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Beginning of the journey in Saint-François: on the beach a Guadaloupean man is singing a creole song dedicated to the brave Guadaloupean men who joined the General de Gaulle in 1940: it's Fred Fred-André Deshaies, singer of the trio "Soft" : then we are in Pointe-à-Pitre: Sophie and Fred visit the market (soursop, avocado,etc): then they see the wall fresco dedicated to the victims of the may 1967 riots.Then they meet near the bandstand Joel La Rochelle and Philip Sadikalay, the other two members of Soft.: they speak with Sophie about the "Gwo Ka", this typical music of Guadeloupe: Originally the drums were used by slaves to communicate with other slaves and little by little was born the "Gwo-Ka". a music with percussion.We meet Félix Flaurin , a drum maker who explains that barrels coming Europe were then used to make drums.Besides the "Gwo-Ka" means also dancing:Nadia Pater of the "Akademiduka" is animating the dance lessons in this Academy.Then Sophie travels to "Les Abymes"; she meets Alin Fleurival a fighting cock trainer and later they go to a cockfight where people spend money in bets (Sophie notices the absence of the women in this event).Later Sophie meets Paul Jasmin, a fashion designer inspired in the traditional clothing of the Guadeloupe.Sophie will meet Pau at Anse-Bertrand for a dinner on the beach, a great family meeting with music and food (green bananas).Then Sophie meets Guy, her guide for the mangrove: the local mangrove is composed mainly of red mangrove trees where the small fishes can find protection against bigger fishes, also the mangrove protect the coasts against the strong waves caused by a hurricane or a tsunami.Then Guy and Sophie see a mangrove islet with many birds on the trees: on the top brown pelicans, in the middle magnificent frigatebirds and below cattle egrets (these birds are using these trees as dormitory o nesting places).Later Sophie meets Bernard Vicens, a marine archaeologist: there are about 400 wrecks of sunken ships and little by little the people know the history of Guadeloupe.Then Sophie meets Céline Dessert, a geologist who is observing the volcano of La Soufrière: Sophie and Céline climb to the top of the volcano, there are many fumaroles and Céline takes samples of gases for study (now the volcano is quiet).Finally Sophie meets again the trio Soft in the evening. Guadepoupe is a land of immigration: we meet Gilles Guibrunet who has left France and lives since 7 years in Guadeloupe, he is bus driver, journalist and volley-ball coach for the children of the area and speaks perfectly creole.We meet also Indo-Guadaloupean people; when slavery was abolished, the owners of sugar cane plantations look for people of India : about 35.000 people have come to Guadeloupe: they have very discreet Hindu temples and they are discovering again their cultural roots.

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Grande-Baie (the boat tour, the walking under the sea among the fishes, the talk about the tourism in Mauritius, the seaside resort, , the spa and massage area, the talk with Sandra about the multilingualism in Mauritius) to Rodrigues ( the travel by airplane, the panorama of the lagoon, Percy Gontran, the walk through Port Mathurin, the women fishing pulps in the lagoon, the moment of music-the "Schottische" dance-Percy's father playing accordion, the the other musicians have invented their own instruments, the revival of the traditional music of Rodrigues) passing by La "Sucrerie de Médine" ( Michel showing the sugar mill and speaking about the sugarcane in Mauritius-the slave trade and later the workers coming from India, the bottling hall-the white rum for the local sale- , the tasting of sugarcane juice, the meeting with Manga a former sugar mill employee, the eating of samosas and the story of the Indian workers in the sugarcane plantations), by the Domaine des Pailles (the equestrian center, the horseback riding with the guide) and by the Domaine des 7 Vallées (the owner Alain O'Reilly, the bohemian caravans for the guest, the 4000 hectares of forest with the deer, the meeting with some hunters speaking about the very strict regulated hunting, the campfire and the Mauritian sega music, the eating of palm heart and wild boar meat). Besides we see zooms about the multilingualism in Mauritius, about the Mauritian-Indian community and the celebration of the feast of Diwali, about the horse racing in Mauritius, about the wildlife protection in Mauritius and about the fishing in the lagoon of Rodrigues.

A nice journey of Sophie from the Gheto Vecchio (the meeting with David de Venezia-the painter, the quiet neighborhood, the talk about the fragility of Venice,the travel by vaporetto and the meeting with Giovanni Giusto at the Rialto bridge) to the cemetery of San Michele (the guide Iris Pezzuli speaking about the writers Marcel Proust, George Sand and the musician Igor Stravinski) passing by the San Marco neighborhood ( the Florian cafe and the Quadri cafes, Daniela Vedaldi and Alberto Nardi fighting for the survival of the shops, the Santa Aopolonia convent, the "Alkta Acqua" bookstore), by the mask store (Guerrino Lovato-the sculptor and mask maker, the theater of "La Fenice"), by the osteria "Il Paradisio perduto" (the owner Maurizio Adamo, the polenta and the music) , by the Palazetto (the aristocratic palace managed by Leodoldo Ferri,the efforts to maintain a palace), by the meeting with the cellist Claudio Ronco in a palace (the Vivialdi music) and by Murano (the meeting with the glass blower Simone Cenedese). Besides we see zooms about the population decrease in Venice, about the water rising (very high tides), about the Venetian rowing, about the navigation in the water canals, about Burano (Lucia Constanti,Giuseppe-the old fishermen, the singing fishermen in the bar) and about the island of San Erasmo (the truck farmer Carlo Finotello delivering vegetables to the people of Venice).

