We ended 2011 year on the Flemish coast In the breath of the wind and of the Nord sea…

… Last autumn, we discoveredthe South of Catalonia, around Tarragona…

… No, it’s not the « Pont du Gard », but its cousin, the « Les Ferreres » aqueduct…

…all the Spanish traditional pottery in an unexpected museum …

… splendid monasteries, Poblet, Santes Creus, Santa Maria de Vallbona…

… the quiet of cloisters …

… and the purity of Cistercian art…

…In Spain as well, there is a « Palais des Papes », in Peniscola …

This summer, we have discovered the peace and the light of Norway, by the Bjornafjord…

…The charm of Bergen’s wooden houses…

… the glaciers…

…at sea level…

… high mountains landscapes by the fjords…

… amazing views from the foot of glaciers…

…as from Sognefjord shores…

…saling further into the dead of fjords…

… where mountains are falling into the sea…

…as well as torrents, which go down from glaciers…

…from the gaiety of summer colours…

… to the soft light of long evenings…

…changing sometimes to the colours of the far North…

…and wonderful sunsets at nearly midnight…

…We saw the spring blooming in Washington gardens…

…A White House, which in the 20th century, used to feel as the center of the world …

…the spring in the Senate…

…admiring incredible collections of French paintings across United-States…

…and the beauty of a still wild nature… …from the fury of the Potomac…

…to the West Coast, where Pacific shores were covered of poppies…

…In upland, between Nevada and Utah, the silhouette of Joshua trees…

…The amphitheatre of Bryce Canyon under snow, the most amazing and maybe the most beautiful among American parks …

…the mythical Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco…

…going for a tour in Japan…

…In the Sierra Nevada, giants sequoias of Mariposa Grove…

…the spectacular Yosemite Park, nestled between the sheer faces of the Sierra Nevada…

…Yoshemite waterfalls, among the world's tallest (2525 feets)…

…Philadelphia, its historical past, its rich cultural life, qnd its industries in transition…

…the contrast of architectures…

…outstanding parks, with“rhodos” in bloom…

…dream houses in the middle of full of flowers parks…

…and finally, the fascination with New York…

…« classics », not to be missed…

…but as well surprising areas, right in the middle of Brooklyn…

… « au revoir, et à bientôt »…