It has been exactly 5 years since I first experienced New Year’s Eve in Paris. It was December 31, 2019; we were packed like sardines, tens of thousands of people crammed together,…
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I’m neighbors with Emily in Paris!
We live in neighboring buildings. Me and Emily in Paris. Well, “in London”. In Barcelona 🙂 Sounds like I’m in another dimension, doesn’t it?… I came to see the play Barcelona, which…
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MONT SAINT-MICHEL – fabulously beautiful!
My entire vacation in Normandy, France, was driven by a clear desire: to visit Mont Saint-Michel again! A place I saw for the first and only time in the year… brace yourselves,…
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GIVERNY – Monet’s paradise
No, that’s it, I know what I’ll do next time: I’ll sign up to be an extra in Emily in Paris! Scene in season 4: Emily travels from Paris to Giverny, to…
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With a Bag of Romanian Cheese at a Michelin-Starred French Restaurant
…I was peacefully enjoying some grilled sausages with mustard in a Mioritic landscape when I heard about a German chef who owns a Michelin-starred restaurant in France, located in a manor where…
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Veneția inedită
“N-ai ce face mai mult de 3 zile la Venetia” – am auzit de multe ori si am zis-o chiar si eu. Dupa primele 3 zile in Venetia, in 1999, m-am reintors…
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ISLANDA (4) – Grimsey, insula de pe Cercul Polar
Unul dintre primele locuri in care am vrut sa ajung in Islanda a fost insula asta mica, de pe Cercul Polar. Nu stiu de ce. Ma fascina ideea ca eu, de la…
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ISLANDA (3) – Cu papornița la pilot!
“Domnu’ capitan, cand zburati spre insula Grimsey, imi luati si mie papornița asta, plizzzzz??” Cam asta am ajuns sa fac in vacanta mea din Islanda, dupa ce vremea oribila mi-a dat planurile…
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Islanda (2) – Cu trotineta, sã prind vulcanul…
Nici bine nu ies din avion in aeroportul din Islanda, ca primesc pe telefon urmatorul mesaj de la politie: “Cutremure! Activitate seismica crescuta in zona. Stai departe de versanti. Pericol de caderi…
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VIETNAM (4) – raiul fructelor!
O sa ma certati, stiu, dar, daca imi dati sa aleg intre un mar si o ciocolata, aleg ciocolata… Ce sa fac, sunt dependenta de ea! In Vietnam, insa, am avut o…