A nice excursion of Sophie from Brest ( the bass player Sarah Favier and the brass band playing in the street, Mireille Cann-founder of the Association "Vivre la rue" and the rescue of the buildings of the street-, the bar manager Philippe Anger-the Bar "Les Quatre Vents"-place of encounter of the mariners and fishermen-, the commander of the rescue vessel "Abeille Bourbon" Charles Cladens and the visit of the vessel) to the inlets of Aber Weac'n and Aber Benoît ( the oyster farmer Yvon Mac, the visit of the oyster farm and the harvest of some oysters and the tasting of oysters at Aber Benoît) passing by the sailboat tour (the skipper Gildas Morvan-champion de France de course au large en solitaire-, the mutual aid of the skippers), by the Menhir Kérampeulven ( Renan Le Lann- the "energy" of the menhir"), by the Bristro Breton ( Anne-Marie Le Lann and the "pôt-au-feu" breton) by Landisisiau (the manager of the Maison Familiale Hervé Conan, the horse training and the cares for the horses, the student Vincent who wants to be a professional rider), by Pouguerneau (the meeting with Louis who is harvesting knotted wrack at low tide) and by the lighthouse de l'Ile Vierge ( the lighthouse keepers Philippe Rocher and Guy Cajean, the ascent of the lighthouse-365 stairs-, the highest lighthouse of Europe, the lighthouse optics with a range of 50 kilometers, the supper with Philippe and Guy). Besides we see zooms about the École des mousses de Brest, about the shipwrecks cemeteries, about the Monts d'Arrée and the Breton legends, about the seaweeds of Brittany and about the Quéménès island.

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Terre de Haut-les Iles des Saintes- ( the travel from Trois-Rivières to Terre de Haut by catamaran-the skipper Gilou-, the bike tour, the fishermen coming from Brittany and Normandy, the beauty of the bay of the Saintes, the plastic artist Edouard Claude-the recovery of boat parts for his works-) to Dominica (the arrival at Roseau-the capital-, the guide Jeffrey Charles, the French period -the town was called Roseau because of the reeds-, the Juice Man and the tasting of a carrot juice, the walk in the tropical forest-the Trafalgar waterfalls, Richard Metawi and the "Cocoa cottage" guesthouse-the island is unique-, the supper with kebabs, the meeting with Screw-Screw's sulfur spa-, the bath in the hot springs, the medicinal virtues of the sulfur spa and the return to Guadeloupe with Raymond Mozla and his boat-taxi) passing by Marie-Galante (the meeting with Willy Rodomond at the restaurant, the scooter ride to the "Délices de Murat"-Mama and Papa Murat and the medicinal syrups and liquors,the sirop de batterie-). Besides we see zooms about the "saintoises" , about the Rodomond family, about the oxen races of Marie-Galante, about the Dominica and about the Rastafarian people of the Dominica.

Beginning of the journey at the Prague Castle: there is change of guard: Magdalina Dvorakova explains that the Prague Castle is the residence of the president of the Czech Republic: then she shows her the cathedral (beginning of the construction on 21 Novembre 1334).Then Sophie walks down through the old town and meet Richard Rezek: his car is a Trabant and they have a car trip through the town (Sophie drives also the Trabant).THen they go the Letna Park: there is a restaurant with a nice panorama over the bridges of Prague.The Chef Buric Frantiske prepares for Sophie "canard à la bohémienne" and for Richard "la pièce du boucher".Later they make a boat tour on the Vltava river (crossing under the Charles bridge).After that Sophie meet the singer and rabbi Michal Dushinsky who spoke about the Jewish culture : they see the synagogue, the Memorial and the Jewish cemetery.Later Richard and Sophie go to a dance academy to learn to dance waltz.On the morning they see the Prague Astronomical Clock, Sophie listens to a song of Richard's father and by car they cross the Venceslas square and go to bar for drinking a beer. On the next day Sophie meets Vaclav Cerny, the supervisor of collective works, they visit the underground galleries of Prague and arrive near the Astronomical Clock.Then Sophie goes to the puppet theater : they play Don Giovanni of Mozart.Finally Sophie and Richard are in a skating rink where they see the training of the Sparta Pragu hockey team: Jakob Koreis speaks about this training and about his wish to play ice hockey in the United States.End of the journey on the banks of the Vltava River near Charles Bridge. Beside we see zooms about the museum of communism, about the dissident Ivan Havel, about the people living in boats, about the fishermen and the River Squad, about the great student balls, about the mezzo soprano Stanislava Jirku and the National Theater, about the Czech beers (the small brewers, the industrial brewery and about the puppet theaters in Prague.

A very pleasant excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Mouthe-Doubs-( the gendarmerie adjutant Nicolas Vergeot reading every day the temperatures, the record of minus 36 degrees in 1968) to the Lac Génin ( the frozen lake, Michel Borneat and the ice diving) passing by Pontarlier ( Christelle Carmillet and Fabienne Poux-Daude, the "Simplement chocolate" store, the tasting of a "caramel à la morille, of chocolate with absinthe and of a macaron with absinthe) , by Labergement Sainte-Marie ( the Obertino bells foundry founded in 834 by workers of Northern Italy, Bénédicte and Thomas Paulin and the making of bells), by Montbenoît (the stop at the border of the "République du Saugeais", by Les Rousses-Jura department-(the Fort des Rousses, Jean-Charles Arnaud, the cellar with the 150000 comté cheeses) by Prémanon (the Centre Polaire Paul-Émile Victor, Stéphane Niveau-his recent expedition to Greenland-, the cross-country skiing), by Bellecombe and La Pesse (the musher Gilles Balandras and the dog sled tour, the llama farmer and the guesthouse in la Pesse- Martine Chazotte showing the gypsy caravan and the cabin in the tree-). Besides we see zooms about the making of the absinthe, about the "République du Saugeais", about the Pôle France training center, about the sound engineer Boris Jollivet and the saxophonist Olivier Rambaud and about the forests of Jura.

