CATALONIA DREAMING

CATALONIA DREAMING

From the Pyrenees to the jagged coastal coves of Costa Brava, Spain’s Catalonia stirs inspiration and saccharine summer dreams.   IT was hard to say when summer arrived in the Alt Empordà, the upper part of Catalonia, tucked away in the northeast corner of...
UNCORKING BORDEAUX

UNCORKING BORDEAUX

The French Wine Country is a fairytale landscape of chateaus and idyllic vineyards. Bordeaux invites everyone to enjoy a tipple and dream altogether.   In many ways a story can always be written and, at times be told. If I have to start mine, I would like to...
Ernest Hemingway’s RONDA, From BOOKS To BULLFIGHTS

Ernest Hemingway’s RONDA, From BOOKS To BULLFIGHTS

From a rocky gorge to Spain’s oldest bullfighting ring, Ronda is not just a place to see monumental architecture but also dreams and dramas.   Through the large glass paneled windows blurred by the cold mist of the Andalusian winter, the clip-clop of well-shod...
LOVE LOST YET FOUND IN THE FRENCH ALPS

LOVE LOST YET FOUND IN THE FRENCH ALPS

High above the French Alps and an arm’s reach from the Swiss border, Lake Annecy draws all crowds and artists alike in pursuit of a restorative escape.   Either he picked up the wrong colors or has probably run out of paint; Paul Cézanne, the most...
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