November 21, 2024 11:55 pm

WRITERS

A POETRY COMMENSURATE WITH MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Making a literature unshorn, like a herd of buffaloes over the prairies.

When literature shall be given to ideas of the people. Thanks to its coastline, campsites and range of outdoor activities, Maine it’s a summer destination for vacationing Americans. Among the best and small cities in the US, inside your author’s travel you can find Portland (Maine). As well as food and drink that’s big on local flavours, this city has …

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SUCH IS MY BELOVED – Morley Callaghan / Shades of Catholicism, where personality is a weakened sense of self.

Better known for boxing with Hemingway, than for anything he have written. Looking for an amorous spot to romance in Toronto? You’ll have plenty of restaurants to choose, but we suggest you our most romantic night out possible. Where? At the La Maquette, https://berkeleyevents.com/venue/la-maquette/ the most romantic restaurant in Toronto due to its prize-winning architecture and its beautiful waterfall in …

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BARRIERS – Aislinn Hunter / What it means to be a writer.

When we find ourselves immeasurably altered and enriched. Belleville http://www.city.belleville.on.ca/ is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River, just on the Bay of Quinte in Ontario. The directions to 100,000 years back in time? If you travelling from Belleville, is to follow Old Highway 2 until the grounds of Tyendinaga Cavern and Caves. Here you can visit …

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TESTAMENT IN PRAGUE – Teresa Pàmies / An alive witness of the Spanish Civil war, and the Republican’s exile.

The spring of Prague, a sign and a dream. It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre. Balaguer is in Catalonia. The town has a Gothic bridge over the Segre river, destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in the battle of “Cap de Pont”, rebuilt after the war. Another Gothic building is the Santa Maria Church, …

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SING TO LIBERTY – José Antonio Labordeta / The singer-songwriter who used concerts to express what censorship impeded in print and television.

Songwriter, but poetry was a passion all his life. Its San Pedro Cathedral, is of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Spain. Jaca, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BCd0BlF6pc the city with it’s stone walls, buildings and cobblestone streets it was the capital of Aragon until 1097. The surrounding mountains provide you a reflection of the extraordinary landscape of the Pyrenees. Dont forget: is …

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BRETON SONG – Max Jacob / A man that felt the sting of anti-Semitism, as a child.

The professional of prose poetry. Not far from Brittany’s far western point, where a poet was born who knew many forms of modernist art, Quimper is a historic city permeated with this region’s identity. Every few steps, here there’s a crêperie to tempt you http://alafoliecafe.com/about-us/. Its old town has medieval timber-framed houses (always with typical Breton granite at the base). …

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THE CONFIDENT – Helene Gremillon / A woman destined very young to literature.

When a letter arrives every Tuesday, with the sequel to a gripping story. Here was born the writer of a well-known novel translated into twenty languages. City Centre Has a small square which is surrounded by cafes, where you can sit down with a glass of wine or coffee. Its “Macaroons from Montmorillon” (a local speciality delicious with a coffee …

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DEATH IN VENICE – Thomas Mann / Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil.

When solitude gives birth to the original in us, but also to the opposite: to the illicit, the absurd. When your train will take you to the city of the seven towers, you will see the narrow streets where the Middle Ages do not seem finished, wrapped in the thousand canals surrounding it. From the Lübeck railway station you will …

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WHEN SOFT MIST DRINK YOUR HORIZON – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / Living as a free man, without religious or social attachments.

Nothing is more difficult to see with your eyes, than what you have under your nose. It’s located on both sides of the Main River. The southern part of the city contains the Germany’s largest city forest. Frankfurt am Main, is the fifth-largest city in Germany, and was one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire. Roman …

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DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN – Magdalen Nabb / Living and working in Florence, near to the carabinieri station in the Pitti Palace.

Reading, about an Florentine mystery. How to make gnocchi with pesto? With an ideal recipe to take advantage of the basil of your summers. Pesto is an aromatic condiment that allows you to savor the taste of potato gnocchi. The Paiolo Restaurant, http://www.ristoranteilpaiolo.it/en in the historic center of Florence, since 1980 it serves typical Tuscan dishes (such as gnocchi al …

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