mamma Mia!, Nobel banquet, Nobel prize, Norr Mälarstrand, Östermalms Saluhall, Paul Urbanus Bergström, Paul's, Pippi Longstocking, princess cake, Princess Victoria, PUB Department Store, Restaurang Prinsen, Restaurant Sturehof, Skansen, Smörgås, Smörgåstårta, Södermalm, Stadshuset, Stig Lindberg, Stockholm, Stockholm archipelago, Stockholm City Hall, Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm Jazz Festival, Swedish meatballs, Värmdö Island, Vasa Museum, Vette-Katten, Villa Villekulla No comments

Visiting Stockholm was on my target list after a Swedish film I watched during the pandemic titled “I Love You – A Divorce Comedy“. The film is a sweet romantic […]

October 14, 2023

Great Gatsby – A Fitzgerald Classic

Books, Films, General Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby No comments

The photo above is the cover of the book I have read recently – “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a millionaire […]

August 19, 2023

Normandy – Apples, Half-Timbered Houses and Castles

Europe, General, Travel A La Reine Mathilde, Alabaster Coast, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Bayeaux, Beaumont-en-Auge, Beuvron-en-Auge, Cabourg, Cabourg Film Festival, Caen, calvados, camembert, Chateau d'Audrieu, Chateau La Cheneviere, Claude Lelouch, D-Day, David Hockney, Deauville, Etretat, Giverny, Honfleur, Maison Drouin, Marcel Proust, Monet house, Mont-Saint-Michel, Mulberry harbour, Normandy apple tart, Normandy castles, Normandy cheese route, Pays d'Auge, Pommeau, Pont l'évêque, Port Winston, Rouen, Suisse Normande, Tarte Normande, The Grand Hôtel Cabourg, Trouville-sur-Mer, Un Homme et Une Femme, William The Conquerer 2 Comments

The D-Day anniversary was celebrated about two months ago. D-Day is the name given to Allied invasion of western Europe launched on June 6, 1944, by the landing of US, […]

June 12, 2023

Story of A Quiche & Tart – Simple Recipes By A Michelin Star Chef

General, People Alice Waters, Angela Hartnett, Apple Tart, Asparagus Quiche, Bardi, Best Food Books of 2022, Burns Night, Cafe Murano, Chez Panisse, Cucina Angelina, farm-to-table, Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant, haggis, Marcus Wareing, Mayfair, Michelin-starred chef, Murano London, Neil Borthwick, Pat Llewellyn, spaghetti vongole, Spitalfields, The Connaught, The Weekend Cook No comments

I had seen this artistic looking tempting quiche above in last year’s July issue of ‘Food and Travel’ and it had appealed to me so much that I had kept […]

May 29, 2023

A Coffee Shop in San José, Costa Rica

General, Latin America, Travel Allegory of the Coffee and the Bananas, Alma de Café, Azotea Calle 7, Barrio Amon, Barrio Escalante, Cafe Miel Costa Rica, Cafeoteca, casado, Costa Rica, empanadas, gallo pinto, Hotel Presidente, Isolina, Mercado Escalante, olla de carne, President Kennedy in San José, Pura Vida, Rávi Gastropub, San José, Silvestre, Soda Tapia, sodas, Tarrazú, The National Theater of Costa Rica No comments

It has been a rainy spring. Although the freshness of spring is felt in its back notes, cloudy and misty weather allows me to write one more post I associate […]

