Japanese pastries don’t always have the most interesting tastes and flavors (but as a Frenchman, I probably have higher standards than average). However, they definitely have the best looks: I almost felt bad eating them.
We’re returning to Andorra today with a brief post about the Ordino Pass (Coll d’Ordino in Catalan). It’s just one of the many mountain passes in the country. One that has remained quite unspoiled. This is one of the good things about Andorra. Despite its booming development, nature that has barely been touched by […]
In Melbourne Australia we had a long period of level 4 lockdown, with curfew and 1 hour of exercise per day. All skateparks were closed and filled in with dirt to stop people from using them. I made this film after the lockdown but you can see what people were […]
July 14th is in a few days, so I guess this is the perfect time of the year to tell you a little bit about Bastille Day. During my 20+ years surrounded by English speakers almost daily, it came to my attention, that there are a lot of misconceptions about […]
This is second installment in a series about a young boy named Edward Flinders who, at the age of ten, decided he wanted to become a journalist. If you’re new to the series, it’s best to start on installment 01, but if not, welcome back! As you’ll remember, Edward has […]
I tend to always have a couple of unfinished projects in my back pocket. Why are they unfinished? Each has its own reasons. Maybe it’s a low priority or perhaps the raw assets are lacking. Two years ago, when I was living on the island of Ogijima in Japan’s Seto […]
I recently came across the digital diaries — he called it a ‘blog’ — of a young boy named Edward Flinders who, at the age of ten, decided he wanted to become a journalist. He’s now 18 years old and he’s given me permission to share some of these entries. […]
So, this happened a couple of days ago: I’m not sure if it’s the crow on my roof. Actually, a couple of crows have built a nest in the park next door, and I assume that it’s one of them and that it’s trying to pull the string […]
Today, we continue visiting Andorra with the village of Pal. One of the most charming villages in the country. The rapid growth of the Andorran population has had a couple of consequences on its general appearance. On the bad side, a quite chaotic and not very aesthetic surge of new […]
Today, a very quick post. Just a picture, a short video, and a few words. Tonight, it may be the first night I get to see the Summer solstice sunset since I’ve moved to Japan almost 10 years ago. See, usually, we’re in the middle of the rainy season. We’re […]
It started with… a piece of a crab shell on my balcony! I didn’t think of taking a picture, so you’ll just have to believe me. Then, it was a sea snail shell (for those of you in Japan, I mean a sazae). I took a picture this time, but… […]
(this is the second post of my series about Andorra, if you have missed the first one, here it is) When I was a kid and I used to go to Andorra a couple of times a year, there always was a landmark that stood out on the road […]