The travel corridor announced mid-October between the UK and Crete allowed for a brief family escape to a Crete without the crowds. It was perfect timing for Sea Sand and Sun ahead of what is shaping up to be a very looong winter. It also gave me a chance to...
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Le Monde today
From New York to Bangkok, this is what megalopolis look like in this crisis: a visual journey in an empty world. I have inserted the names of the cities and photographer's credits if you hover over each image. it's taken from an article in...
15 family-owned secret hotels by the Mediterannean
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. I am not a fan of large, group-owned, cookie-cutter hotels in general, but when they're by the sea, I have a physical reaction to them. This blog post is another list of secret places: sweet little family-run hotels...
A non-exhaustive list of summer camps around the world
This blog post is a list of kids summer camps that I have bookmarked over the years, researched, tried and tested or highly recommended by friends. I want to spend as much time as possible with the children over the summer months, but I also know that camp experiences...
A foodie & artsy week-end in Madrid
It's been 20 years since I've last set foot in Madrid. When you hold super dear memories of a place, it's often hard to revisit it. As if that little corner in my heart - the Madrid of my twenties, when I was an exchange student - should not be altered by any grown-up...
Over the moon in Cappadocia
Cappadocia's landscapes are lunar-like. They also offer fun adventures for a family trip. It's a straightforward destination: easy to reach, charming places to stay within all budgets, safe, very friendly locals. There's much to do from cultural to physical...
Fall in love with Istanbul all over again
Turkey has had bad press over the last few years. The authoritarian president is still around, violating human rights and making many miserable, but it doesn't take away the beauty of Istanbul and the incredible warmth of its people. I have visited the city more than...
Vilnius: charm, art and history for an easy European getaway
Raise your hand if you've been to Vilnius before! The city is rising on the cultural map but is still seldom visited. It is the capital of Lithuania, a Baltic country small in size yet rich in history, art and culture. I did not know much about it until I attended a...
Athens in less than 24h with the kids
Athens is often just a stopover en route to the islands. It's a pity because the city is slowly emerging from the crisis with a dynamic underground art scene. This is a good read, and this one too, Athens Rising We managed to squeeze in a few visits on our way...
Peligoni Club in Zakinthos: a flexible take on the family resort
There's family resort, and there's family resort, right? I've written about the dilemma of choosing one before. We've loved our time in Fiji at the JM Cousteau resort, during our trip around the world. We've also loved our very un-resorty time in Tobago, for the lack...
Paris: these are a few of my favourite things
If I only had a few days in Paris, I’d try to hit any – or all! – of the following places. There’s a bit for everyone in this list: fashion, food, children’s clothes... Some are old time favorites, back to when I lived on Place des Vosges (yes! in a tiny mouse hole...
Road tripping in a 1968 combi VW, solo with 2 kids
My first VW memories date back to the 1970’s. My mother used to own a little white Beetle. She drove it from France to Algeria with me in the back, by way of a ferry ride Marseille-Algiers across the Mediterranean sea. I was 4 years old. In Algeria, I vaguely remember...
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How I traveled to Syria for my birthday, and loved it
Yes I traveled to Syria last week. Not the broken and abused Syria that we all know from the news but the Syria full of colours, smiles and flavours that once stood proud. That’s right, that's where we all went on Thursday night with a bunch of super girlfriends and...
i am a pure and proud product of immigration
this is me in the 70's at my beloved grandmother's house. i am a pure and proud product of immigration. My Christian grandmother escaped poverty in Italy between the two wars and crossed the Alps with mother and brothers in search of a better life in the mining towns...
I wonder what Hemingway would say about Cuba today
Everyone's talking about Cuba these days, and I am thrown 20 years back to when I first visited this special island, and left it with mixed feelings about its future. I was 20 years old back then. During a summer internship in Caracas (that's a whole other blog...
The wife vs. the mother, Bhutan |1|
We're back from a trip in Bhutan, which I really want to document properly on BozAround. It will be mainly through photos as I took sooo many, and they will tell much more about this beautiful country than my own words. Bhutan is roughly the size of Switzerland,...