She hasn’t heard that song in a long time but as it plays now on the radio she remembers how many times in her life it has inspired her in difficult moments and given her the courage to move on. She first heard the song by Gloria Gaynor in 1978, she thinks. It was one of the songs of that summer that played at the disco on the Algarve and it had the power to bring everybody to the dance …
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There it is. Another month of August is over. No other month leaves me with such a nostalgic feeling of time gone by too quickly. No other month has ever given me this need to hold time prisoner in my hands and make it stop. And it has been like this for a long time. Not back in Mozambique, though. August there was a winter month, even if our winter there was mild for all standards. But since we came …
The following day we set out along the coast, headed for Perros-guirec and Ploumanach, where the coast displays beautiful oddly shaped pink granite rocks. I was very curious to see them as I had not seen any photos and I was not disappointed. The rocks are huge, pinkish and round shaped- in fact some of them reminded me of hippopotamus! But the unusual colour of the rocks and the blue-grey-green of the sea were magical and the views breathtaking. It …
She is reading a magazine and as she turns the page she suddenly sees him, smiling down at his new love, the woman who took him away from her, from his family, the woman she hates. In fact she should hate him too, if only it had not been such a habit to love him – after all they were together for more than forty years, a lifetime together. And now, this. She knew there had been others, of course. …
From Fougères we drove to the place we would be staying at near St. Malo: a charming castle called “Château Hotel du Colombier“. We came into the park surrounding the castle and saw it, pink and magnificent. When we came in we were warmly welcomed by a very kind and attentive lady who was most helpful during our stay. She gave us the key to our room and it was really lovely with large windows overlooking the lawn and the …
Having already been to Scotland, I want to get to know the rest of the Celtic countries. This time we planned for a tour of Brittany. I always try to read as much as I can about the places I’m going to visit, so I ordered the DK Eyewitness Travel from Amazon and there I learned a few things about the country’s history, such as the fact that one of Brittany’s most famous rulers was a woman, the Duchess Anne …
The forest of Paimpont, in Brittany, is believed to be the forest of Brocéliande of the Arthurian tales, so it’s no wonder every corner is filled with legends and stories of ancient mysteries. As a reader of those legends they are not new to me, but still, when you visit these places somehow new stories emerge, or maybe just different versions of the stories you have read about. On my DK Eyewitness travel book about Brittany I had read about …
Just to say these words fills me with a nostalgic feeling of days gone by. Precisely last Monday I was commenting with my younger son: “ First of August…you know, Pedro, my wildest dream is that I could time travel…”. He immediately asked “Mom, which time would you travel to?”. I smiled and replied “Well, I would probably take two different sorts of trips – one to periods I’m very interested in, certainly the Middle Ages…and then I would go …
In summer everything is different, special, spicier…but Friday summer evenings are even more so, the promise of a sunny weekend to come. Last Friday I was really looking forward to getting out of the city and arriving at our quiet seaside village, sitting down on a terrace and relax while sipping a drink and looking at the sun setting over the sea. I got home from work and hastily packed up the rest of my things – I was half-packed already …
It’s seven am of a glorious summer day and I’m catching the train on my way to a work meeting in the North. As I sit at the window I notice that two young girls – around thirteen and eleven, are trying to accommodate their heavy bags in the luggage compartment, the elder taking care of things while the younger helps. Then I hear some havoc outside the window and when I look I see a couple, their parents for …