What were people doing 5,000 years ago?… Well, because the internet and the smartphone hadn’t been invented yet, because they didn’t have any Minecraft or Netflix, they played with the gods as…

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New Year’s Eve in Venice
Here I am in Venice on New Year’s Eve. To be clearer, the plan made together with my friends, that of spending our New Year’s Eve here, failed, so I found myself…
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Am plecat la vânãtoare de trufe!
Eu stiam ca trufele sunt bomboane. Unele bune-rau, descoperite prin tari straine in magazine-ciocolaterii in care m-as fi mutat in secunda 2! Cã trufele sunt si ciuperci am aflat abia dupa ce…
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The Olympics – next to Hollywood stars, in a “made in England” show
And… done with Tokyo. The 2020 Olympics closed in a pandemic way, in August 2021. And if the Opening Ceremony brought me nostalgia and I told you how it was at the…
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I was burgled on a vacation!
As much as I’ve traveled in recent years, I can say that I was lucky to have had safe holidays. But there are exceptions… I realized the other day that, in different…
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What is the most bizarre thing you carried in your suitcase?
Stuffed cabbages? Cheese? Bacon? Pickles? I am sure that those of you who live abroad or visit their relatives abroad have put something like this in the suitcase at least once, when…
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GREENLAND – go, dogs!
When something gets into my head, that’s pretty much it! I never stop! On my birthday, I wanted to go on a dog sledding tour. And, at the end of March, the…
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TIBET (5/5) – a few stories and a few hundred pilgrims
The most sacred place in Tibet is behind me. The Jokhang Temple, considered the “heart of Tibet”. I came here three times to see the pilgrims. For a tourist like myself, the…
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TIBET (4/5) – on yak back to the Everest…
Holy Mother of God! Not even in my worst nightmares have I went to the place I am going to today: one of the most important sacred lakes in Tibet, that is…
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TIBET (3/5) – the spectacle of the monks
I know about Buddhism as much as any normal person who has not studied the history of religions… So I go full of enthusiasm towards two of the most important monasteries in…