May 14, 2023

Gleneagles, Scotland

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Andrew Fairlie, archery, Auchterarder, Blair Castle, Braid house, British School of Falconry, Callendar House, championship golf coures, croquet, Dean village, deer stalking, Drummond Castle Gardens, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Ennismore, Equestrian Centre, falconry, Ferret School, G8 Summit, Glen Devon, Glendevon, Gleneagles, Gleneagles Townhouse, Glenturret Distillery, gun dogs, Holyrood park, horse riding, Linlithgow Palace, Loch Lomond, off-road driving, Orchil Hills, padel, Perthshire, polo lessons, Princes Street, quoit, River Tay, Riviera in the Highlands, Royal Lochnagar Suite, Royal Mile, Ryder Cup, salmon fishing, Scone Castle, Scotland, Sharan Pasricha, Shooting Fishing School, Solheim Cup, st Andrew Square, Stirling Castle, Strathearn, The Birnam, The Dormy, The Glorious Playground, Water of Leith No comments

It is spring time here in Istanbul but the weather is still not that warm and raining cats and dogs from time to time, as if to let me write […]

April 6, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 2)

Films, General Carlo Regoli, Emilio Agostini, Il Maritozzaro, Il Maritozzo Rosso, Laura Regoli, Love & Gelato, maritozzi, maritozzo, Mercati di Traiano, Owen McDonnell, Pasticceria Regoli, pistachio gelato, Rascioli Caffe, Rome, Saul Nanni, savory maritozzi, secret bakery, Spaghetti alla Puttenesca, Susanna Skaggs, Tobia De Angelis, Trajan's Market, Valantina Lodovini No comments

In my previous post, I had mentioned the film Spanglish and a marvelous sandwich (Spanglish sandwich) I discovered owing to that film. In this post I will mention about the […]

March 4, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 1)

Films, General Adam Sandler, Carbon Beach, chef restaurants, Cloris Leachman, El Bulli, Il Cielo, James L. Brooks, Malibu, Noma, Paz Vega, René Redzepi, Spanglish, Spanglish sandwich, Tea Leoni No comments

I would like to mention in this post two nice sweet films, owing to which I discovered two breathtaking tastes: a savory and a dessert. Let me start from the […]

January 17, 2023

Paris – Always A Good Idea

Europe, General, Travel A Moveable Feast, Angelina, Avenue George V, Avenue Montaigne, Balzac House, Belleville, Bois de Boulogne, Buttes-Chaumont Park, Café de Flore, Canal Saint-Martin, Champs-Élysées, Châteaux de Versailles, Crazy Horse, Disneyland Paris, Edit Piaf, Eiffel Tower, Emily in Paris, Ernest Hemingway, Fouquet's, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Île de la Cité, Île Saint-Louis, Jardin du Luxembourg, La Closerie des Lilas, Ladurée, Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, Le Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, Le Meurice, Les Deux Magots, Louvre Museum, Marais, Midnight in Paris, Montmartre, Montparnasse, Moulin Rouge, Musée Rodin, Notre-Dame Paris, Palais Garnier, Parc de Bagatelle, Parc Monceau, Paris, Picasso Museum, Place de Valois, Place Vendôme, Places des Vosges, Pont Alexandre III, Pont des Artes, Pont Marie, Pont Neuf, Quartier Latin, Robert Doisneau, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Ouen, Shakespeare and Company, Sorbonne, Tuileries Garden, Victor Hugo No comments

We had the chance to visit Paris as a family at the end of November, just before the Schengen visa of my daughter expired. I am so grateful for this […]

