When I travelled to Budva, I made a side trip to the beautiful Sveti Stefan island and the spiritual Rustovo Monastery next to it. The tiny island of Sveti…
Beautiful Adriatic Coast town – Budva, Montenegro
Greetings from the sunny Balkan Peninsula! Today I got up early to catch my flight to Podgorica from Charleroi Airport. They call it Brussels South, but it’s definitely not Brussels any more, the shuttle bus from Brussels midi station to the airport took about one hour.
When I landed in Podgorica, it was so sunny and not as cold as Belgium. I feel I haven’t had a proper sunny day for a while. Well it is not that hot but warm enough to just wear a trench coat, instead of the winter clothes.
Biogradska Gora national park in Montenegro (daytrip from Kolašin)
The Balkan Peninsula certainly has a lot of nearly…
59 Rivoli: Once a notorious artist squat, now a quirky hidden Paris gem
Although located in Paris’s high-street shopping district Rue de Rivoli, this artist collective of six floors can be easily overlooked with its very small entrance.
59 Rivoli used to be an old building abandoned by a bank. In 1999, a group of artists occupied it for their exhibitions and performances. It became one of the city’s popular illegal artist squats and also attracts a lot of visitors ever since. Years later, Paris city decided to legalise it and allow many artists to host their studios here at minimum rent.