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VINCENT VAN GOGH: The many faces of suffering, wrapped in gold of his wheat fields

It was a day in late July of 1890, the small town of Auvers-sur-Oise was dozing, but the noise of the firing of a gun had broken the peace, along with the life of a painter who loved the vineyards and the thatched roofs of the old houses. The fields of wheat that he has painted, they are still in …

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VIRGINIA WOLF: Each wave of the sea has a different light, just as the beauty of who we love

Now, she is waiting for us under two elms in Sussex. Before visiting the Monk’s House of Virginia Wolf, we must remain a little next to those trees, because it is from that roots that she lives every year. They remind us of the happiness of a daughter  much loved, the sadness of a girl raped, but also the celebrity …

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VAN GOGH AND PICASSO: A head-to-head to be missed, bathed in the light and colors of Arles

His shadow is everywhere, even though no one of his works remained in this city. Still, he remained in the Camargue for 15 months, giving to the joy of our eyes the colors of 300 paintings. http://www.arlestourisme.com/  . Of course, stay in the city of Arles, Vincent Van Gogh had given to creative inspiration, a passion for art bathed in …

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SOUS LES SABOTS, THE CAMARGUE: Watch a flamingo is nice, but admire it while you’re riding is fantastic

The Camargue horse is trained since the age of three years to be calm and sociable with his guests, but if you have no experience as a rider, you need not be concerned, because the walks are carefully managed by qualified carers. If you accept my idea, we can walk the sandy beaches of the Camargue, with beautiful views of …

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GARCIA LORCA: They took me a shell

“I closed my window because I do not want to hear the crying, but behind the gray walls that crying is heard no more. There are very few angels that sing, a few barking dogs; one thousand violins come in the palm of my hand. But the weeping is an immense dog, crying is an immense angel, the weeping is …

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MAS DU LION, Camargue: Suspended between heaven and earth, embracing the amazement painted green

We must get to the Mas du Lion – http://www.masdulion.fr/uk/liens.html  – between 18:00 and 19:30 (obviously we have already booked). After our navigation on the River Rhone, I have the pleasure of staying with you – for a couple of nights – in a really special place and absolutely unusual, living an unforgettable experience, an emotion suspended between heaven and …

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SAILING ON THE RHONE: Amazement, wine, and oil, are not included in the price

Ben found. Once again we are in the south of France, to decide the kind of river cruise we want to do on the Rhone, that after a journey of 812 km flows into the Mediterranean Sea. If you need information, remember these sites: http://www.arlestourisme.com/, http://www.danfluvial.com/turismo-fluviale.php?regione=6. That ribbon of water wets Lyon and Arles, but also Avignon, Viviers and Voulte. …

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MADEMOISELLE MARS: When someone we love, often, we cannot say why

“A lover is his backyard, the one where he hangs his heart, because he wants to win the favor of all. Having him for anybody, to hand the flame, until he is the dog house, he strives to please.” Naive and flirtatious with Moliere and Marivaux, the seductive woman also well had known and interpreted the roles offered to her …

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SAINTES-MARIES DE LA MER, FRANCE: With the eyes of the spring, along with gypsies and Sara the Black.

I am happy to meet you once again Today we are in the Camargue, and what is right before your eyes is an ancient and beautiful city by the sea, Saintes-Maries de la Mer. Why just today, May 24, in this place? Simple, this is the day in which – each year, and by a long time – Rom and …

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THE CAVE OF CHAUVET, FRANCE: amazing 500 feet deep, engraved and painted magically

The Cave of Chauvet it is just 88 kilometers as the crow flies from Aigue-Mortes, but in less than two hours you have the opportunity to travel that distance that separates you from the prehistoric site, discovered in 1994, and still full of images and colors, that have not heard from millennia the human presence. Although the Upper Paleolithic era …

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