October 23, 2022

Sicily – Inspired by a Marvelous Coffee

Europe, General, Uncategorized Aeolian Islands, Agrigento, arancini, Bar Ingrid, Bay of Mazzaro, Beati Paoli, brioche, Cafe Apollo, Cafe Sicilia, Cafe Spinnato, Cala Rossa, cannoli, Capella Palatina, Caseificio Borderi, Castellano, Cefalu, Cinema Paradiso, Corrado Assenza, Corso Umberto, Cosa Nostra, Cottanera Winery, Egadi Islands, Erice, Etna Wine Route, Favignana, Fontes Episcopi, Forza D'agro, Galleria degli Specchi, Google Camp, granita, Greek Theatre of Taormina, Hiera, Hotel Villa Athena, Il Postino, involtini di melanzane, Italian Journey, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, La Locanda del Postino, Leopard, Levanzo, Lipari, Marettimo, Messina, Mick Jagger Sicily house, Modica, Mount Etna, Mount Stromboli, Noto, Noto Cathedral, Opera dei Pupi, Ortigia island, Osteria dei Vespri, Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi, Palermo, Palermo markets, panella, passeggiata, pasta alla norma, Piazza del Duomo, Portogallo, Prada house Sicily, Ragusa, Ragusa Ibla, Salina, San Domenico Palace, Santa Caterina fort, Savoca, Sciacca, Segesta, Seven Rooms Villadorata, Sicilian puppets, Sicily, Stromboli, Syracuse, Taormina, Teatro Massimo, The Godfather, Trapani, UNESCO, Valley of the Temples, Verdura Resort, Villa Igiea, Villa Romana del Casale, Villa Sant'Andrea, Villa Valguarnera, Visconti, Zu Nillu 2 Comments

I had the intention of writing this post since last spring – when I discovered a marvelous coffee at a Tchibo shop close to my house. On the coffee package […]

August 27, 2022

Carrig Country House, County Kerry & Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Alicia Burrell, Annascaul, beach horse riding, Caragh Lake, Carrig Country House, Clew Bay, Corrigan's Mayfair, country house, County Kerry, County Mayo, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, Emerald Isle, Frank and Mary Slattery, Galway, Glenbeigh, Inch Beach, Ireland, Irish red deer, jaunting cars, Killarney Golf Club, Killarney National Park, Killorglin, Lakeside Restaurant, Limerick, Muckross House, paddle boarding, Portmagee, Puck Fair, Richard Corrigan, Ring of Kerry, Ross Castle, Rossbeigh Beach, Skellig Micheal, Slea Head, Sligo, South Pole Inn, Strand Street, Tom Crean, UNESCO, Victorian house, Virginia Park Lodge, white water kayaking, Wild Atlantic Way, Yeats No comments

Isn’t a glimpse at the photo above is very soothing? – which I thought so and sat down to write this post. It is one of the photos of the […]

June 29, 2022

Chef José Andrés and His ‘World Central Kitchen (WCK)’

General, People Albert Adrià, Anthony Bourdain, Asturias, Bethesda, clean cooking, Costa Brava, El Bulli, Ferran Adrià, Guatemala, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Dorian, Hurricane Maria, Jaleo, James Beard Foundation, José Andrés, La Palma volcano eruption, Mercado Little Spain, minibar by Jose Andres, natural disasters, No Reservations, Paella, Patricia Andres, Patricia Fernandez de la Cruz, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Richard Wolffe, Ron Howard, The Bahamas, ThinkFoodGroup, Time's 100 Most Influential People, Typhoon Rai, Ukraine, US Virgin Islands, WCK, We Fed an Island, We Feed People, World Central Kitchen 2 Comments

When I read in a local newspaper about two months ago, that the relief kitchen of a renowned chef had been damaged due to a a missile that hit in […]

May 27, 2022

Bethlen Estates and Castle – Transylvania

Europe, General, Travel bear watching, Bethlen Castle, Bethlen Estates, Biertan, bison, Bram Stoker, Bran Castle, brown bears, Caretaker's Huse, Carpathian bear, Carpathian Mountains, Count Janos Bethlen Manor House, Count Miklos Bethlen, Cris, Dacre Stoker, Depner House, Dracula, Dracula the Undead, Dracula's Castle, Gladys Bethlen, gourmet picnic, heliskiing, home-made brandies, horse carriage rides, Hotel Transylvania, Kitchen Barn, lynxes, Nikolaus Bethlen, Prince Charles Transylvanian properties, rewilding, Romania, safari, Saxon houses, Sighisoara, snowshoe walking, The Prince of Wales's Guesthouse, The Vampire Diaries, torch-lit wine cellars, Transalpina Road, Transfagarasan Road, Transylvania, Transylvanian Alps, Transylvanian countryside, Transylvanian wines, truffle hunting, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, vampires, Viscri, Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, wine tasting 1 Comment