A nice journey of Sophie from Quebec-City (Michel Langlois,-the snow removing in the streets of the town-, Jean-François Lachance-the pleasant life in this town, the Champlain neighborhood, the Frontenac castle, the ice canoes, the ice hotel with its chapel) to Notre Dame du Rosaire (Gaëtan and Elise Fournier, the trappers, maple syrup makers and touristic guides- the snowshoe walk in the forest, the trapping of a beaver, the taste of the fir sap-a good medicine-, the trapping of a hare and the preparation of the furs of various animals) passing by Montmagny (Jean-François Lachance and his father François,the boat tour on the the iced Saint Lawrence river) and by Le Bic ( Daniel Saint Pierre, the shipyard, the rowing boat tour on the Saint Lawrence river, the life of the people and the the river). Besides we see zooms about the icebreaker "Les Groseilliers", about the winter carnival in Quebec-City, about the Isle aux Grues , about Clément Pelletier, the maple syrup producer and about the wild fauna in Quebec.

The journey begins in Tamanrasset where we welcome Khadjia. At the market, she meets an artisan who shows her around his Tuareg house. The evening ends in music with a local band. The next day, Sophie Jovillard discovers, in the company of Sister Marie-Jo, the Catholic religious community of the city. Then, with her guide, she takes the road aboard a 4x4, towards the Sahara and its capital Tamanrasset, the red city of the blue men. There she discovers the spiritual attraction of the Assekrem plateau, the majestic Ahaggar National Park and meets the Tuareg of today: between modernity and tradition.

A nice journey of Sophie from the Austrian Alps (the paragliding moment with Ralph) to Vienna (the meeting with Adeline Hulin, the visit of the Spanish School of riding, the talk with Andreas Hausberger about the training in the school, the Haschmarkt and the tasting of choucroute, the Café Central with Pierre Reboul, the ice rink and the "Eistockschiessen", the shop of the snow ball and Erwin Percy II, the shop of the ball gowns and Julien Flossman and the masked ball with Florian Felber) passing by Bad Goibem ( Edith Grit-the organizer of the local carnival-) and by Hallstadt (Clemens Aschauer, the lumberjack, the guesthouse managed by Verena Lobisser, Arnold Lobisser ,the wood carver, the supper with grilled Arctic char from the Hallstadt lake). Besides we see zooms about the carnival in Telfs, about the Austrian cuisine, about Vienna and the music, about Pierre Reboul, the pastry chef and the Café Central, about the waltz (the Elmayer school dance, the ball of the hunters and the traditional dirndls).

Beginning of the journey in Koh Samui, an island of the eastern coast of Thailand: Sophie meets there Saithip Noochsamnieng, her guide who explains her the development of Koh Samui as touristic region ( 1 million of visitors each year en 2010): they go to a meditation place: a beautiful park.Then Sophoie meet the visitors Carlos Moll and Foued Said who have come to Thailand for the full moon: on the beach of Adrin (Koh Phangan) island there is since 1985 a full moon festival created by Khun Phoom: a great party under the full moon with techno music.Later Sophie and Saithip visit a Buddhist temple of the New generation (adaptation to the touristic trade), but in the south of Koh Sambui they visit quiet villages and a lonely Buddhist temple. In the same island Sophie and Saithip eat a coconut ice cream, there are a huge coconut trees area (about 3 millions of coconut trees) and the Thai people trained the pig-tailed macaques to harvest coconuts ( a monkey can harvest 500-1.000 coconuts each days).Later in this Gulf of Siam Sophie meets Patrice and Serge Coué of the Bophing Diving: Sophie goes snorkeling among the fishes.On the Kho Tao Island there are many diving schools: Guillaume Fargues explains that here the diver can see whale sharks and also the sandbar shark.Then Sophie goes to the Khao Sok National Park.Her guide, Nopporn Naonan, shows her the artificial lake of Cheow Lan, one of the oldest tropical forest of the world.She spend the night in a floating hotel on the lake and on the next day they see gibbons and macaques in the forests.On the next day Sophie sees with Anna and Tara two biologist the Rafflesia kerrii , a strange flower living in this park.Later at Ao Phang Nga, another national ark Sophie rides on the back of an elephant.Her guide , Nopporn Naonan shows her a village with house on stilts.They go to the Surin island where are living the Moken, nomads of the sea: as they live in a National Park unfortunately they cannot anymore cut the trees to make their floating house.Later Sophie meets Jaroen (alias Jiji) who shows her Khao Phing Kan , a famous island for a James movie, later they go go to a Muslim fishermen island and to an island with caves (oysters and bats).Finally Sophie ends her journey in Phuket in the temple of the four faces Buddha where she makes the offering of a wooden elephant.

Beginning of the journey in a school of Bangkok, it's 8 o'clock in the morning and the pupils are singing the national anthem.There Sophie meets Wasinee Kunlawat, her guide.The go to the Wat Pho temple and speak with the monk Phrarachavetee about Buddhism: they see the Reclining Bhudda, later another monk explains that generally monks are teaching Buddhist religion in the schools, but also secular can do it.In Bangkok there are 300 temples and people come to pray o to consult an oracle.Early in the morning barefoot monks receive food from the population.Later in a market they encounter chef Jasvir Sanghera of the Balpal cuisine school, she is buying products for Pad Thai, especially green curry paste: at the school Sophie and Wasinee learn to prepare a Pad Thai.Then they go at Maeklong Station, a suburban train station where the fruits and vegetables vendors are very near of the railway line,later they go to a floating market.Then they are at the Muaythai Institute: they meet a French fireman who have come for a practice.Kesbumrung, a Muaythai champion explains her about the philosophy.With Pensak Sri Sung, a professional boxer they see a professional fight in a famous arena of Bangkok.Later Sophie and Wasinee visit Chinatown: they take the underground train and see the night life at Khao San Road.On the next day they take the boat to see a flower market.Early in the morning they go at the Lumpini Park: there some people make aerobics, other tai chi or Tak Row ,another popular sport in Thailand, some people learn singing and other meet with friends to take a breakfast.Last stop Sophie and Wasinee go to a school for massage and enjoy this moment.

