Where to ski and ride in France?
I’ve hesitated a lot about writing about my snowboarding trips. I ride, I sleep, I eat. I don’t take time to visit anything, to walk (walk really?!) or to do any other things. I’ve started my skiing years in Switzerland with my primary school. My school sent us 3 weeks (yep 3!) at the age of 10-11 far away from our parents (yay!). We were … Continue reading Where to ski and ride in France?
From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 3
Let’s be honest, waking up at 4.00 am in the salt hotel after 2 days of poor sleep was not pleasant at all but we knew that this was THE day. The day we finally reached Salar de Uyuni. Our guide stopped us right in the middle of the salt flats with no one else around a few minutes before the sunrise. It was soooooooo … Continue reading From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 3
My airport
Tuesday night, I booked a flight to go to Rome from Brussels airport. Yesterday morning, I woke up. My radio went on… Attacks… Bombs… Zaventem. No, not the airport. I bursted into tears. The airport is the symbol of my inability to stay still but moreover my relentless desire to explore the world, to visit new countries, to discover other cultures and ways of living. … Continue reading My airport
Erasmus in Rome – interview
The Australian blogger Kachina from Kachinasnomaddiction started a series of articles on Studying abroad after moving to the States to go to college. My experience in Rome studying Sociology for 5 months was so incredible that I jumped on the opportunity to collaborate with her. Kachina: What made you decide that you wanted to participate in a student exchange? One year before leaving, I visited a … Continue reading Erasmus in Rome – interview
Hungry in Brussels? [N°2]
A bit more than one year after my first article about food in Brussels, I’ve eaten so much delicious food in so many new restaurants (or at least new to me!) that a second article seemed more than necessary! World food Many of my discoveries are restaurants offering food from around the world, from Italy to Liban and Japan: Start with a traditional Italian apero at La Piola Libri (every day … Continue reading Hungry in Brussels? [N°2]
From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 2
The night at the Lugana Colorada was cold but nevertheless quite needed. And we all felt much better the next morning. No aweful headache! We left around 7.30am for another day in the middle of nowhere! We went on to the peaceful desertic and peaceful landscapes of the Desierto Siloli. A paragraph on our lovely guide Pedro: we had read so many horrible things about … Continue reading From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 2
From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 1
When I was organising our trip to Chile, I discovered that many incredible excursions in jeeps were organised between San Pedro de Atacama and Uyuni in Bolivia. I started to look for reliable companies and read many horrendous stories about tourists throwing up at every stop, guides that did not have enough food, noisy and freezing dorms, jeeps breaking down in the middle of the … Continue reading From San Pedro to Uyuni: Day 1
Santiago & San Pedro de Atacama
Chile is maybe not the first country you think about going to when travelling to South America… but it should be! Pablo Neruda’s country is full of amazing landscapes and peaceful places where you will forget about your daily grey buildings in no time. Let’s start with Santiago and San Pedro de Atacama. 2 days in Santiago We flew from Brussels to Santiago via Madrid. Tickets … Continue reading Santiago & San Pedro de Atacama
Travel with Emilie 