When I saw the photo above in House & Garden, I was filled with an enthusiasm and joy imagining myself having a picnic in this pleasant setting within the green. […]

April 21, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II and Her Platinum Jubilee

General, People Balmoral Castle, Big Jubilee Lunch, Broadlands, Buckingham Palace, Camilla Parker Bowles, Carnarvon family, Commonwealth, coronation, Diamond Jubilee, Downton Abbey, Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duke of Edinburgh, Epsom Derby, Frogmore Cottage, George VI, Ghilles Ball, Golden Jubilee, Green Canopy, Hampshire, Highclere Castle, Hollyrood week, Kate Middleton, Kensington Palace, Lilibet, Meghan Markle, Norfolk, Philip Mountbatten, Platinum Jubilee, Platinum Jubilee Pageant, Platinum Pudding, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, Prince of Wales, Prince Philip, Prince William, Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Princess of Wales, Princess Royal, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, Royal Family, Sadringham House, Thames River Pageant, The Crown, Treetops, Trooping the Colour, VE Day, Windsor Castle, Winston Churchill 1 Comment

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year. There will be year-long events and festivities throughout the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and […]

February 26, 2022

Classic Hotels – Part 2

General, Travel 5th Avenue, Alain Delon, Always at The Carlyle, Art Deco, Ava Gardner, Belle époque, Belmond Splendido Mare, Bemelmans Bar, Bloody Marry, Blue Bar New York, Cafe Carlyle, Central Park, Clement The Peninsula, DaV Mare, De Sica, Earl Rose, Elizabeth Taylor honeymoon, Ernesto Basile, Fifth Avenue, Florian family, George Clooney, Golden Triangle of Art, Greta Garbo, Guerlain spa, Home Alone hotel, Jerónimos, King Cole Bar, King Edward VII, King of Siam, L'Atelier Robuchon, Lake Geneva, Ludwig Bemelmans, Madrid, Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid, Manhattan, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Mick Jagger, Mont Blanc, Museum Mile, New York, Nikola Tesla, Palermo, Paseo del Prado, Pedro Almodóvar, Piazzetta di Portofino, Pierre-Yves rochon, Portofino, Princess Diana, Quique Dacosta, Roberto Rossellini, Round Table New York, Russian Tea Room, Salon de Ning, Salvador Dalí, Sicily, Sophia Loren, The Algonquin Hotel, The Barefoot Contessa, The Carlyle, The Leopard, The Peninsula New York, The Plaza New York, The Quin New York, The St Regis New York, The Woodward Geneva, Villa Igiea, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Woody Allen No comments

This post is the continuation (the second part) of my previous post under the title “Classic Hotels – Part 1“. The last hotel I had mentioned in my previous post […]

January 30, 2022

Classic Hotels – Part 1

General, Travel Alfred Hitchcock, Arnaud Donckele, Bar du Bristol, Cary Grant, Cheval Blanc Paris, Cheval Blanc St Tropez, Churchill, Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, Claridge's, Connaught Bar, Dior Spa Cheval Blanc, Epicure Restaurant, Fa-Raon, Happy Guest Award 2019, Hélène Darroze, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Jérôme Banctel, Kasia dietz, Katharine Hepburn, Kim Novak, La Pagode de Cos Restaurant Paris, La Réserve Hotel Paris, La Samaritaine, Langosteria, Le Bristol Paris, Le Tout-Paris, Le Tout-Paris Cheval Blanc, Limbar, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, Maxime Frédéric, Maybourne Group, Mayfair, Michelin, Peter Marino, Plénitude Rsetaurant, Pont Neuf, Raffles Singapore, Randheli Maldives, Rita Hayworth, Royal Hawaiian Honolulu, Seine, Singapore Sling, St Barths, Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai, The Connaught, The Foyer Reading Room, The Fumoir, three-Michelin starred, traditional English Afternoon Tea, Travel Leisure, Tugra Restaurant, World's Best Bar, Yul Brynner No comments