Beginning of the journey in Shanghai: Sophe meets Cynthia Ping Zhou and they talk about Shanghai , the biggest town in China with a strong economic growth.They go to the "Maison du thé" where they drink a cup of jasmine tea.On the morning at 7.00 am they are on the promenade of the Bund and they see a lot of people practicing Tai Chi: a solitary man explains that Tai Chi was an martial art ,but now it's a way to keep fit.They take the boat to cross the Haungpu River and arrive at the Pudong district.They go the Shanghai Worl Financial Tower (492 meters high) and enjoy the sight over the town.Later they go to Barbie store and speak about the birth control policy (one child) and Cynthia explains that in Shanghai the girls have now better opportunities of studies and of jobs (but in the countryside the families hope always to have a boy).On the night they go to a restaurant where they sing karaoke (a common leisure in Shanghai).On the next day they visit the old neighborhoods of Shanghai; narrow streets, two floor houses: an antique market (with a lot of figurines and posters) and then a pet market: a bird vendor explains that the birds give happiness to their owners,they see a lot of cricket and also a cricket fight.Sophie and Cynthia enjoy a traditional Chinese massage (there are relaxing massages and therapeutic massages) and later they go to a public park, where they people playing go , a popular Chinese game (also played now in Korea and Japan).With Cynthia's mother they go to the market where Sophie can see some vegetables and spices (coriander), tofu , fishes and prawns.In tee supper they eat fish, prawns, tofu prepared with mushrooms and later they go to a theater and see a Chinese circus.Besides we travel to Lonjing where people grow tea and product an excellent green tea.Also we know the story of two millionaires: Huang Yiangxan and Gu Jiemin: the Chinese government encourage innovations and specially the Chinese businesses abroad.We travel also through the old neighborhoods of Shanghai (the famous "lilong"): and see how a couple goes to the cemetery and makes offerings to the parents of the husband.Then in middle of these places a Taoist temple, a Taoist monk explains that now people look also for a peaceful life.In the suburbs families are flying kites and we can see a 54 meters long dragon kite.

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from the hot air balloon flight ( the volcanologist Frédéric Lecuyer, the story of the extinct volcano Cantal, the walk under the lava flow, the "pierre de Volvic" , there are still three volcanic stones quarries ) to Clermont-Ferrand-the capital of the Puy-de-Dome-department- ( the meeting with the naturalist and entomologist Frédéric Durant- the urban insects like the solitary bees-, the town located on an ancient crater-the "Pierre de Volvic"- , the quality of life in the town, the insects in the allotment garden and the collection of "Pompiles" wasps) passing by Aurillac-capital of the Cantal department- ( Matthieu Paganiol-manager of the umbrella factory Paganiol-, the walk through the town-the Saint-Etienne Castle and the Jordanne River-, the umbrella factory, Martine Paganiol showing the square umbrella, the pagoda umbrella , the transparent umbrella and the shepherd's umbrella-, the market and the cheese maker Chantal Benech, the tasting of the Cantal and Salers cheeses, the travel to the farm, Gilles Benech showing the cheese making), by Saint Cernin and Saint Illide-Cantal department- ( the farmhouse inn of the Bruel, Gilles Benech delivering the tomme and Françoise Fleys preparing a truffade for Gilles and Sophie), by the Castle of Chazeron-Puy-de-Dome department- ( the castle owner Raphaël Bruny, the treasure hunt of the visitors) and by Super-Besse (the manager of the ski resort Vincent Gatignol, the skiing on the ski slopes, the young skier Rémi training for ski slalom, , the buron- a former shepherd's cabin transformed into a restaurant-, the walk to the Lake Pavin, the chef François Joubert preparing Arctic chars à la meunière for Vincent and Sophie). Besides we see zooms about the water in the Massif Central, about the craftsmen of Auvergne, about the Salers cattle breed, about the patrimony of the Massif Central and about the fishing in the Massif central.

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Petite-Ile and Mamoudzou ( the meeting with Moncef in the Petite-Ile, the talk about the languages of Mayotte.the French, the Mahori and the Kibushi, the travel by ferry to the Grande-Ile, Mamoudzou, the market with the little restaurants, the young artists singing in French and Mahori -the preservation of the cultural identity-, the Kwesi FM 106.9 Radio-the presenter Chamoussa Bacar speaking about the young singers of Mayotte) to the seaside (the "docteur en écologie" Katia Ballorain, the seaside at night, the green sea turtles) passing by Tsingoni (the imam Madi Youssouf, the Mosque of Tsingoni built in 1530-1532, the moment of prayer, the moderate Islam, the meeting with the imam 's wife-the role of the Majhoran wife in the daily life-, the craftsman Aly and the items made from the coconut), by Mbouzi Islet ( Brigitte Gandon, the lemurs-now about 700 lemurs on the islet-, the fight for the nature reserve), by the Mount Choungui (the extinct volcano, the walking to the top with the guide Sidi Naouirdine, the panorama of the primary forest and of the coral reefs) and by the beach on Sunday ( the barbecues and the music, the singer Latheral and his songs about the daily life, environmental protection and ecology). Besides we see zooms about the "barges" between Grande-Ile and Petite-Ile, about the Mahoran women, about the improvement of the growing of the coconut trees, about the fish farming in Mayotte and about the salt production at Brandele.

