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.
DavidB
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A while ago, 20 years ago to be precise, when I lived in Florida, I met a woman who became a good friend and who was a Francophile (one of the few Francophiles I met in the US who tried to befriend me and succeeded, sadly we lost touch). One […]
Digging through my archives, I found some old pictures and old posts about Andorra. So why don’t I bring them here and tell you a little bit about this fascinating country that many people may have not even heard about? My last trip there was almost 10 years ago. It […]
I watched the first two episodes of the Bad Batch, the latest animated Star Wars TV show available on Disney+ and… I liked it. It’s about a bunch of “defective” clones from the clone wars era and their adventures, starting right at the end of said clone wars and the […]
This picture was taken from the 5th-floor Parisian apartment where I lived for about three years between 2006 and 2008. Don’t get too excited though, it really was one of the few times it was that good looking. What about the other apartment where I spent almost two […]