I am fond of anything classic. Classic does not disappoint you and contains a qualified simplicity within, that is reflected as a timeless beauty. Clothes, decoration, styles and hotels … […]

December 31, 2021

The Holiday – One of The Best Christmas Films

Films, General Amanda, Arthur Abbott, Cameron Diaz, Christmas film, Christmas movie, Cornwell Manor, Cotswolds, cottage, Eli Wallach, English countryside, Godalming, Grantley Arms, Greystone Mansion, Hanukah, Harry Potter, Holmbury St Mary, Honeysuckle Cottage, Iris, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Miles, Mill House, Nancy Meyers, Oxfordshire, Punch Drunk Love, Rosehill Cottage, Rufus Sewell, San Marino, Shere, Surrey, Sussex, The Graduate, The Holiday, The Inn on The Lake, The Refectory, The White Horse Pub, Wonersh 1 Comment

Rosehill Cottage in the film ‘The Holiday’ (Photo: hookedonhouses.net) Around this time of the year, I look for films full of joy, good humour and captivating scenes of snow- the […]

December 18, 2021

Whisky Pairings and ‘Baba au Whisky’ Dessert By French Chef

General, People Aberlour, Aberlour Scotch, Amandine Chaignot, appenzell, baba au whisky, baba dessert, baba with whisky, blended whisky, Bocuse d'Or, bourbon, Bristol Paris, Cardhu Amber Rock, Chivas Regal, Chocolate tart, Christmas dessert, Crillon, distillery, Domaine Des Hautes Glaces, Ducase, Hotel Rosewood London, Islay, malt whisky, Malt Whisky Trail, maple syrup, mash tun, Meurice, Michael Recchiuti, Michelin Guide France, Moray Speyside, Paul Bocuse, peat, Plaza Athénée, Pouliche, Raphael hotel, Recchiuti Confections, Ritz London, rum baba, Scotch, sherry barrels, sherry casks, Strathisla Distillery, whiskey, whisky, whisky and chocolate, whisky and gastronomy, Woodford Reserve 2 Comments

My interest in whiskey started with the Scotland post I wrote in this site, titled “Scotland – A Dreamland“, which is among my favorite posts and where I had mentioned […]

November 25, 2021

Costa Rica – The Rich Coast

General, Latin America, Travel acai, Anamaya Yoga, Arenal volcano, biodiversity, Blue Corn, blue morpho, Blue Surf Sanctuary, Blue Zones, Cabo Blanco, Cahuita, Cala Luna, canopy, capuchin, Caribbean, Cielo Lodge, cloud forests, Cocos Island, conservation, Corcovado, Costa Rica, eco-lodges, ecotourism, Florblanca, Gabriela Valenzuela-Hirsch, goji berry, Golfito, Guanacaste, Gulf of Dulce, Gulf of Papagayo, hanging bridges, Heartwood Design, Hermosa Treehouse, Hotel Kasiiya Papagayo, Hotel Playa Negra, hummingbirds, jaguar, Juan Diego Evangelista, La Fortuna, La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Lapa Rios, left surf break, Manuel Antonio, Mint, Mistico Park, Monteverde, Montezuma, national parks, Nayara Gardens, Nayara Springs, Nayara Tented Camp, Nicoya peninsula, Olof Wessberg, Osa peninsula, Pacific, Pavones, Peace Lodge, pizzicato, Playa Negra, Playa Santa Teresa, Playas del Coco, Puerto Viejo, Punta Gabriela, Puntarenas, Pura Vida, Restaurants on The Edge, Samasati Yoga, Santa Maria de Dota, Santa Teresa, scarlet macaws, Six Senses Papagayo, superfoods, surf clubs, surf shops, surfing, Tamarindo, Tamarindo Surf Film Festival, Tarrazu, The Lookout Seafood, Ticos, Tortuga Lodge, Tortuguero, woodpeckers, yoga retreats, ziplines No comments

