calvisson-leblon

I am totally incapable of putting pen on paper during this stressful coronavirus lockdown. I wish I had 0,0001 % of the imagination of the Bard who supposedly wrote some of his best works in quarantine.   In the early 17 th century, the bubonic plague was raging in London, and the theaters were in lockdown.   During his self-isolation, William Shakespeare had time on his hands to write the dark drama King Lear , and for good measure Macbeth and Anthony and Cleopatra.   Twenty years later, Flemish painter Antoon Van Dyke was marooned in plague-stricken Palermo, Sicily and painted the allegoric Saint Rosalie interceding for the disease.   Do you recall any other pandemic-linked works of art?   Being part of the categorized “vulnerable population”, ten days ago, I started a self-imposed confinement in my small flat in Rio.   Covid-19 has drained my senior citizen energy, and instead of writing a blog, I would like to know what you are doing to figh...

Visiting Vald é s has been at the top of my bucket list.   Since 2017 I have been going down this list visiting as many places as possible.   Vald é s Peninsula cannot be missed on the map of Patagonia: it sticks out like a mushroom in the Atlantic Ocean.   The peninsula is semi-arid, flat with salt flats and no rivers.   It is linked to the mainland by a narrow isthmus which separates two calm gulfs, Golfo Nuevo on the south and the smaller Golfo San Jos é on the north.   The isthmus is the gateway to the nature reserve, an UNESCO World Heritage site.   This spectacular place with its rugged coastlines is for lovers of marine mammals. The Vald é s Peninsula is a refuge for lovers as marine mammals congregate there to have sex.   Vald é s also plays the role of a maternity ward and a kindergarten.  The peninsula is the meeting point of big marine mammals like Southern Right whales, orcas/killer whales, dolphins, elephant seals, sea lions,...