DAYS OF LOVE AND LONGING

"Dans les personnes que nous aimons, il y a, immanent à elles, un certain rêve que nous ne savons pas toujours discerner mais que nous poursuivons." (Marcel Proust, Le Temps Retrouvé)

Saturday, November 15, 2014

A musician in Marrakech

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         Tonight I will meet you again in Europe, after the four amazing days we spent together in Morocco. It was a whole new world to ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Birthday Wishes

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It has been a long time since I have written anything here. The last months have been difficult at best between us. Never mind. You know...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Nuts

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     After one month of being apart, we are together again in England. I was missing you, our walks hand in hand, our plans, our talks. By ...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Sick and away from you

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     The weather in London, which is usually bad went to worse these last days. It's very cold and rainy. As a result, cold and flu vir...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Time on my own

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Watch tower and Cyprus trees, Dachau  I have been on the road now for over 2 weeks, most of it very busy with work and appointments: ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

On work out music

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      I spent last month in Thailand, together with you while I was in summer holidays in my job in Europe. During that time, I tried to su...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

Sunny summer days

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The last few days have been spent wandering around Stockholm and discovering its sites of historic interest. It is our first visit to...
Monday, September 1, 2014

Two pains

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     I have come back to London after spending the whole month of August with you in Thailand, since I was still in summer holidays. We cou...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Every time we say goodbye.....

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M y darling, A beautiful song by Cole Porter which expresses better than I can my feeling this evening without you here by my side. I hope...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

From Angels to Apsaras

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Apsara Dance, Bayon Temple The jump from angels to apsaras is not such a big one: both angels and apsaras are graceful and inhabit a ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

A sunset over Cambodia

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       We have just come back from Siem Reap, in Cambodia. I loved the place and the people there. The many beautiful Khmer temples, bu...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Temple Angel

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Thevada, Ubosot, Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai We have just returned from a long weekend in the north where I introduced you to many thin...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Two feet on an elephant's back

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       We have just returned from four days in Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand, a place that is part of your story in this part of the...
Friday, August 8, 2014

Love messages on an ordinary day

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     In this day when I have been working from home, I went out to have lunch and my telephone was disconnected from the internet for a whi...
Sunday, August 3, 2014

Beautiful things are difficult

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     I remember one day last month when we were walking around the historic  town of Tiradentes and, in a not so fancy part of it, we sa...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Monsoon musings

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In just 6 hours from now you'll board your flight in London heading to Thailand to be with me for a whole month. I'm excited to hav...

Leaving for my woman

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     In a few hours I will be traveling to Thailand in order to meet you again. I never imagined someday I would be crossing the world in o...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Delicious memories

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I arrived home four days ago and have been busy catching up and getting back into the flow of normal everyday life after a long holiday wit...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

A samba evening in the old Rio

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     We have just arrived from a samba place in central Rio de Janeiro. It was a great evening talking, kissing and dancing together while ...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Steps

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We have finished our visit to Minas Gerais and are headed for Rio, a city I have long looked forward to visiting for a long time now. I ...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

A journey through part of Brazil

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     This huge concrete jungle is São Paulo, where I lived 17 years of my life, a place that I love despite of all annoyances and proble...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Means of expression

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Street Art, Penang, Malaysia Your last post included an image of street art which you took for me on one of your walks around your h...
Friday, June 20, 2014

To love is to have, to desire is to want

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I recently listened to a talk by a psychologist on the dynamics of relationships: about why so many of us today are unhappy in love and why...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Blowing hearts on a wall

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       It's great to be back to my hometown for a few days and meet my family, my friends, my books and my dogs again. Everytime I ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

A glimpse of things to come

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 Ouro Preto I came across this old photo of the colonial town of Ouro Preto taken by a traveler in the 19th century while researchin...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Two passions

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     Today is Valentine's Day in Brazil. I woke up thinking about you and wanting to be with you. My 18-year old nephew has just gone o...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

If I should lose you...

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Smalls Bar, Bangkok Last Sunday evening I stumbled across a cozy new neighborhood bar whilst out walking around and exploring a  neig...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Expecting you

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     I'm now in São Paulo, in a sojourn along the south hemisphere winter. Some days can be very cold here, especially in July and Augu...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The start of a love affair

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Cacha ç a - Camden Town I have been lucky to travel to many countries and to discover cultures and places which are different from my ...

Heading south

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     Tomorrow I will be crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards São Paulo. I am looking forward to this for a few weeks already, because Brazil...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

This Lonely House

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One month from today I will be aboard a flight, finally taking the long journey to meet you in Brazil. You know how much I am looking forwa...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Still about giving

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     The story of The Gift of the Magi you retold below reminded me of a great tale by Giovanni Boccaccio in his Decameron . It's ...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Giving

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I was just thinking of the nice and popular story "The Gift of The Magi", which is told often around Christmas time to illu...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A place two hearts can understand

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'You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood....
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Under martial law

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     I have accompanied what is happening in Thailand, where last night the militaries declared matial law. That means that public manifest...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Your bathroom cats

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     I felt like home in your apartment along the three weeks I stayed there. It is a cozy and tidy place, with many souvenirs of your...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

My Captain!

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This morning I found myself back at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on my way to catch a flight south to Krabi. The last time I was ...
Friday, May 9, 2014

A rose in Regent's Park

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     It's springtime, my favorite season in London, despite of the weather, which is sometimes a bit chilly, sometimes a bit rainy. ...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

A memorable snack

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Thod Mun Pla Today while having lunch next to my office I noticed an old woman carrying a plate of Thod Mun Pla (spicy Thai fish cak...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

Warmth of my life

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Seville Still Life #2 - Henri Matisse Matisse painted this still life in 1910, inspired by his travels in southern Spain where the col...
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