A nice journey of Sophie from Beirut (Chadia Attieh and her colored taxi, the traffic jams, the meeting with Tania Haddjithomas Mehanna-the editor-, the walk through the town,the lighthouse-Victor the warden telling the story of the lighthouse, Mona and the story of the Yellow House) to Saïda (Hania Osta, the abandoned synagogue and the falafel) passing by the Grottos of Jeita (Johnny Tawk, the speleologist, the boat tour, the upper part of the grotto) , by Tripoli (Elias Khlat, the coffee in the souk), by Bcharrie (Aline Tawk, the reforestation with the Lebanon cedar), by Baalbek ( the visit of the temples with Mouhamed Wehbe) and by Kefraya (Michel de Bustros, the manager of the Château Kefraya, the tasting of wine with Frabrice Guiberteau. Besides we see zooms about the Lebanon civil war, about the unemployment in Lebanon, about the Lebanese society , about the nightlife in Beirut, about the the protection of the architectural patrimony, about Tripoli and the making of soaps, about the valley of Qadisha (the monasteries and the Maronites sisters), and about the traditional cuisine of Lebanon (the labne, the Tawlet project , the growing of roses for the rose water).

A nice journey of Jérôme from the flight over the Massif de l'Oisans with Jack Porte to the Glacier de la Girose ( Abdou Martin-the mountain guide-, the visit of the ice cave ,the walking on the glacier with crampons, the crevasses and the beautiful panorama-the Mont-Blanc-) passing by Bourg d'Oisans (Didier Gérard and his bison farm, the high quality of the bison meat, Dany Sautes and the ascent by bicycle of the road to Alpe d'Huez, the tremendous physical effort), by La Grave (the talk in the Lou Ratel Bar with Michèle "Michou" Castillan and Jacques Mathonnet about the life in the mountains), by Besse (the "accompagnatrice en montagne" Sandrine Buffin-the yarrow and the edelweiss- the bivouac at the "Lac Noir, the picnic the bread and cheese and rose hip wine), by the Col du Lautaret ( Véronique Riche , the beekeeper and her honey products, the Alpine garden-botanical garden with 2.000 plants-, Serge Aubert speaking about the diversity of mountains flowers of all the world), and by La Grave (Eric Loubie and the the climbing of the via ferrata, the old lead mine and its galleries). Besides we see zooms about the return of the young people to their home country (Jean-Baptiste Berlioux and the paragliding, Julien Richard,the mayor of Villard-Reculas, Nicolat Cordat in Besse), about the famous ascent to the Alpe d'Huez , about the abandoned village of Dormillouse), about the shepherd Michel Bissou and his daughter Étoile, about the National Park of the Écrins ( Robert Chevalier, the park ranger, Marion Didier, the biologist and Christophe the photographer) and about the first ascent of La Meije (the generations of guides and mountain refuge wardens, the promotion of the tourism).

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Avignon (the stop at the "Chapellerie" Mouret-the manager Vincent Mouret showing the Panama huts-, Olga Manguin and her guesthouse "L'Anastasy",-the toast with the German visitors-, the walk on the "Pont Saint-Benezet and the famous song "Sur le pont d'Avignon", the restorer Isabelle Rolet and the "peintre en décors" Margot Bonnefoi and the restoration of the original paintings of a building) to the Gorges du Verdon ( the fishing guide Christophe Peronnie and the art of fly fishing, the paragliding coach François Gerin-Jean and the paragliding moment over the Gordes du Verdon) passing Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Jeanne Mayol and the restoration of caravans-the passion for the caravans, the "gens du voyage" travelling through the Provence to take part in the pilgrimage of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer-, her father the painter Joseph Mayol-the intense light of the Provence-), by Arles (the guide Geneviève Roux and the talk about the stay of Vincent Van Gogh in Arles-15 months from February 1888 to May 1889-. the walk through the little streets of Arles and the arrival at the Arles Arena-Van Gogh made a painting of the inside of the arena, the boat tour on the Rhône river with the historian Philippe Rigaud-the "Petit Rhône et the beginning of the Petite Camargue-), by Salon-de-Provence (the Patrouille de France, the lieutenant Stéphane Azou-public relations- and the commander Virginie Guyot-leader of the Patrouille de France 2010-, the moment of aerobatics and the picture with the pilots), by Cavaillon (Sandra-Rose Prévôt and the family restaurant, the visit of the farmer Jean-Pierre Allegre in his field of melons,-the importance of the bees for the melon-, the melon master Bernard Chiron and how to choose a good melon-, the cook Jean-Jacques Prévôt and the Mac-Prévôt-a hamburger with melon and foie gras slices-) , by Gordes (the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, the brother Jean-Marie speaking about the life of the monks-the economic activities such the lavender fields, the hostel for the visitors , the spiritual retirement and also the moments of silence-, the brother Jean-Marc-baker and gardener- and the brother Jean-Baptiste-the beekeeper-) and by Manosque (the stop at the market for buying goat cheese and cherries). Besides we see zooms about the newcomers i the Provence, about the painters and the Provence, about the Camargue , about the transhumance in the Provence, about "les plus beaux villages de France" and about the Gorges du Verdon.

