Mozart in Szczecin?

Every ambitious opera house in the world hasWolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in its repertoire. The Opera at the Castle has just earned its reputation as a very good theater, and by staging this opera in 2025, it confirmed that it is among the best companies in the country. We watch...

A month before the Chopin Competition began in October 2025, we bought tickets to the Szczecin Philharmonic for a concert by one of the competition's winners. We eagerly awaited news of which winner would perform at our concert. And it happened! During the symphony concert on November 14, 2025, K...

Time to say good-bye to Provence

Sunny weather with a constantly cloudless sky makes us regretfully leave Marseille and Provence. Although there are signs of autumn here too, this is a different kind of autumn… To say goodbye, I'm attaching a few shots of the area around our apartment in the historical  La Lorette district. A wal...

At the exhibition in Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence is the city of Cézanne, fountains, and students. It's also home to a wealth of beautiful architecture, cozy cafes, and restaurants. The word "aix" comes from the Latin word "aquae" and means "water" or "waters" in French. This is a name given to many places in France, reflecting the...

West Provance - Avignon

Sunaday's final stop was Avignon. "Avignon is a city in the south of France (in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region), on the left bank of the Rhône, at the mouth of the Durance River. The Papal Palace (Palais des Papes) towers over the city (...). The city is a major cultural and tourist cente...

West Provance - Arles

"Arles is a Provençal town nicknamed Little Rome. Centuries ago, it played an important role as a colony of Julius Caesar, and today it is a grand museum testifying to the might of the Roman Empire. It is also the city where Vincent van Gogh created his most important paintings and lost his ear. (.....

West Provance - Nîmes

Today were visitinh three historically important cities west of Marseille: Nîmes*, Arles and Avignon. "Nîmes (ancient Nemausus) is located in the Occitania region, just off Provence, not far from Avignon and Arles. Centuries ago, it was an important Roman colony located on the Via Domitia route fro...

French Riviera - Monaco

Tell me, could we have missed Monaco on our trip around the French Riviera, of which this principality is a part? It wasn't gambling addiction that made us climb the serpentine hill of Mont Carlo for two hours to see this den of evil! We've all seen millions of photos of this place, but I'm afra...