Stories
Paradise PeripheryTahiti
“If you were to rise up, like an impossibly elevated albatross, from the centre of the Pacific, the Earth would appear almost entirely blue”.Philip…
CosmogonyTahiti
The Air Tahiti Nui flight from Los Angeles arrived in Tahiti at night. On the bedside table next to the…
Big Tahiti and Little TahitiTahiti
Monirē (Monday). Hervé was going to come and get us at eight in the morning. We were waiting for him…
AbruzzoAbruzzo
Why Abruzzo? The Traveller has just arrived in Abruzzo. Why has he chosen this particular region of Italy? In the…
Villa ExtramurosPortugal and Azores
Arraiolos, Alentejo, Portugal. Our Alentejo trip always begins when the Frenchmen François and Jean-Christophe arrive home at Villa Extramuros on…
São Lourenco do BarrocalPortugal and Azores
Monsaraz, Alentejo, Portugal. We’re given two maps, one numbers the farm buildings: the cellar, the old cereal silos, the livestock…
Happy People in Tears
“Travelling is pointless. If you’ve got nothing on the inside, you’ll never find anything on the outside. There’s no use…
Carne que baste, vinho que falte, pão que sobejePortugal and Azores
Monsaraz, Alentejo, Portugal. We only leave the farm if we need to. That’s the deal that me and my travelling…
Belcanto. Jose AvillezPortugal and Azores
Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal. We arrive in the São Carlos square at ten in the morning, our mouths dirty with the…