A nice journey from Los Angeles (the meeting with Luca at Venice Beach , the mural painter, the graffiti wall, the Hall of Fame) to Pescadero and San Francisco (the meeting with Freddy, the musician, the jazz camp, the Golden Gate Bridge, the tramway, the hills of San Francisco, the Gay Pride Parade) passing by South Central and the Watt Tower (Alfred Lomas and the "Gang Tour Los Angeles), by Pismo Beach ( the camping-car park, the ride in a Hummer on the beach and on the dunes, the talk with the lifeguard Lauren Smith), by Big Sur (the saloon and the female bikers), and by Pebble Beach (the wedding o the beach). Besides we see zooms about the American dream (Jean-Marc Dedeyne, the young comedians hoping the get a role in a movie), about the Latino community in Los Angeles (Kevin Ramirez, Carmen Castro, Alejandro Martinez, the "clandestinos" who work in the buildings and in the agriculture), about Dillon Beach, about the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the elephant seals and the blue whale , about Big Sur (the wild coast, Henry Miller, many artists) and about San Francisco (the Big Generation, the gay neighborhood of Castro, Sister Sparkle, the drag-queen in the town of Guerneville).

Beginning of the journey in the lighthouse of Saint-Vincent Cape: Sophie meets Luis Miguel Ferrira Batista, the head warden of the lighthouse who tells her the story of the lighthouse (a former convent, the importance of the lighthouse and the life of the team of the lighthouse).Then Sophie is kayaking with Trent Morley at the coast near Lagos (cliffs, natural arches) and is received in Lagos by Brett Ringsell (the associate of of Trent).Later Sophie travels by car to Péra where she visits a park with sand sculptures: Zeka , the sand sculptor tells about the International Festival of Sand Sculpture (the arrival of great sculptors and the biodiversity theme of the year).After that Sophie enjoys in Albufeira the fado music; Mafalda Arnauth , the fado singer speaks about the fado music and they have a walk through the streets of this town.Later Sophie travels by car to Monchique: at the road side she meets Paulo who was harvesting arbutus fruits and invites her to his house: there Maria Helena (Paulo's wife) has prepared "asadura de Monchique" , a dish of grilled pork seasoned with lemon and olive oil and enchidas (rice and pork meat).Later Sophie taste the arbutus liquor (23 degrees proof) and Paulo the arbutus spirit (50 degrees proof) and they pay a visit to the potter Leonel Pelo who is working with sandstone and shows how is is painting the potteries.After that Sophie meets in Carrapateira Claude who manages an organic farm: volunteers work on the farm and they received food and accommodation (Claude uses a solar powered oven for the cooking). After that Sophie is at Faro where she meets Manuel José Pereira, a biker who speaks about the "Motoclub" of Faro (since 1982 the bikers of all Europe have a meeting in Faro), and gives a ride to Sophie to Casto Marim: there is a great medieval fair in which all population of the town is participating as the Mayor José Fernandes Estevens told her.Later Sophie travels to the nature reserve of Ria Formosa: he makes a boat tour with the biologist Barbara Abelho who explains her that there are 214 species of birds in this lagoon, then they meet Fabia Pinto, caretaker at the birds rescue center (an eagle owl have been injured): they see also the storks and the gulls of the center.after that Barbara and Sophie visit the village of Arraial Ferreira Neto, a former village of tuna fishermen which has been transformed in a touristic center, Carlos Belhy, who has lived in the village tells her the story of this tuna fishery and later Barbara and Sophie visit the cemetery of the anchors. Besides we see zooms about the great Portuguese navigators, about the Boa Esperança caravel, about the tuna and sardines fishing times, about the re conversion of Luis Lourenco (the solar powered boat for tourists), about the the equilibrium between mass tourism and nature protection, about the Dutch family who organizes dinners for tourists, about the the Portuguese cuisine ( Arminda Badalo preparing the traditional cod fish with potatoes, the revisited Pruguese gastronomy by the 2 two Michelin chef Dieter Koschina), about the new vineyard and cellar of Patrick Agostini, about the horses in Portugal (the hitch races in Estol, the Lusitanian horse) and about the salt marsh in the Ria Formosa nature reserve (traditional production of salt and the "fleur de sel").

Beginning of the journey in Riga (Latvia): Jérôme is navigating in a pedalo boat on the canals of Riga with Agnese Klava and her sister.Then they walk through the town and arrive at the Monument of the Liberty: Agnese tells that Latvia has been invaded by Poles, Swedes, Germans and Russians and finally got its Independence on 18th of November 1991: so the Latvian celebrate this anniversary every year laying flowers in the monuments.Later they stop at a restaurant , Jérôme tastes a strong garlic snack and arrive at at the apartment of Agnese's family.A girl is singing a traditional song (the Latvian folk enjoys singing songs).After that Jérôme travels to Jurmala, the sea resort where he meets Nicolajs Kuzmins in his dacha (summer residence of the family) at Varnukrogs: Nicolajs tells him the story of his family dacha where he spent all his summers.Then Nicolajs and Jérôme travel to the Villa Emilija Benjamin where they are received by Peter Archer, the grandson of Emilija Benjamin; Peter tells about the famous guests who have stayed in the villa.On the next day Jérôme travels to Rundale Castle where he is received by Imants Lancmanis, the manager of the castle.Imants Lancmani tells him that he came in 1963 to restore the paintings of the castle, that he enjoyed so much the place that he stayed there to take care for all the castle and to create the "jardin à la française" in the 72 hectares park of the castle.Then Jérôme travels to Lithuania: at Siaulai he meets the sculptor Kazys Bimba who usually makes religious items: a client, Vlkadas, arrived for a wooden cross and they go to the Hill of the Crosses: there the Lithuanian people are celebrating their dead persons in this place.After that Jérôme travels to Kernavé where is received by Patrick Lion (Président of Taïga Euro Baltika), there is a former kohlkoze transformed into into a museum of the history of Lithuania: near Kernavé there is an important archaeological site classified Unesco World Heritage site.After that Jérôme travels to Vilnius where he meets Vytautas Ratkevicius, the sheriff of the Uzopio Republic who gives him a temporary passport for entering into the Bohemian and artistic Republic. Later Jérôme meets Darius Laumenis, a painter, they walk through the town and arrive at a shop with amber jewels and pay a visit to the former KGB Prison of Vilnius: there Edvardas, tells them his story of politic prisoner in this prison.After that Jérôme travel to Trakal where he meets Juri Spakovski, a member of the Karaite community (Turkish people who have come to protect the castle of Trakal 600 years ago).Later Jérôme travels to Klaipeda and the Curonian Spit: at a restaurant he meets Jonas Marozas and they eat smoked eel.Then they travel to Nida , meet the guide Matas Mizgris and are canoeing in the lagoon. Besides we see zooms about the singing of the dainas in Latvia, about the rock singer Mara, about the Russian minority in Latvia, about the castle of Rundale and its rose garden. about the amber , treasure of Lithuania and about the Curonian Spit (the forests and the fauna).

