For her extraordinary tour of the world, Eureka ! sponsored Sophie de Courtivron with a Spitfire Solo Ultralight tent. Here is her amazing story:
After three years of work in Paris, I start my stroll around the world. I wanted to follow my own path and to go hale and harty to meet ethnic minorities, farmers and exiled people. These people, who draw their reason of being from the soil they are made of or from the place where they were born, have the wisdom of the humble (from the latin word humus, « land »). I like the people who are only what they are : these plain souls are full of truth. Their common ground is their link with the earth on which peoples come into existence (civilizations), labour (men of the soil), identities (affective link), and also sometimes some daisies. I want to discover the Universal that is hidden and revealed by the connection to a soil, this kind of common mould in which real fraternity can germinate. Yes ! Read more →