There are many ways to travel. You can take everything with you and leave nothing behind, or you can leave little pieces of yourself as you go, add new things, and find yourself in a new place at the end. Foro was left in Marrakech. My friend who is organizing our trek has arranged for... Continue Reading →
Marrakech, the Beignets are in town
I’ve decided to call us Mr and Ms Beignet, which is a little pastry with flour and eggs and different sorts of fillings. There’s an expression in French that goes ‘se faire rouler dans la farine’ which means ‘to be taken advantage of. We are the Beignets! We’re doing our best, but I haven’t had... Continue Reading →
Marseille – Tanger
(A quick post from the ferry from Marseille to Tangier.) We’re having one of those ‘travelers’ trips, when you meet people you’re likely to never see again and talk about everything under the sun with no inhibitions. Jane, the septuagenarian half Dutch, half Jewish lady with six languages; the young Swiss Michaël, a Steiner school... Continue Reading →
Accident de Personne
This odd choice of words is used when a train kills someone. Usually it's a suicide, but it can be also when a train hits a worker or some other accident occurs. Yesterday (we were already late for the ferry to Tanger, Morocco from Marseille), there was an "accident de personne" on the TGV line,... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 