A nice excursion of Jérôme Pitorin from the Hookah saloon and Taksim (the meeting with Moussa in the Hookah Saloon, the men smoking the hookah and the neighborhood of Taksim-the streets musicians, the people dancing, on the morning the Turkish breakfast with vegetables, walnuts, eggs,salted pastries and the glass of hot tea) to the neighborhood of the traditional wedding ( the green dress of the groom, the people dancing in the street, the travel to the house of the bride, the women painting the hands of the bride with henna, the first intimate dance, the people dancing in the street, the groom traveling with the bride to the groom's house, the women painting the hands of the grooms wit henna, the second intimate dance and the return of the bride to her house, on the morning the makeup of the bride, the wedding dress and the arrival at the groom's house, the ring for the bride and the watch for the groom, the gifts, the round dances in the streets) passing by the Bosphorus (the meeting with the actress Serra Yilmaz, the boat tour on the Bosphorus, the talk about the growth of Istanbul, the Ortaköy Mosque and the neighborhood of cultural diversity, the ascent to the Cafe "Pierre Loti"-the story of this French writer and his love for Istanbul-), by the Grand Bazaar (the trader Nebil Basmaci, the professor and doctor Sülük and his leeches, the Egiptian market with its spices, the snack in the restaurant, the caravanserai in the bazaar, the craftsmen of the bazaar, the buying of a golden coin) , the center of Istanbul ( the dervish Erdman Didem, the Sufism and the dance as prayer to God- the Sufi centers open to the Jewish and Christian people-, the whirling dervishes celebrating the creation of the world) by the Hammam Cemberlitas ( the manager Rusen Baltaci showing the heating with sawdust-the moment of relaxation in the hammam-,then the visit to the barber-also a tradition when you are invited to a wedding-) and by the Topkapi Palace (the architect and restorer Semith Irtes- the Palace as residence of the Sultan and also the center of the governement of the Ottoman empire, the visit of the Palace with its decoration and later the visit of the Cisterna Basilica and the pastry shop-the tasting of the lokums or Turkish delights-). Besides we see zooms about the Bosphorus, about the Turkish coffee and the tea, about the gold trade in the Grand Bazaar, about the cymbals of Istanbul, about the Turkish wrestling and about the women in the Turkish society.

A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Saint-Malo and Saint-Hélier ( the meeting with Bob Escoffier in charge of the "bâteau-musée" Etoile marine, the walk through the old town of Saint-Malo, the ferry from Saint-Malo to Saint-Hélier-Jersey Island-, the volunteer policeman and guide Hugh, the growth of Jersey in the 19th century, the market - the strawberries and the Jersey Royal fluke potatoes-, the banknotes of Jersey-the Queen Elisabeth without a crown-, the bike tour-the left hand traffic-, the "Ferme du Manoir "-the tasting of the milk of the Jersey cattle breed and of a ice cream made with this milk) to Sark (the meeting with the fisherman Jonathan Shuker-the lobsters-the crabs and the scallops-, the horse and carriage ride, the talk about the island-the 604 inhabitants, the mutual aid, the school with 67 pupils and 10 teachers-, the "Seigneurie", the meeting with the chef David Moon and the eating of a lobster with fresh vegetables, the "Seigneur of Sark" John Michael Beaumont - his vegetable garden and his role in the island- and the walk through a labyrinth) passing by Elisabeth's castle, the German bunker and the Hermitage of Hélier, Richard Adams -manager of the Samares Manor, the botanical walk, the lovage and other herbs for cooking and medicinal uses, the tea time with Léa, the visit of the garden-the good climate of Jersey-) , by the Durrell wildlife Park ( Symon Smith and his sand castle, Gerardo Garcia- the zookeeper for the reptiles- the "grenouille mousse" and the iguanas- , the challenge of Gerald Durrell, Tim Wright,-the zookeeper for the mammals-the aye-aye eating insects-, and the arrival at the beach-the seaweeds used as manure-) and by Guernsey ( the meeting with Geoffroy Mahy, The Haute-Ville house of Victor Hugo, the guide Stéphanie Duluc showing the different parts of the mansion, later the chapel made with shells and porcelain built in 1910, the store "Le Tricoteur", Olive Sarre knitting the sweaters of Guernsey and the meeting with the painter Elisabeth Adams and his workshop at the seaside-the beauty of light in this island-). Besides we see zooms about the particularities of the Channel Islands, about the Jersey cattle breed, about the gardens of Jersey, about the seaside at low tide in Jersey and about Guernsey during the Second World War.