Costa Rica tempted me following an article I have read in ‘Condé Nast Traveller‘ a few months ago and I decided to write this post. I had not ever noticed […]

October 14, 2021

Sophia… Loren…

Films, General, People Bari, Carlo Ponti, Carlo Ponti Jr., Cary Grant, Cercando Sophia, Edoardo Ponti, Far Niente Winery, Festival Napa Valley, Grumpier Old Men, La Ciociara, La Vita davanti a sé, Madame Rosa, Marcello Mastroianni, Marriage Italian Style, Matrimonio All'Italiana, Nine, Pozzuoli, Romilda Villani, Sinfonietta per Sofia, Sophia Loren, Sophia Loren's Recipes and Memories, The Gold of Naples, The Life Ahead, The Pride and the Passion, Two Women, Vittorio De Sica, What Would Sophia Loren Do?, Yesterday Today Tomorrow My Life 1 Comment

Sophia Loren … A classic. An esteemed brand of world cinema. A living diva who had starred in Hollywood films with Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra, William Holden, Paul […]

August 30, 2021

Cornwall – A Pearl on Tip of UK

Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland AONB, Barbara Hepworth Museum, Bedruthan Steps, Ben Okri, Bodmin, Bodmin Moor, Bolventor, Caerhays Castle and gardens, Camel Trail, Camel Valley Winery, Carbis Bay Hotel, Carnewas Tea Rooms, Chapel House Penzance, Constantine bay beach, Coombeshead Farm, Cornish cottages, Cornish facial rain, Cornish pasty, Cornish pubs, Cornish Wine tours, Cornwall, cream tea, Crofter's Café, Daphne du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier Museum, Driftwood Portscatho, Duchy of Cornwall, Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, Eden Project, Falmouth, Ferryboat Inn, Fitzroy, Fowey, G7 Summit 2021, George Stoy, Glendurgan, Gwyner beach, Headland Garden, Helford River, Jamaica Inn, John le Carré, Kennack Sands, Kynance Cove, Land's End, Lansallos Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Lizard Point, Lostwithiel, Marazion Beach, Mounts Bay Route, Mousehole, Mousehole Christmas Lights, National Trust, Newquay, Padstow, Penhale, Penzance, Perranporth, Philps Pasties, Polperro, Porth, Porthgwidden, Porthmeor, Porthminster, Praa Sands, Prince Charles and Camilla, Restormel Manor, Robin and Judy Hutson, Roseland, Sarah's Pasty Shop, scones, Scullery Restaurant, Seal Island Cornwall, Sennen beach, Ship Inn, Smuggling Museum, St Austell, St Buryan Farm Shop, St Ives, St Just-in-Roseland, St Kew Inn, St Mawes, St Michael's mount, Tate St Ives, The Gurnard's Head, The Idle Rocks St Mawes, The Mousehole Cat, The Nare Hotel, The Pig at Harlyn Bay, The Scarlet Cornwall, The Tinners Arms, The Tolcarne Inn, Trebah, Tregenna Castle Hotel, Tregothnan, Tregothnan Estate and gardens, Trelissick Garden, Trengwainton, Trengwainton Garden and Tearooms, Trerice House and Garden, Watergate Bay Newquay, Watering Hole beach bar, Whipsiderry beach, Zennor No comments

Cornwall had caught my attention after a few articles I had read last year and I had thought to write a post about it since then. When I heard in […]

