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An France’s North-East travel guide. A portal into absolute charm, France is an ultimate experience for lovers of food, wine, culture and sophistication. France seduces travellers with its familiar culture woven around village-square markets and lace-curtained bistros. And yes, the culinary opportunities are endless, eating crêpes in Brittany or clinking champagne flutes in Reims cellars. Nougat de Montelimar it’s a …

When you live between waltzes and operettas. You can’t come all the way to this land and not go for a tour of the champagne houses, between Mumm, Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin https://www.veuveclicquot.com/it-it and Taittinger. All its houses are lined up for you tour and taste. Every single French King (from 987 up in the 19th century), was crowned right at its …

Achieving popular, if not critical, success. There are statues in her honour and an annual festival in May to celebrate it. In 1429 a woman liberated Orléans from a siege by the English, and the city has never forgotten this event. Its Musee des Beaux-Arts is a 2 minute walk from Hotel Groslot and the cathedral. Here you can observe …

Painting is life, the real life, my life. During your creative evening in the City of Light, feast your senses on the vibrant color of the iconic Moulin Rouge: take your seat in the theater, and prepare for a dazzling spectacle. In Paris, the National Museum of the Renaissance features a huge collection of artworks dating back to the 15th …

Painting delicate faces, with pronounced features. Its cathedral is an absolute wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In hts crypt, you’ll can find the tomb of the Duke Jean de Berry (responsible for Bourges’ boom years, in the 1300s9. This enchanting medieval city, Bourges, was the capital of the historic Province of Berry. Live music fans? Here a special …

I want to be a poet, and I’m working at turning myself into a seer. What to do (or what to see) in Charleville–Mezieres, an important town in the Champagne-Ardenne? A visit to this town will start in the Place Ducale (one of the most impressive squares in France). https://www.inspirock.com/france/charleville-mezieres-trip-planner You to learn more about a young French poet, this …

From Wiedensahl up in Berlin, four hours to drive into creativity. This country, with its historical sites, is a popular destination for nature lovers and culture enthusiasts. Surprises always happen when you least expect them. So, welcome in Wiedensahl, birthplace, residence, and workplace of a famous German artist. Visiting the Museum Mile, https://www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/?lang=en you to can immerse yourself into his …

To paint the creative horizon with charm. Even now, people in Germany – the country of poets and philosophers – coming up with innovative ideas, pushing the boundaries of art. Art thrives at a multitude of museums and up-and-coming galleries, between writers, musicians and painters. The choice of your holidays (from stays in picture-box villages, to hiking breaks through its …

When a person likes to labor also for correction of his neighbor. This country, with its historical sites, is a popular destination for nature lovers and culture enthusiasts. Surprises always happen when you least expect them. So, welcome in Wiedensahl, Birthplace, residence, and workplace of a famous German artist. Visiting the Museum Mile, https://www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/?lang=en you to can immerse yourself into …

Let me be your secret sin. Is a very young city, with a musical band really “in theme” with its environment. You could say that Wolfsburg owes its existence to one car, the VW Beetle. Over the next few decades a whole city was built for the Volkswagen plant’s workers. Its Autostadt (Automobile City) https://www.autostadt.de/start, is an cutting-edge attraction, with …

When a painter must give a free rein to any feeling or sensations. Here, where a famous figurative artist was born, waiting for you the masterpieces Berlin Museum (one of these items it’s the Pergamon Alter frieze, which was discovered in 1886). Something special? The Bode Museum, https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum/home.html is the home for art works of the Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance and …

Realizing that machines are abstractions of the human spirit. In Hanover, Klein Kröpcke (Callinstraße 2), http://www.klein-kroepcke.de/kontakt.php is the best place to start, if you are about to set out on a night of partying, but of course you will no longer be able to meet the artist who loved to illustrate metaphors of human activity by painting machines. In 1901, …

Her circulation of 4.5 million copies. During the 14th to 16th century, it was a member of the Hanseatic League, despite being more than 150 km off the nearest seashore. Stendal is the biggest town in the Altmark region. Here you can breathe the atmosphere that inspired the books of a Russian-German writer, including remains of its medieval town fortification, …

Five creative people, walking with you. Our “author’s journey” through the American creativity, starts from the county seat of St. Clair (in Illinois), the city of Belleville. This is a city founded in 1814. If you like to collect fruit and vegetables in the land where a famous singer-songwriter from this city was born, you can go to Eckert’s Belleville …

The journey does not matter, as long as the creative horizon is vast. The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these artists and that other people enjoy their works.