On a beach of Dakar Sophie meets Raoul Coly, a chef who manages an African restaurant in France and Raoul invites Sophie to visit the Casamance.So they take the ferry from Dakar to Ziguinchor.When they arrives it's raining in Ziguinchor, they cross the old town ( colonial architecture) and they meet "Kéba Rumba " Djidjaly , a drum maker and also musician who plays for them a drum and sings a nice song.Later they go to the market and they buy a dress for Raoul's mother.When they enter into the neighborhood, some nephews of Raoul appear and later they meet Raoul's mother and a lot of women (in Casamance the women used to form associations, to get together, to raise finds and to make donations in the social events such as burials or marriages).Later Raoul and Sophie pay a visit to the Abbé Jean-Marcel Sambou who spoke about the tolerance between Christians and Muslims in Casamance.Then they go to the football stadium where the Casa Sport will play against a team of Dakar: the football coach Athanas Tendeng is managing the Casa Sport and there is a great ambiance in the stadium (songs and dances).Later Raoul and Sophie make a dugout trip through the "bolongs" of the Casamance River, they see the mangrove and the oysters: they arrive at the touristic camp of Affiniam: they are received by Nestor-Jacques Sambou who shows the traditional huts for the guests, at the supper they eat a dish of algae and okra.Then Roul and Sophie travel to Kagnobon, there Pape El Hadji Sonko, a villager explains that the Koupu spirit, covered with palm fibers will dance to protect the harvests against the bad spirits.Then Raoul and Sophie travel to the Farm of Djibelor , managed by Gérard Martraux, who lives in Casamance since 42 years and grow ornamental plants, has a crocodile farm and a pineapple field.Then they go to Cape Skirring, a beautiful beach where cows are walking around (there Raoul began as touristic guide), they speak with a fisherman and buy cashew nuts and peanut.Finally the arrive at the Diembereng village, young boys are dancing the "Ekonkone " traditional dance before the wrestling flights. Besides we see zooms about the Casamance (the treaty of Berlin 1885 which gives to Portugal the Guinea Bissau territory and to the United Kingdom the Gambia territory), about the sinking of the ferry between Dakar and Ziguinchor on 2002 and about the measures to prevent a new disaster, about the female potters in Casamance, about the island of Karabane, and its new dock, about the mutual aid in fields, the men preparing the soils and the women sowing the rice fields, about the reforestation of the mangrove , about Joseph Diamacoune and his production of cashew nuts and the Indian traders who are very interesting in this product.

A nice journey of Jérôme from the Mount Aigoual (the meteorological observatory at 1565 meters about the sea level, Francis Truel-the technician of the observatory-, the nice panorama-at the north the Lozère department and at the south the Gard department and the snack with the meteorologists of the observatory) to Lanuejols (the Randals Bison restaurant, Murieland Laurent Balembois, the cowboy hat and the boots,the tepee for the night, the bison farm, the horseback riding for gathering the bisons, the supper with bison meat and the country folk dance) passing by L'Espérou (Dédé, the shepherd, the flock of 1400 sheep, the transhumance, the Col du Minier and the snack) by Saint-Martial (Françoise and Philippe Leonard-the farmers-, the professional retraining, the harvest of the onions, the tasting of the fresh and cooked onions), by the Grotto of the Demoiselles ( Paul Remise-the speleologist-, the abseiling and the zipline in the grotto, Pierre Boissier- the climbing guide- and the pleasure to discover new caves), by Saint-Jean-du-Gard (the "train à vapeur des Cévennes", David Hagen and the stem locomotive), by the "bambouseraie d'Anduze (PhilippeFuster, the main gardener-, the bamboo forest, the bamboo is not a tree, the Japanese garden, the houses made with bamboos, the Laotian chicken prepared with ginger and bamboo shoots), by the Corniche des Cévennes ( Dominique Foubert-the forester-, the trail for the donkeys, the National Park of the Cévennes), by Le Pompidou ( the unique grocery of the Corniche des Cévennes) and by Le Pont-de-Montvert (the walking with a donkey with Annie Van Rousselt , the ascent to the Col de Finiels and then to the Mont Lozère, the granitic rocks and the snack with bread and goat cheese). Besides we see zooms about Philippe and Sylvie, their chestnut-tree plantation and the sheep-the help of Martin the shepherd-), about Christelle the cellist at Ganges who is playing cello in the village, about the hippies who came to the Cévennes ( the hippie commune, Anne and Ndou, the good relationships with André, the local healer, Claudie-the photographer- who spoke about her integration in the region), about the gold diggers in the Cévennes, about the "Plantes infuses" association, about Loïc and David and the restoration of the hamlet of La Drèche and about the life in the Causse Mejan.

A nice journey of Jérôme from Cardiff ( the meeting with Rhiannon Michael on the boat crossing the Cardiff Bay, the walk through the town, the Millenium Stadium, the Bute Park, the Cardiff castle and the National Assembly of Wles, the talk about the Welsh identity, the meeting with Robert, Tracey and Deon Mota, the passion for the rugby) to Ruthin (the meeting with Ben Etchells-Rimmer, the psychology student and the seeking of ghosts in the old prison) passing by Saint-David's and Crymych (the meeting with two Welsh girls, the "Eisteddfod" meeting, the girl reciting a poem, the girls singing a Welsh song), by Dolgellau (the meeting with Bethan Gwanas, the writer, the gardening program at the television, the visit of Portmeirion-the village created by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis- and the excursion to the lake-the local legend-), by the train from Tan-y-Bwich to Blaenau (the meeting with Twn Elias and the visit of the slate-mine and the slate workshop), by the island of Anglesey (the photographer Glyn and his gallery, the excursion to the sand dunes and the beach and with Philippa Jacobs (the travel with the Landrover Defender through the hills, the house near the Irish Sea , the need of solitude after the death of her husband and her son, the paintings of Philippa). Besides we see zooms about the life in Cardiff, about the Welsh language, about about the Center for Alternative Technology, about the Bardsey Island, about Iolo Jones, the sheepdog trainer and about Kristopher Hughes the druid of the Anglesey Island.