Carsten Sprotte
A Sense of the Seas
Summer, now in its final burst, is the preferred season for a visit to the sea, and France is unique with regard to the diversity of its...
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Carsten Sprotte
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Oh my château!
A château search is a next-level game compared to a "routine" apartment search. No measure of imagination has prepared me. "Oh my...
Carsten Sprotte
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Once in a new moon
Introducing Déjà, a digital magazine France may be more lunar than solar. Think of it that way when groping with its culture. Anglophones...
Carsten Sprotte
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Ascend into the New Year
Like a hall that has yet to be filled, so the year opens to us with vast potential. That hall can be ordinary or grandiose, according to...
Carsten Sprotte
- Jan 3, 2022
- 1 min
New Year's Greetings
Let this new year offer you a taste of the exquisite This year, out of the many beautiful French provinces, Britanny is the chosen one...
Exquisite France
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
Clarity under confinement
We have the imagination to reinvent our world, and nature shows itself to be amazingly resilient to our destruction.
Exquisite France
- Sep 25, 2021
- 2 min
Words of air
November is in the air, in the cool mist on the skin, and in the faint sweetness of fallen leaves. In the Palais Royal, there are now...
Exquisite France
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
La Seine Suspendue
During the Paris lockdown, I escaped very early on several mornings to witness the peacefulness of the city.
Exquisite France
- Oct 1, 2019
- 1 min
Requiem
The Brahms Requiem is a work that fills you with gratitude, and I am grateful as a violinist to take part in a grand musical offering.
Exquisite France
- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
Don't Worry, be Appie
If you have ever wondered why the French are not happy, it's because they simply cannot pronounce that word.
Exquisite France
- May 5, 2019
- 2 min
Lovelocks on the Seine
Pont Neuf (New Bridge) is Paris’ oldest bridge, completed in 1607 after some thirty years of construction. Over thirty bridges in Paris...
Exquisite France
- Jan 2, 2019
- 1 min
Snow in Paris
None have foreseen the moment nor can any bring it back into being. On the singular morning when snow falls in Paris, there is only one...
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