We are packing and off to the island of Reunion or should I say to Reunion Island in France…or….it is not really important as long as the excitement is on! I can give you a hint on what is in the box of the excitement this time…sharks and a volcano… enough to smell the adventure before going to this island.
Reunion’s exotic botanical gardens
The garden of perfumes and spices (Jardin Des Parfums Et des Epices ) is a beautiful botanical garden hidden on the island Reunion. It smells as good as it sounds. As the saying goes, good things are hard to find, and this garden surely takes time to get to.
Cape Town stories: Bo-Kaap, suburbs dipped in rainbow
Here I am in the colorful suburbs of Cape Town. The whole village is a palette of bright colors. The houses are all lined up, one pushed against the other, just like little layered cakes. The street consist of cobblestones and the restaurants are savory chambers where smells of cumin and turmeric stun you as you pass them by.
Thames- London’s blue jewel
I love rivers because they hold secrets of the city, share joy and exhale melancholy. They connect people, scatter tears, devastate and dread, but before we indulge in this royal river tale, I would suggest you listen to the link below. The composition ‘Water Music’ by George Frideric Handel is the most powerful music performance able to present the strength, caprice, charm and quiver of this river, so put your headphones on and dive in.
Finland- a winter fairy tale
I was born in a place where in spring bears wake up from their winter dream and come out from their caves into the wild, where wolves wander the mountains on frosty winter mornings, where the most beautiful cherry buds flourish in spring and where rivers revive during summer and early autumn. It seems pretty clear I love all seasons, but in the past couple of years, I capture myself wishing for snow; wishing for that mystique atmosphere of white streets where a snowy blanket illuminates the night.
African tale part II- Adventures with penguins
Hey, give me your hand, I’m taking you to the south. Imagine that you are a dandelion bubble and that you can fly away to warmer areas just like the migration birds have the privilege to. If you accidentally land in the city of Cape Town, rush to a beach, but not any beach! It must be Boulders Beach, the place where we are waiting for you together with a black & white gang.
African tale part I- Monkey business
In doubt whether an animal is capable of robbery or stealing food from your plate, think again, because once you encounter a monkey your level of alertness increases at an alarming rate! We spent time with them during our stay in Africa and it was amazing.
Reunion attention … volcano eruption
Reunion is a French island in the Indian ocean illustrated as a little stain between Madagascar and Mauritius. If I could portray it in any three words I would pick: vanilla, sharks and volcano. Reunion, the island which is stationed on one of the most active volcano points on planet Earth, a place which hides plantations of Vanilla Bourbon that go for miles and where sharks have the freedom to lurk from shallow water.
Naval Hill: Giraffes and zebras in the city
Bloemfontein is the seventh city by size in the South African Republic and is a mandatory stop on a way to some holiday resorts on the Garden Route.
Cruising Neva- a combination of prose, mysticism and a pinch of reality
Far away up north, where the river Neva flows into the Baltic sea, there lies a city full of secrets. A city, like no other, that served as an inspiration to many artists who enriched the world’s cultural heritage;