Burgundy plants
Burgundy is famous for its wines, fondue and… snails. An invitation to discover this plant-rich country at the pace of gastropods, but on your own two feet. Here are a […]
Plants of the Paris Basin
Beauce, Brie, Vexin – immense plains of intensive cultivation where pylons replace trees… Could the plants of the Paris Basin boil down to wheat, corn and sugar beet? Fortunately not. […]
Plants of Alsace
This region inevitably conjures up images of storks and nectar squeezed from the generous mamelons bordering the Vosges mountains. But Alsace is above all a vast plain, the collapse trough […]
Plants of the Southern Alps
The Southern Alps are characterized by a climate combining mountain and Mediterranean influences. It’s cold in winter, hot in summer and very dry in summer. The plants that have made […]
Plants of the Northern Alps
Climbing the Alps is like travelling north. An ascent of one hundred metres corresponds to a horizontal distance of one hundred kilometers. So, from the foot of the mountains to […]
Chapter 9: Through the Southern Alps
Yves and I spend a few days at Marcel’s place before heading off again through the mountains. No hallucinogenic plants in sight, but a fabulous encounter that will remain engraved […]
Chapter 8: Marcel Adam, expanding the world
The following year, in 1971, I felt the urge to return to my secret valley. This time, my companion was a friend from the suburbs, Yves. For years, we’d been […]
Chapter 6: The Vosges, saved by plants!
My father has taken up the post of Director of the Bains-les-Bains spa in the Vosges, where I’ll be spending all my vacations from now on. This will be my […]
Chapter 5: Paris en musique
Back in Paris, music clearly took precedence over my studies. The baccalaureate and then preparation for the Grandes Écoles didn’t interest me much. When, one fine day in May 1968, […]
Chapter 4: Angoulême, the Paleolithic approach
In 1961, my father left the army and found a job as an insurance agent in Angoulême. We lived in a high-rise house with a narrow garden adorned by an […]
