One of my greatest pleasures since the end of the lockdown in France two weeks ago was going back to the beach and hiking on the coastal path. Saint-Nazaire, my hometown on the Atlantic coast, is famous above all for its ship-building industry, but what most people don’t know is that the city has also…Read more My favourite beaches of Saint-Nazaire

As I’m publishing this article, it’s been almost eight weeks since the beginning of the lockdown in France, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tomorrow, the rules of this lockdown will slowly begin to become more flexible, but the situation will probably remain very unstable for a long time, and our movements will still be limited…Read more Travelling memories: five moments of freedom (3)

As I’m publishing this article, it’s been now six weeks since the beginning of the lockdown in France, due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s absolutely necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, but it’s also very weird to be stuck at home for such a long period, especially for me who used to travel…Read more Travelling memories: five moments of freedom (2)

Two months ago, back from a wonderful week in Italy, I started to plan my next trip to New York and Washington, scheduled between the 16th and the 24th of April. I had no idea that the world was going to be completely paralysed just a few weeks later... The word “coronavirus” just appeared on…Read more New York, New York

As I’m publishing this article, it’s been now four weeks since the beginning of the lockdown in France, due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s absolutely necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, but it’s also very weird to be stuck at home for such a long period, especially for me who used to travel…Read more Travelling memories: five moments of freedom (1)

Two and a half years ago, at the end of August 2017, I was about to leave my hometown in France for 9 months of travelling around the world, less than 8 weeks after coming back from a fabulous year in Australia. The night before I left, I wrote the text below but never published…Read more Tomorrow, Yesterday

Being confined at home and observing a very strict quarantine because of coronavirus isn’t easy. I know it could be way worse: I’m still healthy, I haven’t lost my job and the place I live hasn’t been much impacted yet. But I’m getting really bored, and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this period of…Read more My 5 favourite travelling records

I’ve never been disappointed by any of my trips to Italy. The splendour and the history of Rome, the fabulous architecture of Florence, the volcanoes of Sicily, all of that was extraordinary but this week of holidays in the region of Naples might have been even better. It was simply perfect, from the beginning until…Read more La Dolce Vita: a week of holidays in and around Naples (part II)

I’ve never been disappointed by any of my trips to Italy. The splendour and the history of Rome, the fabulous architecture of Florence, the volcanoes of Sicily, all of that was extraordinary but this week of holidays in the region of Naples might have been even better. It was simply perfect, from the beginning until…Read more La Dolce Vita: a week of holidays in and around Naples (part I)

When you travel, there’s nothing better at the end of a long and often exhausting day exploring new places than relaxing for a while by watching the sun slowly going down over the horizon. That short moment when the early evening turns into dusk has always been my favourite part of the day, and I…Read more When the sun goes down…