Tag Archives: landscapes

Chiaroscuros of France

Posted on 28/04/2016 by freelander

Today, October tenth, two of my siblings will be celebrating their birthdays two thousand kilometres southwest of here. To that course, the weather forecast this part of France is not too good; it’s raining now, in fact; therefore I’m altering … Continue reading →

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Ristijärvi and Artemiev’s boreal epopee

Posted on 10/12/2014 by freelander

It is no accident that for the past two days an unforgettable music by Artemiev rings at all hours within my head: it’s the soundtrack of Siberiade, one of those  Russian must-see that  –being European movie markets sold to the … Continue reading →

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Episode 4 (1st part): Road #1

Posted on 30/03/2011 by freelander

  When I woke up in the morning of our fourth day’s journey, the world seemed rather more hospitable a place than in the eve: there was a bright sun to cheer us up and news were good: Benito was … Continue reading →

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Episode 3: The beautiful Nothing

Posted on 27/03/2011 by freelander

  On asking the employee in the Reykjavik tourist office what there is between Mývatn and Egilsstadir, i.e. the upper leftt quarter of the island, he had quickly replied: Nothing; and then added: but it’s a beautiful Nothing. And it was a … Continue reading →

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65 º nordur. Episode 2: Akureyri

Posted on 25/03/2011 by freelander

Located on the shoreline at the bottom of Eyjafördur in the north of Iceland, Akureyri is a lovely, small and rather quiet town; although with 17,000 inhabitants is the second largest in the country, after Reikjavik, ten times bigger. After the … Continue reading →

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