Venice is Venice…. right? A city that fluctuates… where roads are made of water… where ambulances and police are not on wheels… A city that millions of people visit it every year… so many that it is hard to find peace and quiet… But that exists… As you may know the Venice lagoon is surrounded with Islands of different sizes… of which some are private properties with no public access. One of the them is the San Clemente Island… Founded in 1131.. yes, you read it right… the Island has changed purposes and occupiers throughout the centuries. Initially a place… Read more

The temperature is constant and around 28 degrees, like bed sheets superposing each other, the landscape is white and untouched … I look around and I realise how privileged I am to visit this place. Lençóis Maranhenses is a National Park in the very north of Brazil in a state called Maranhão… A vast area of white sand dunes carved by rain water which form thousands of crystal clear lagoons which access is only done by 4×4. The landscape is unique. For 6 months, it rains over the dunes which allow the formation of the natural swimming pools. The best… Read more

A few weeks ago I went to Paris on a Friday for work and ended up staying for the weekend… Well, it was just 2 days before the Notre Dame cathedral burst into flames… I passed in front it a few times and I remember looking at it… Mesmerised… Paris mesmerises me all the time… It doesn’t matter how many times I have visited… This weekend was not supposed to be a touristic one… If that is ever possible in Paris…simply because, every corner is a post card… The hotel I stayed was awful… The location is spectacular… From its… Read more