Senegal: Slowly Awakening from a Dream

Senegal: Slowly Awakening from a Dream

Senegal today also preserves the memory of the Salonika Front, when the French army fought shoulder to shoulder with the Serbs, and among its ranks there were Senegalese soldiers as well. Senegal, a country somewhat larger than Serbia and Greece combined, with about twenty million inhabitants, is slowly waking from its dream and taking the […]

Lisboa, bom dia (or Heart with no coat)

Lisboa, bom dia (or Heart with no coat)

Some wind was blowing, Fernando. Those frequent april rains have piped down for an instance and your city smelled of dusk and ocean’s vestibule. It is easy to get lost in Alfama. In crowd by day, through winding streets, flowers, restaurants. In secrets, by evening. You start following the sound of tram and wander off […]