The Velodrome d’Hiver (“Winter Velodrome”) is a name loaded with history. Over its lifetime, the Vel d’Hiv, located in central...
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Their departure also hastens the exit of an unreconstructed culture based on old-school bias, patriotism and nepotism blended with cultural...
His father was a hardman with an unbreakable, beastly work ethic, a farmer whose lot in life was black and...
Every cyclist dreams of watching the Tour de France in person just as much as every cook dreams of traveling...
Hair cropped short and wearing a logo-free blue hoodie, Remco Evenepoel sits in the late-afternoon sun in central Mallorca, looking...
Cities in Mittel-Europe have a special charm, and when it comes to charm, Prague offers plenty. Gothic and Baroque, modernist...
Abruzzo is a wild, beautiful land, reminiscent of Italy in the 1960s: slow journeys, unhurried roads, authentic encounters. The region...
In the bar Aux Noctambules, on Place Pigalle, an old man sits unsteadily on a frayed stool, wearily plying the...
When climbing hills in the Monti Lepini of central Italy, your fatigue becomes part of the landscape: There’s no rush,...
Stumbling toward memory. It was a sort of homecoming, but this time with my son, 33 years after my first...
A long ride can be a meditation. But for me the reality is, as a city dweller, those meditative jaunts...

