Easter by the Med II

The Holy Week – Semana Santa –  is reason good enough to go to Spain for Easter and be transported by ancient rituals, religious history, elaborate Easter processions with costumes, floats and statues in every city and village, solemnity and joy. Curiosity: The Ku Klux Klan like costumes with pointed hoods covering the face represent […]

Easter by the Med I

Easter holiday – for many the second word is the most important, and the first one is about chocolate, eggs, chocolate eggs, various animals and the colour yellow, about traditions. For others, the holy week starts today, on Palm Sunday. In France, Palm Sunday is called Branch Sunday, Dimanche des Rameaux. On this day, Catholics bring branches of […]

Carnival of Binche & its mystery men

The coming holiday week has many names: From the accurate but somewhat boring winter holiday or sports holiday to the uplifting crocus holiday and the positively joyful carnival holiday. In need of last minute ideas? Why not stick to the latter name and visit a famous carnival There’s hardly time to get to Rio, and […]