A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

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She/her. Montrealer. Full-time freelance content creator, blogger and translator (French to English/ English to French). Currently working on several manuscripts about the life of composer Violet Archer (my great aunt).

Category: Travel stories

  • A few photos of Chile and Argentina

    A few photos of Chile and Argentina

    Last year I spent two months traveling around parts of Chile and Argentina. It’s hard to describe so many unforgettable experiences using just a few words, so I wrote a book about it. Admittedly, it’s more of an organized collection of thoughts than it is a proper book. Most of the time, the pictures do the…

  • 50 nuances de bleu: un séjour sur la côte Lycienne en Turquie

    Il fait bon explorer la côte Lycienne turque. Située aux abords de la Mer Méditerranée, cette région est dotée de plages magnifiques, de villages côtiers charmants et d’une multitude de paysages d’une beauté apte à couper le souffle.   Nous avons d’abord posé nos valises à Antalya, une grande ville qui attire souvent les comparaisons…

  • Beaches, blue skies and boat rides: exploring Turkey’s Lycian Coast

    Turkey’s Lycian coast is one of the country’s most beautiful regions. Set along the coast of the Meditteranean sea, it’s a pleasure to explore the beautiful beaches, charming seaside towns and breathtaking valleys. Our first stop was in Antalya, a big city often compared to Nice (France). Set in a lovely mountainous environment, it is a…

  • Photos of beautiful Cappadocia: discovering the landscapes that belong on another planet

    Cappadocia is one of Turkey’s most visited regions and with good reason: the whole region’s topography was  formed through thousands of years of erosion on the soft stone hills, thus creating unique landscapes that seem like they belong on the moon rather than on this planet. We spent  three full days over there and could easily have filled…

  • Turkey 2014: getting lost in the lively Istanbul

    It’s already been 3 weeks since our plane landed at Dorval airport, after a long journey leaving from Istanbul (with a 6h layover in Amsterdam). We spent 3 weeks discovering the beautiful and fascinating country of Turkey. Our first and last stop in Turkey was Istanbul, a city that I had already fallen in love…