July 28, 2021

El Tortoni, Buenos Aires – A Cafe of Tango with History

General, Latin America, Travel Alejandro Christophersen, Alfonsina Storni, Argentinian medialunas, Arthur Rubinstein, Avenida de Mayo, Avenue Rivadiva, Baldomero Fernández Moreno, bares notables, Benito Quinquela Martin, Boulevard des Italiens, Buenos Aires, Café de Los Angelitos, Café Las Vielotas, Cafe Tortoni, Caminato, Carlos Gardel, Casa Rosada, churros, El Tortoni, Federico García Lorca, Fénix Jazz Band, Francis Ford Coppola, Gran Café Tortoni, International Tango Festival, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Carlos, Juan de Dios Filiberto, Julio Cortázar, La Boca, La Peña, La vengenza sera terrible, leche merengeda, merianda, Pan Dulce, picada, Plaza de Mayo, submarino, Tiffany lamp No comments

When I heard of Cafe Tortoni a few years ago during one of my private Spanish lessons owing to an article my teacher brought to class, I was happy to […]

July 12, 2021

In Nature and Fresh from Nature

General, People Auberge la Fenière, baeri, beluga, biodiversity, Carlo Petrini, caviar house, Caviar House Prunier, celiac, cheese shop, cheesemaker, cheesemonger, Clara Solvit, Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Colmar, Comté cheese, Cuisine Libre, Domaine du Kheir, ecosystem, Ernest Hung Do, Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Franck Chabert, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Free Cuisine, fromager, fromagerie, Fromagerie La Fontaine, gluten, gluten free, goat's cheese, goat's cheese salad, Jacques Nebot, Kaviari, Kom&Sal, Laurent Dubois, Lourmarin, Lucien Dumond, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, Michel-starred, Michelin green star, micro-farm, Nadia Sammut, organic gardening, Paris Match, Peschadoires, Provence, Raphaël Bouchez, Rebeiz-Nielsen, Reine Sammut, salade de chèvre chaud, Slow Food, sturgeon, sustainable organic farming No comments

A couple of months ago, I came across two articles in different issues of Paris Match magazine the photos of which captured me at first sight. Looking at those photos […]

June 22, 2021

The Movie “Coco” and Mexico’s ‘Día de Los Muertos’

Films, General, Latin America, Travel altar, Calaca Festival, calacas, calaveras, calaveras literarias, calaveritas, Catrina, Catrina Parade, Cenote, Coco, comparsa, Coyoacán, Cuernavaca, Day of the Dead, Día de Los Angelitos, Día de Los Muertos', Diego Rivera, Dolores Olmedo Museum, Dulcería De Celaya, Emilio El Indio Fernandez, Emilio Fernández, Festival La Calaca, Frida Kahlo, Gran Desfile de Día de Muertos, Gran Desfile de Die de Muertos, Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, José Guadalupe Posada, legend of La Llorona, literary calaveras, Llorana, Lowry, Mariachi, marigold, Mega Ofrenda, Mexican marigold, Mexico, Mexico City, Mictecacihuatl, Monumental Casa, Monumental House, Oaxaca, Ocotlán, Octavio Paz, ofrenda, pan de muerto, papel picado, Plaza Garibaldi, Popocatépetl, Posada, Que Bo!, San Miguel de Allende, Spectre, sugar skull, trajinera, Under The Volcano, Xochimilco, Yucatán, Zócalo 1 Comment

A couple of years ago, I watched the movie “Coco”, produced by Pixar Studios and released by Disney Pictures in 2017, after it was strongly suggested in the Spanish class […]

