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Life, Culture and Travels from the perspective of a Cuban

I believe our Torontonian – Parisian friend would choose Lyon as his second favourite French city, the first one being Paris, of course. He might not agree with me if he reads this but he has been talking about Lyon since he first visited in 2004, and telling us about his food experience, in particular. […]

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Our Normandy road trip turned out to be really beautiful and instructive. We managed to stop at several locations on our drive from Bayeux to Honfleur. Normands are not wrong when they joke about their rainy weather, the whole time we were moving around with an umbrella and a raincoat in our travel backpacks as […]

I was so excited to go and see this film. I really liked “Paris Je t’aime” (2005) and “New York, I love you” (2008) and this movie looked like it was kind of the same idea but in my home town. Finally, last night I watched it at Le Noveau Latina theatre in Paris. First […]

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The Mont Saint-Michel is one of the most visited spots in Normandy. The gorgeous nature plus the stunning architecture of the place creates a perfect medieval environment in your head. I could imagine the solitude felt at this monastery many centuries ago when the weather was terrible and the access depended on the tides being […]

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We are on the road again! For three days, we will be traveling in Normandy with a friend. Yesterday afternoon, three of us took a train from Paris’ Saint Lazare station to the city of Rouen, with the idea of spending the night there and pick up a rental in the morning to drive around. […]

  A través de un calado jirón de nube, rosa por el último rayo de sol agonizante, luce Venus su fuego de pulido brillante y la luna su aspecto de palidez medrosa. El crepúsculo acaba. La tarde silenciosa, avanza lentamente, y el manto acariciante de sus velos, extiende sobre el rizo constante de la sondas, […]