IN THE BAY OF PERFUME, HONK KONG: Susie Wang left her charm, in this corner of China, including islands and secluded temples scented
She are not Susie Wong, but the peculiarity of the routes that she offers us is an incredible charm. The editors of the Meeting Benches is extremely grateful for the contribution that publishing this woman of China (Hong Kong provides our readers. For friends who want to contribute: info@meetingbenches.com An evening cruise of at least four hours, with Susie – …
Read More »UNITED COLORS OF THE PAST: With bright or dark horror joy, dancing in the grass seeds made of flesh
ROOTS OF HEAVENLY – Li-chi, the Chinese text: All things have their roots in the sky. The man is rooted in his ancestors. JOYFUL DANCE – R. Carrieri: We find ourselves in the ancestors, as slaves of a dance. We repeat the arrogance, and a joy with no hope. INDELIBLY OBLIVION – T. Hardy: I’m the face of the family. …
Read More »“PYAN DOR MAI.” SEE YOU IN YANGON: Four pagodas, the National Museum and Bogyoke Market. Welcome to Burma
After the paradise of Florida, we have received a number of editorial contributions from Asia. Among them, Meeting Benches chose that of a woman, because the entire staff has closely seen the extraordinary simplicity and freshness of the style of Nargis (who also sent us a picture of her). Looking at your beautiful eyes blacks, we enter in your travel …
Read More »THE KEYS TO HEAVEN? IN FLORIDA: From the air, or water, in the same blue color. Not to mention a dinner at The Fish House
What we are submerged is not water, but an incredible amount of beautiful travel stories, Florida. Twice already, Benches Meeting hosted the editorial contributions of friends and readers, but now we are forced to add a new one, because a reader sent us his email, along with the keys of heaven. Thank you, Georgia. For any reader who wishes to …
Read More »UGLY, DIRTY AND BAD ?: Open your eyes, to the murals in Bratislava
UNITED COLORS OF BODY: Keep the skin, his tunic, under the tent eyelashes, flying the divine wind
SKIN – P. Valéry: What is it, deeper, in the human being, is the skin. ALI – William Blake: The eternal body of man is the imagination. EYES – A. Blok: Under the tent eyelashes, the eyes appear nightly campfires. CAPTIVITY – Lope de Vega: I am neither good nor evil to me, but I said my understanding, that a …
Read More »STAY IN IGLOO, BUT NOT FAR FROM MARON: Switzerland, Graubünden and Valley High Forests, with Bridget
A Swiss woman who is not Swiss. A woman who is no longer a child. Welcome Bridget, and welcome to your sweet article about the friends meeting Benches of a small corner of paradise, a place painted white, in many seasons of your life. One of the addresses you suggested, we were very intrigued, and being a “soft stop”, some …
Read More »CUBA, JAMAICA AND MEXICO: A CARIBBEAN CRUISE, NO PIRATES
UNITED COLORS OF MOON: Light it rests, caught in the river, while rough and murky, daffodils reaps silver
ITS – By E. Cetrangolo: Go to the formless, light, something in the wind on the water. LATEST – By J. Milton: Last stands between the dense clouds, the moon, regally boundary, marking the world resting, the silver light of the tunic. IMAGE – In TE Hulme: Entangled height provided with strings of large mast, hangs the moon. What seems …
Read More »HOW TO DUST OF CHAMPAGNE: Vail and Aspen, between the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where snow is unique in the world
On our benches, today we host a mountaineer of Colorado. Dean (although he was not born in the Rocky Mountains), we proposed a highly original portrait of Vail and Aspen, but within the reach of ordinary people. What is special, is the series of small details that can make any great travel experience. He, too, we say “thank you for …
Read More »UNITED COLORS OF ADVENTURE: Come with me, free to dream and go in freedom in the wind, like a hawk. Far, far more
Come on, let’s go wandering free weights: The spirits of the road winked, and I realized that I could not work (1). Come on, let’s go on dreaming: I go in the country of the rainbow, and walking with pendant arms (2). Come immerse yourself in the joy of going: Sun, shine on me up inside your heart. Wind drives …
Read More »TAKE OVER WITH ME IN HIGH PROVENCE: Between fields and woods, at 160 kilometers from the sea in Nice, let groped by loneliness
Really – excuse us if we will do this confession – we knew your country French, Bercelonnette. Sure, it’s such a small town (and so far away from the normal tourist routes), which only a guide named Madelaine, that you could take us by the hand, leading us on your Alps, those of Haute Provence. Thank you, Madelaine, also to …
Read More »UNITED COLORS OF MEMORIES: Stones dissolved and no tears, transgressions that sealed through the doors of the Failed
ANTIQUE – By W. Soyinka “Without tears as dry leaves, sealed with the stems of the desert, we have lost the hope of green nature trails. Their tracks are greener, who violate their ancient reservoirs, with steel rails, and iron structures.” FINDS – By E. A. Poe “We are powerless, us, pale stones. Not all our power is dissolved.” …
Read More »UNITED COLORS OF ANGUISH: Around midnight a cry on the ruins, rolling together and painfully, in the secret of happiness
CRASH AND RUIN – By (D. Gascoyne) “The anguish, ran like a crash on the ruins. From the Past accomplished, the emptiness of the Future. And the black, all the invading prism, became absolute.” NIGHT VIGIL – By (Lucretius) “The ambush, night vigil on the steps blindly. Nature has on the mouth a scream: suffering of the body.” …
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