The autonomous polity of Mount Athos!
Mount Athos. In 1960, Greek shipping magnate Yannis Carras, aboard his three-mast 58-meter schooner yacht Carita (later renamed Argonaftis), decided to cruise north to the Mount Athos peninsula of the Halkidiki region of Greece to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of the establishment of monasteries around Mount Athos, I am instinctively intrigued by any…
France : Paris and the French Riviera …
COUNTRY ROLL No 64 : France, Paris and the French Riviera … can it get any better? Stay tuned to BonVoyageurs.com for more Countries of the World as we share our joie de vivre from around the world. Luxury escapes and city breaks to Quebec City, New York, Washington, Buenos Aires. In Europe, places like…
La Colombe d’Or ~ Luncheon in the shadow of artists
Sometimes the spirit of a place is so strong that its influence sets the mood and tone. Such is the case with La Colombe d’Or, a restaurant which was frequented regularly by artistic greats such as Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani, Matisse, Miro, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Isadora Duncan, Yves Montand, Edith Piaf and the list goes on ……
Bosnia Herzegovina, delight of Southern Alps!
Bosnia Herzegovina. Read our previous country posting: “Bolivia, and the Camino de la Muerte!” COUNTRY ROLL No 23 : Bosnia Herzegovina, one of the last undiscovered delights of the southern Alps! Photo of the Dinaric Alps in Bosnia by @BH_Dragons Read our related posting: “Best of Bosnia Herzegovina food: Bosanski Lonac!” Read…
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