Vesna Alavanja doesn’t walk, she bounces. And she skips. And she sprints up the steps when Terence suggests he shoot her portrait at the top of a stone staircase in the Stari Grad or Old Town of Kotor. The woman oozes energy, even though she tells us she’s a little tired when we meet her. … Read more
Paris, sigh… We’re at the end of our two week stay so it’s time for some Paris reflections and to share some Paris travel tips. No destination so far on our yearlong grand tour has put an exclamation point onto what we are trying to achieve more than Paris. Paris really is a series of … Read more
For the Paris edition of Local Knowledge, we get local tips from Parisian artist and art historian Marie Theres Berger from Montmartre. It’s a beautiful spring evening when Marie Theres takes us to her small studio, hidden, with a dozen other artists’ ateliers, in a dimly lit lane in the heart of Montmartre. The vibrant … Read more
Ways of seeing Barcelona? Let’s count. By foot, bike, rollerblades, skateboard, segway, bus, guided tour, private tour, self-guided tour… we’ve seen it all in the two weeks we’ve been here. We decided to test a few out. Most visitors to Spain‘s Catalan capital Barcelona aren’t content with kicking back in local neighbourhoods as we are. They’re here to … Read more
The only woman among the 17 professional horse riders at La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre, the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, in Jerez, considered to be the world’s best riding school of its kind, Belen Bautista is “gifted” according to colleague Javier. “She makes something so difficult look so easy,” he says, … Read more