I had been there quite many years ago, but only for brief overnight stops when Swissair flew to Larnaca.Over time, the island has undergone significant growth, and what were once small towns have become bustling, modern cities.Larnaca was likely founded by the Mycenaeans in the 13th century B.C. and later rebuilt by the Phoenicians around …
Where the ocean ends, the sky begins
There are special places, yes, indeed... that stand out from the rest for just as many different reasons. I’d heard about Cornwall years ago, yet I’d never thought of visiting it, preferring places thousands of miles away.A couple of months ago, I started watching the TV series Poldark on Netflix purely by chance. I was …
L’Orologio [pensieri da: Il gioco delle perle di vetro – Hermann Hesse]
I walk with bowed head, looking at the tip of my gym shoes smeared with mud, as I fear that my steps might awaken the souls of the past who have stayed in this magical place. But I just leave confused traces where the grass does not cover the passage, which overlaps with those of …
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Novel about music, magic and inner Journeys
At dawn, the snow seemed to play its own music against the windows. Fiona remained motionless, enveloped in the scent of old paper and rosin, as the milky light flooded the studio. On the music stand, the open score breathed like a wounded animal. It was still Rachmaninoff’s Prelude, and yet it was no longer …
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Walking around my canton of Ticino
We usually plan trips far from home, to places we haven't traveled to yet or even to places we loved so much that remained close to our hearts.I realize that even the place where I live hides beauties that we sometimes don't even dream of rediscovering.A young woman with whom I shared the Atlantic crossing …
Thanatos
The water flows. With it, time flows, leaving traces only on my body, in my spirit. While indelible memories resurface in the dreams of nights that are always too long. Do you remember? The long walks along the sea where the waves bring tiny shells with such strange shapes to the beach…We would spend hours …
Forgotten Bretagne
The air is fresh and the salty aroma betrays the presence of the sea, beyond the towering cliffs eroded by wind and waves.A gust struck me forcefully in the face, as if to lash its hard punishment and inflicting a sting into the flesh.I wrap myself into the long black worn cloak with dusty edges. I …
From Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to the Captain Paul Watson Foundation
Built in 1977, the 72-foot Palmer Johnson aluminium ketch was firs deployed by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) in 2014 to the Upper Gulf of California, where it assisted in the protection and defense of the critically endagered Vaquita porpoise. Launched in 1977 as the Caribana, the vessel served as a whale research ship under …
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Big Island Hawai’i
When you dream for a long time, imagining in detail what you desire so intensely... everything can become reality. Breathtaking volcanoes, lush valleys, cascading waterfalls and much more, this is the Big Island. This island is like nowhere else. It's a unique culture and the value of its people, is what makes this place so …
Japan from July 10th. – August 2nd.
Since my first trip to Japan, I have felt a strange sort of connection.It was the '80s and '90s: Swissair's flights to the Land of the Rising Sun allowed us to stay on the island for five days. From Tokyo, we explored the north, and some time later, with the service to Osaka, we also …
Captain Paul Watson Foundation’s new action – crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to Dublin
Even as a child, every time I looked at the sea, I was fascinated by its immensity. The large waves, restless and sometimes violent, moved the sand on the shore beneath my feet. The footprints I left were ephemeral, nothing remained intact, not even the shapes I drew with a stick. I also loved its …
Creative Plant-Based Recipes for Every Occasion
I have a passion: cooking and indulging in finding new combinations of flavors, colors and custom pairings.I cook vegan and vegetarian by putting emphasis on combining spices from around the world. I gladly do replace animal products with substitutes from the plant world.I think the decoration and appearance of the presentation of a dish is …
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And the dream becomes reality
If the oceans die, we die (Captain Paul Watson) I have been following Captain Paul Watson for many years, years during which I have cried many times seeing rakish, indescribable scenes. A great dream of mine, was to one day be capable of being not only a spectator behind a screen but to experience on …
Rishikesh and the north
I once again accompanied my brother to India, to the place where he will most likely go to live in a couple of years.After seven years, I found Rishikesh little changed: less tourists for sure considering that the Internatioval Yoga Festival Parmarth Niketan this time has been moved to 9.-15.3.2025 because of the Kumbh Mela.Depending …
Kerala – India and ayurveda therapy
This was the third time I went to Kerala to relax body and mind.I firmly believe that it is necessary to be able to stop from the absurd daily rush in which very often we puts one's health in second place.At the Somatheeram ayurvedic reserche institut and ayurveda hospital in Chowara south Kovalam this time …
Claudine Giovannoni 