Photos from a pilgrimage that Briana undertook tracing the Templar Trail from Jerusalem to the Camino del Norte in Spain.
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History Narrated as Art by Anita Lekic
Five years ago, I was walking on the paredão from Monte Estoril towards São Joao do Estoril when right after the entrance by the station, I saw big black letters on the wall, announcing: 28 July 1914 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. I paused. Of course! […]
Carouge by John Barrett
The tram from Geneva winds slowly with the contour of Carouge’s terraced tenements, into a sweeping bend.
Russian Tea by Meg Freer
Brewed with boiling water from the silver samovar, the tea was brought at any time of day by the provodnitsa assigned to our carriage. We called her the tea lady and admired her brightly colored Russian scarf. Everyone drank the tea, including my three-year-old sister and […]
The War Left and the Coffee Returned by Tom Squitieri
Sarajevo has survived its 42-month siege. And to many citizens here, it is the return of the coffee cafes, of their smells and sounds, that says peace has arrived.
The Bouchons of Lyon by Paul Jackson
Don’t expect haute cuisine in these. What you will get is ‘real’ food, and above all ‘good’ food, the type of food that led Curnonsky to refer to Lyon as “the gastronomic capital of the world”.