May 4, 2021

Chalets – (Part 3) and More From British Columbia and Aspen to Wanaka

Australia / New Zealand, General, Japan, Travel, Us/Canada Aspen, Aspen Crud, Aspen Music Festival, aspen trees, Audi Power of Four, Belly Up, Belmont, Bighorn, Bill Murray, Blackcomb, British Columbia, Butze Rapids Trail, Chalet Antonia, Churchill Bar, Columbia River, Commonwealth tour 2016, Deer Valley Resort, Denver, Evil Dave's Grill, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Food and Wine Classic, Fraser River, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Gary Cooper, Glacier National Park, Hinoki wood, Hirafu, hoary marmot, Hotel Jerome, J-Bar, Jasper, John Wayne, Kelowna, Lake Okanagan, marmot, Maroon Bells, Mission Hill Winery, Miyabi, Monisha Rajesh, Moose Lake, Mount Aspiring National Park, Mount Robson, New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival, Niseko, Okanagan Valley, Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside, Park City, Pioneer Springs, Prince Rupert, Prince William and Kate Middleton, Queenstown, Revelstoke, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, Rupert Rocket, skeena train, Stein Eriken Lodge Deer Valley, Sundance Film Festival, The Aspen Institute, The Brown Palace, The Little Nell, Tsubaki, Urban Chalet, Utah, Vancouver, Wanaka, Wānaka, Whare Kea Chalet, Whare Kea Lodge, Wheeler Opera House, Whistler, Winter X Games, World Ski and Snowboard Festival, WSSF No comments

This is my last post about chalets after my two previous posts titled “Chalets-Winter Tales (Part 1)” and “Chalets-Winter Tales (Part 2)“. In this post, I will mention the chalets in […]

March 13, 2021

Chalets – Winter Tales (Part 2)

Europe, General, Travel Alpine style, Badrutt's Palace, BMW, British Classic Car Meeting, canyoning, Carlton Hotel St. Moritz, Chalet in Verbier, Chalet Rougemont, chalets, Champfèr, Chesa Cresta, Chesa Nova, Credit Suisse, Der Turm, Engadin valley, Engadine Ski Marathon, Gstaad Valley, Gunther Sachs, Hans-Jörg Ruch, Hanselmann, Heino Stamm, Hidden Dragon, House in Les Collons, Julierhof, Jürg Marquard, Lake St. Moritz, Les Collons, LONGINESS, Mahali Mzuri, Maloja, Mario Verdieri, Matternhorn, mountain chalets, Nicky Dobree, paragliding, Patrice Nourissat, Paul Bowyer, Residenzia Rosatsch, Richard Branson, Sir Richard Branson, skijöring, Snow polo, Snow Polo Cup St. Moritz, St. Moritz, St. Moritz Chic, Swiss stone pine, Tamara Sessa, Tamara's Design, The Lodge, Valais, Veneto, Verbier, Virgin Limited Edition, White Turf, White Turf St. Moritz, Zermatt, Zermatt Peak No comments

This post is the continuation (the second part) of my previous post under the title “Chalets – Winter Tales (Part 1)“. In ‘Part 1’ of this post, I had mentioned […]

February 26, 2021

Chalets – Winter Tales (Part 1)

Europe, General, Travel Alpine Mountain Retreat Kitzbühel, Amazon Creek, Anemone Wille Våge, Åre, Bärenhütte, Burgundy stones, Chalet, Chalet Eco Farm, Chalet Les Brames, Chalet Tauern, Chamonix, Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Design Hotels, Dolamites, Ferme de Montagne, Hahnenkamm Mountain, Helene Hennie, Innsbruck, Kitzbühel, Lake Garda, Le Chalet, Le Chalet des Fermes de Marie, Les Houches, lodge, Marend, Megève, Méribel, Mont Blanc, Mountain Lodge Trysil, Namibia, Nordic Choice Hotels, oak beams, Petter A. Stordalen, San Lorenzo Mountain Lodge, ski hotel, Stadl am Tunauberg, Streif, The Villa at Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Trento, Trøgstad, Tyrol, Tyrolean cuisine, Tyrolean marend, Zannier Hotels 1 Comment

When I saw the book cover with the photo above titled ”Living In Style Mountain Chalets” in the shop window of a bookstore, I couldn’t help myself to go inside […]

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