Episode list

Beautiful Excursions

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L'île Maurice
Fri, Dec 15, 2006
  • S1.E12
  • L'île Maurice
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Jordanie
Fri, Dec 08, 2006
  • S1.E11
  • Jordanie
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En Irlande

Fri, Oct 20, 2006
Beginning of the journey at the Giant's Causeway (Unesco World Heritage Site): Stéphane explains that there are about 40.000 basalt columns (most of them are hexagonal): the weather was so cloudy that he could not see the coast of Scotland.Then Stéphane is in Belfast: about 1,5 millions of visitors each year: Stéphane meets Glenda , the owner of the guesthouse with antique furniture: he presents the Irish breakfast: eggs, bacon, sausage (sometimes black pudding), bread, porridge, coffee and orange marmalade.Then Stéphane take a black taxi to visit the frescoes in the Protestant neighborhood and in the Catholic neighborhood.After that Stéphane enjoys fishing at about 80 kilometers from Belfast with Brian Connolly, a fisherman and also fishing guide.Later Stéphane goes to the fish market of Saint-George in Belfast.Finally Stéphane explains that there are also many pubs in Belfast and he goes to the Maggees pub: there the people drink stout beer and enjoy the music. Besides we see zooms about the pubs of Dublin (The Brazen Head,the International, Paddy Cullens) and about Galway and the Connemara (the Gaelic language, Tim Robinson the writer, the festival of Clifden, the castle of Ballynahinch and Desmond Kenny, The Gaelic bookkeeper).
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En Alsace

Fri, Nov 03, 2006
A nice excursion of Stéphane Bouillaud from the castle of Haut-Koenisbourg (the story of the castle build in the 12th century, destroyed in the 17th century and rebuilt in 1901-1908by the emperor Guillaume II, the animations with people dressing medieval costumes, the great panorama of the ALsace) to the paramotor flight with the aeronaut Luc over the landscapes of Alsace passing by Strasbourg (the neighborhood of the Petite France with its half-timbered houses, Mme Laterrade and the shop "Noël en Alsace"-the Christmas trees decorated with apples and later with Christmas balls made from glass-, the cathedral of Strasbourg with its 142 high spire), by Soulzmatt (the wine maker Seppi Landmann and the grape harvest in his vineyard, the snack after the harvest) and by Riquewihr (the chef Jacky Merius of the Dolder Inn and the making of the traditional choucroute-cabbage, smoked bacon, salted bacon, " collet fumé" and Strasbourg sausages-). Besides we see zooms about the restoration of old Alsatian houses and buildings and the hiking in Alsace.
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A Bali

Fri, Nov 17, 2006
A nice journey of Stéphane from Ubud ( the little restaurant, the grilled pork with rice and spices, the market, the baskets for the cooked rice,the luxury hotel, the roofs made with elephant grasses -the woman explains him that these roofs can last for 25 years-) to Uluwatu (the wearing of the sarong for the visit of the temple, the apes living in the temple, the surf spot with Maka and the kecak spectacle-Balinese dances and songs) passing by the burial ceremony (his guide Sunu explaining the burial of a prince, Stéphane wears a sarong, the parade, the cremation tower, the offerings in the coffin and the cremation). Besides we see zooms about the importance of the rice (the rice fields, the irrigation system, the "soubak" ,the harvest celebration and Wayan the painter of the rice fields) and about the life of the village of Amed (the fishermen, John Huxley, the diving coach and the arrival of the tourists).
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Lisbonne

Fri, Jan 05, 2007
A nice journey of Sophie from the Christ the King Statue (inspired by Christ the Redeemer statue of Rio de Janeiro) to the "Esquina d'Alfama (the lace with the fado singers, the emotion of the fado) passing by the "Pasteis de Belém (Sophie tastes the "pasteis" and visit the kitchen), by the Elevator of Santa Justa (45 meters high, built in 1902), by the train station of Santa Apollonia (the travel by underground to the Park of the Nations (the 1998 International Exposition, the Oceanarium-huge aquarium-), by the seaside near Lisbon (the surfing place), by the Hieronymites Monastery (also called Jerónimos monastery, the Manueline style, the church and the gardens), by the market of Ribeira (the meeting with the chef José Pereira, the buying of the dried cod -bacalhau-, the meal with garlic, onions, potatoes, olive oil and cod) and by the shop'of Isabel (the azulejo-outside and inside decoration). Besides we see zooms about the tramway 28, about the neighborhood of Alfama, about the Mirador of Santa Lucia, about the modern architecture , about the revival of Barrio Alta and about the looking for film locations.
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Mauritanie

Fri, Jan 12, 2007
A nice journey of Stéphane Bouillaud through Mauritania from the Adrar (the palm grove of Azogui, the pass of Amogiar) to Chinguetti ( the library with the old manuscripts and the ride on a dromedary in the Sahara desert). Besides we see zooms about the Mauritanian women (Fatimatou Mint Abouka, the women choosing their future husbands, the importance of the education) and about the Imraguens people in the Banc d'Arquin national park).
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