It’s mid-June 2026, and I have just arrived in Senegal for a two-day event in Dakar. I consider this my first real time here, because when I came in February…
I’m addicted to it. It may come in Earl Grey, the Aqua Allegoria of Guerlain, as essential oil or liquor, I never have enough of it. Even Cire Trudon, the…
I always wanted to celebrate my birthday in summer. Though I enjoy very much being an Aries born at the end of March, I always felt the regret of not…
You can’t say you were in Bahrain if you don’t taste Bahraini food. That’s why I ask Hossam to bring us to a local place for dinner. He’s doubtful. “Are…
The Amazon forest has been for all my life one of my dream destinations. In 2021, I finally got a sprinkle of it. I’m in Puyo, Ecuador, that is considered…
The whole ritual is repeated 3 times. The first time, Soka shows us how to prepare the tea. The second time, she makes tea for each of us. The third…
We sit on the tatami on the floor. As she knows how hard it is for foreigners to sit on their knees, she says we can relax while she explains…
The tea ceremony workshop is practically the first thing we do as we arrive in Tokyo. We landed from Okinawa the night before and we still need to recover, so…
I have been knowing the gentleman for quite a while, now. 12 years. When I informed him I would be in Tokyo for one week, he promised to find some…
He describes himself as a sushi artist, while my host, being a high performance athlete, prefers to call him a sushi athlete. « We have been knowing each other for…
