In old Persian pairi daiza means closed garden, an early reference to the idea of paradise. In today’s entry I’m taking you on a photographic escape into Pairi Daiza, a private 140-acre zoo/botanical garden in the Hainaut province of Belgium. This place was once a sanctuary of a different kind, a Cistercian abbey–Abbaye de Cambron to be exact: In Part …
Péruwelz
In the northwest Belgian province of Hainaut there is a town called Péruwelz that sits right on the border with France… and it is here that I’ve come specifically to see the Maison du Parc Naturel, a modern house that has a tree-top walkway some 16 meters above ground: Unfortunately, of all the days in the month that I am …