eric valenne's blog (trips and photos): some nice birds from Danube Delta, Romania

About me, myself and I

Hi ! I'm a professional travel journalist and photographer travelling all over the world and writing (in french) for French and Belgian magazines, guide books, etc.

I'm taking lots of images for some microstocks like Geostory and Shutterstock, Getty, Global images, etc. I can say I'm a globe-trotter and sometimes a "blog-trotter".

So, welcome to you and please, enjoy this little and modest blog

ps: I'm not a professional blogger. May be one day.

Bienvenue ! Merci Thanks Спасибо ! Gracias .. ;-)

My Trips in 2015

December (end): Bretagne (French Brittany)
December: Thailand
November: Tenerife
November: Algarve, Portugal
September: Gironde river (Bordeaux) France
September: Egypt (Cairo, Suez)
July: Santorini and Cycladic Islands
July: Alpes de Hautes-Provence
July: Canet-en-Roussillon, South France
June: Livigno, Northern Italy
June: Nîmes, France
May: Guadeloupe island (Caribbean islands)
May: Greece, Thessaloniki
April: Iceland
March: Poitou-Charentes, France
March: Monaco
February: Vosges mountains, France
January: Cambodia and Vietnam

My 17 trips in 2014

La Rochelle and area (december)
Haute-Marne (november)
Thailand (north) Chiang Mai + Rai (october)
Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) october
Scotland (Glasgow and Lewis Island) 1 - 3 october
Switzerland, Valais (september)
Québec (end of august)
Macedonia (august)
Haute-Maurienne, French Alps (July)
Seine River cruise (july)
Deux-Sèvres, France (24-28 June)
Haute-Marne, France (june)
Dominican Republic (may)
Charente Maritime (april)
Sète and Roussillon (april), France
Madagascar (march)
Malaysia (kuala Lumpur and Malacca) (january)

My 21 trips in 2013

Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (december)
Morocco (end of november)
Ireland (end of october)
Charente maritime, France (mid october)
France, Haute-Marne (Langres)
Thailand and Laos (golden triangle and Mekong) 21/9 -- 28/9
Iceland (end of august)
Greek islands and Turkey (August)
Dalaman, Turkey (July)
Croatian coast (June)
North of France (Arras and WW1 battlefields)
Corfu (Greece), June 4 --> 7
Canal du Midi (May)
Vaucluse, France (14 -- 17 may)
Romania: Danubius delta and Bucovine (May)
Crete island (april)
London (april)
Kerala, India (March)
Montréal, QC, Canada (February)
Les Orres, French Alps (January)

By the way, who am I ?

