Articles #58
Difficulties and pleasures of the Russian banya
In a classification of Russian stereotypes, the banya would not only occupy one of the first positions, but it could also bring together almost all the...
Moscow Golden Ring: on the trail of Andrei Rublev
Monument of the painter Andrei Rublev and the filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, in Suzdal.TRETYAKOV GALLERY, MOSCOWThrough the centuries of Russian painting...
Iron Gates: the Carpathians and the Balkans from the Danube
A mixture of cultures submerged under the DanubeIf they get carried away by the epic of its name, some will think that the iron gates are the chapter...
Russian islands (part II): crime and punishment in the Solovetsky
Crime and Punishment in the SolovietskyAfter the visit to the island of Kizhi, our nordic travel guides They offer us a tour of the nature and history...
Russian islands (part I): What if we spend the summer in Kizhi?
Kizhi Island seen from above.The inability to travel abroad, a greater curiosity about nature or more accessibility to the remote corners of this enormous...
Russian-style tapas: ryumochnaya and nastoikas
meat cheburekiOf all the possible translations that there may be for the concept of ryumochnaya , the most accurate is, in all probability, "trough"...
Transnistria, where to eat sushi with hammers and sickles
Vvedensko-Pakhomiev Monastery, TiraspolTransnistria is something like a hypertext territory. Everything refers to another idea, lends itself to fantasizing....
Palma de Mallorca: the getaway you deserve (before or after the summer)
We are not going to say that Palma de Mallorca was less beautiful 10 years ago, because it is impossible not to fall in love with the charms of its historic...
The map of the best sunrises and sunsets in the world
What are the best sunrises and sunsets in the world? That is the question that the consulting team asked themselves Mornings.co.uk and what led them to...
The most magical Majorcan town is in the Serra de Tramuntana
Deia (Majorca)It's easy to understand why Many artists chose Deià as their residence when tourism had barely started on the island. This little town...
Deià, Olympus by Robert Graves
Deià, Olympus by Robert GravesRobert Graves swapped British gray for Mediterranean blue . That chromatic alternation boosted his career as the author...
Tuscany: when reality is stranger than fiction
Tuscany: when reality is stranger than fictionThe Toscana is one of the twenty regions of Italy. Its eponym already gives an idea of its historical...