Worldcrunch
Gardening, cooking sweets or binding books are tasks associated with monasteries. But today, a growing number of Spain’s contemplative communities have turned to activities such as gourmet products, tourist rentals through digital platforms, astrotourism and even sushi making to achieve economic sustainability.
My grandson, who’s just got back from his honeymoon in Brazil, tells me he could have taken a very similar picture there, today. From the cotton candy to the still ubiquitous VW Beetle and Camper, it looks like 1989 Mexico City and 2014 Rio de Janeiro have a lot in common.
It’s summer time here in Paris and we are already stacked up on ice cold deliciousness. Over in Berlin, Die Welt is reporting that George Clooney got it right when he paid for a round of ice cream for residents of the German capital inconvienced by his film crew shooting in their neighborhood earlier this […]