Articles publiés

Sensa: Québec (Route des Baleines)
Télépro (17 - 24/9): Dalmatie
Explorer Magazine (Touring Club): Chypre et Bali
Weekend Le Vif: Dévoluy (France)
Travel Magazine: République du Congo
Télépro (3 - 10/9): Canal du Midi
Plus Magazine (Seychelles)
Sensa: Normandie et Impressionisme
Explorer (Touring Club): Londres
Explorer: (rubrique Voyageur futé) île de La Réunion
Explorer: (rubrique Voyageur futé) Montréal
Explorer: (rubrique Voyageur futé) Forêt-Noire
Plus Magazine (octobre): Porto et le Douro
Sensa (automne): Laos et Mékong
Explorer (novembre): Forêt-Noire
Plus Magazine (novembre): Dubrovnik
Télépro: Cap de La Hague, Normandie
Delhaize magazine : Marocco
Télépro: châteaux grand-ducaux
Explorer : Voyageur futé Luxembourg
Plus Magazine (février): Costa Rica
Magazine Ouest France: Togo (photos)
Explorer: (rubrique Voyageur futé) Serbie
Explorer: (rubrique Voyageur futé) Congo
Delhaize magazine : Italie
Télépro: châteaux d'eau de Wallonie
Senso (printemps): Budapest
Sensa (printemps): Nantes
Télépro (29 mars --> 4 avril): Andalousie
Voyages Voyages (janvier): Afrique du Sud
Télépro (1/3 -> 7/3): Châteaux d'eau de Wallonie
Sensa (décembre): New York et vallée de la Semois
Senso (septembre): Rome
Explorer: voyageur futé (Turquie)
Explorer: voyageur futé (Taiwan)
WSC magazine (hiver): Prague, si belle en hiver
Télépro: Berlin
Travel Magazine: Egypte
Télépro (28/12 --> 4/1): Dubrovnik
Télépro: marchés de Noël cantons de l'est
Senso (septembre): Berlin
Sensa (septembre): Forêt-Noire
Voyages Voyages (novembre): poulets de Bresse
UIT magazine (juillet-août): photos Namibie
Travel magazine: Saïdia (Maroc)
Télépro (7 -> 14 / 9): Oenotourisme
Senso (jun): Londres
Sensa (mai): Alentejo, Portugal
travel Magazine: île de La Réunion
Explorer (juin): Voyageur futé (Espagne verte)
Voyages Voyages : Isles of Scilly (Great Britain) / Kerkennah Islands (Tunisia) / Upper Rhine valley
Télépro (11 - 17 / 7): Costa del Sol
Voyages Voyages : Ecosse (péninsule de Galloway)
Plus Magazine: ville de Luxembourg
Travel Magazine: Québec during summer
Travel Magazine: Ténérife avec Jetair
Télépro (13/7): île de Texel, Hollande
Travel Magazine: Sri Lanka et Maldives
Voyages Voyages : Ecosse (péninsule de Galloway)
Explorer (mai): Voyageur futé (Croatie)
Télépro (27/4 --> 3/5) : Turquie
Voyages Voyages (mai): Brésil (Pantanal, Brasilia, Minas Gerais)
Télépro (11/5 --> 18/5): dossier vacances été 2011
Travel Magazine: Belize
Sensa (printemps mars --> mai): Bali
Plus Magazine (avril): Caresses de Corrèze
Explorer (Touring Club mars): Brésil
Telepro (23 -> 30/3): Tenerife
Explorer (Touring Club janvier): Ténérife et pages touristiques
Télépro (sortie le 9 mars): Barcelone
Gates (hiver): Ténérife
Voyages Voyages (janvier): Chine du sud
Télépro (3 --> 10/2): vacances en amoureux et Saint-Valentin
Plus Magazine (janvier): Jura en hiver
Télépro: Vienne
Travel Magazine: Emirats, Dubai et Abu dhabi avec Arthema
Explorer (Touring Club janvier): Ténérife
Explorer (Touring Club décembre): Egypte
Sensa (hiver): Fêtes de fin d'année à Vienne, Lisbonne et Paris

about this blog...

Maybe you noticed that this blog looks "amateur"... Of course, it is !
This blog is not a professional website, even if little by little some friends of mine ask me to do that. Maybe one day.
This blog is only for fun and pleasure, like a hobby! And without any advertising... Just for readers, collegues, touroperators, travel agents, friends and people visiting it, some lost in cyberspace.
The blog answers questions like "how is living this guy? What is he doing ? And where is he now? etc."
At the beginning, this blog was private and only given to people I knew. But afterall, why not open it to everybody who found it, because they were looking for something, or by chance, etc.
By the way, I have another website, GEOSTORY, for magazines, art directors, editors (have a look): www.geostory.com
This website is only for pro's and I don't tell anything about myself, of course.
So, if you want to know a little bit about my job and crazy life, don't hesitate to explore and to click on sections of this blog. You 'll find some articles online, nice pictures (pro) and 'amateur' videos...
Thank you!
éric valenne ( or valérick, my other "artist" and/or writer name)

My 21 trip in 2012

Bourgogne (Glorieuses de Bresse)
Gran Canaria
Alsace (décembre)
Buech et Devoluy, Hautes-Alpes, France (octobre)
Normandy (Impressionnism painting) 28 --> 30 / 9
Alsace, France (20 --> 22 /9)
Normandy (La Hague, Cherbourg): 10 --> 14 / 9
Russia, Saint Petersburg : (14 --> 23 / 8)
Croatia (10 --> 17 / 7)
Switzerland (2 -- 7 / 7)
Queyras (Hautes Alpes, France): 9 --> 12 june
Marrakech (2 --> 6 / 6)
La Grande Motte (10 -->14 of may)
Corsica (6 --> 10 of may)
Marseille (end of april)
Azores islands (april)
Mekong river (Laos): march
Central Portugal: 12 --> 16 march
Black Forrest: 8 --> 11 march
Congo (RDC): 10 --> 23th february
Togo (7 --> 14 /1)

My 29 trips in 2011...

