Côte d’Ivoire, maquis restaurants and our favorite destination in West Africa!
Cote d’Ivoire. COUNTRY ROLL No 44 : Côte d’Ivoire, or Ivory Coast, now the world’s largest producer of cacao! Previous host to Kong Empire and other kingdoms, Côte d’Ivoire is blessed with many heritage sites, great beaches, interesting maquis restaurants and a (let’s hope it lasts) peaceful environment, making the country our favorite destination in…
Ghana : land of the Gates of No Return!
Ghana COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD No 69: Ghana, land of the well preserved and restored Cape Coast Castle, one of the “gates of no return” of the infamous Atlantic slave trade. The Republic of Ghana is a presidential constitutional democracy, located in West Africa along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The…
Barberousse and the woman who saved Nice!
Barberousse and the woman who saved Nice! Read our previous posting “La Baie des Anges : Two legends and a fish story!” We will be taking off for London in a few hours, on our way to Nice on the Cote d’Azur in France. The hero of Nice is a woman named Caterina Segurana, or…
British Airways : Pure Enjoyment!
British Airways : Pure enjoyment! Read our previous posting “Barberousse and the woman who saved Nice!” Soon after we settled into our comfy business class alcove seats on the British Airways 747 flight to London, a smiling stewardess handed me the flight’s menu, titled in large letters “Pure Enjoyment”. How appropriate a description, I thought,…