Budapest: 12 -- 15 /12
Paris : 8 & 9 / 12
Haute-Marne : 2 --> 3 /12 (Colombey)
Cruise Barcelona - Marseille 24 --> 27/11
South Africa (Cape Town): 16 -> 22 nov
Haute-Marne, France (31 --> 2/11)
Ameland (island of Netherlands): 16 --> 19 of october
Belgian Ardennes: 15-16/10
Kenya: 28/9 --> 3/10
Egypt: cruise on the Nile 17 - 21 / 9
Taiwan : 10 --> 16/9
Northumberland : 9 --> 15 of august
La Gomera island : 15 till 25 of july
Serbia, west and countryside: 26 --> 30 of june
Saïdia, Marokko: 16 --> 19/6
Black Forest, Germany: 1 --> 5 june
Porto Santo (Madeira): 27 --> 30/5
Berlin (19 --> 23 of may)
Normandie: Granville, îles Chausey et Mont Saint-Michel
Bourgogne: 7 --> 10 / 5
Bordeaux and Limousin, France : (13 --> 17/4)
Costa del Sol : 30/3 --> 2/4
Mexico (Acapulco): 24 --> 29/3
Rhin Supérieur: 20 - 21 /3 (Strasbourg, Fribourg et Bâle)
Andorre: (15 --> 18 mars)
London: (24 --> 26 feb)
Portugal (Alentejo): (16 -- > 21 february)
Belize : (30/1 --> 5/2)
Bali : (from 11 --> 19/01 )

My 23 trips in 2010

île de La Réunion: 11 --> 18 décembre
Warsaw, Poland : 3 --> 5/12
Sri Lanka - Maldives: (20 --> 28 / 11)
Brasil: (from 25 oct --> 3 nov.)
Tenerife (13 --> 16/10)
Lisboa : (3 oct --> 7 oct)
Wien, Austria: (from 18 till 21/9)
Québec (Tadoussac - Baie Comeau, Sept-Îles... "sur la route des Baleines"): 10 --> 16 septembre
France: Arleux, Nord (Foire à l'ail les 4-5/9)
Val de Loire, France (31/8 --> 3/9)
Texel (Holland island): 2 --> 6 / 8
Dubrovnik (20 --> 27 / 7 )
Gers, France (june): (25 --> 28 juin)
Dubai, Oman and Emirates (15 - 22 of june)
Vietnam (31st may -> 9th june)
Paris (18 -->20 mai)
Cape Town (3 --> 10/5)
Auvergne (France): 26 --> 30/4
Scotland (Arran island): 3 -> 9/4
Calvados, Normandy: 28 -> 30/3
Miami and Key West (2/3 --> 8/3)
China: from Shanghai to Guilin (7/2 --> 18/2):
French Guiana (Guyane): (24/1 --> 2/2)

my trips in 2009

My 21 trips in 2009
Costa Rica: 4 --> 11/12
Mauritanie: 29 --> 3 /12
Saint Martin - Sint Marten, Caribbean sea (13 -> 17/11)South of India (26/9 --> 6/10)
Galilea, Israel (10 -> 16/9)
Camargue : (5 - 8 / 9)
Tarn and Albi, South France: (24 - 27/8)
Pas-de-Calais: 6 --> 10/8
Belgian Ardennes (23 -> 26/7)
Bordeaux (2 -> 5 july)
Dublin (23 --> 27 june)
Namibia (2 june -> 13 june)
Spain Andalucia (13 -> 22 may)
Thailand and Laos (North-east) 29/4 - 6/5
Turkey (riviera): 23 - 26/4
Presque île de Guérande (14 au 18/4)Inde (24/3 - 1/4)Québec: (8 - 14 / 3)
New York (8 - 11 / 3)
London (6 - 7 / 2)
Bénin (8 - 13 / 1)

some nice birds from Danube Delta, Romania

W'r 'R U ? System not very reliable! Just to have an idea but no ID or IP !;-)