#mare nostrum

[claude-vergoz]

"Bleu"(série 264)

© Claude Vergoz, 2024- Leave captions and credits, no re-blogs to NSFW/18+

[buscandoelparaiso]

mare nostrum, genova 2026

[little-drop-of-water]

Part 2 of the pictures I took at Käärijä's concert in Fuengirola.

[gatabella]

María Félix and Fernando Rey, Mare Nostrum, 1948

“I chose my men. That's why I could leave them whenever I wanted. To fight for a man? There are so many!”

- María Félix

[philoursmars]

Au Louvre-Lens, une expo : "Exils" (aussi bien réels qu'intérieurs, les mythes que les trajectoires personnelles de certains artistes)

Djamel Tatah - "Femmes d'Alger" ; Chen Zhen - "Le Chemin/Le Radeau de l'Ecriture"

Yan Pei-Ming - diptyque "Les Temps Modernes"

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Miriam Cahn - "Mare Nostrum 2008 + 27.6.17 "

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Yan Pei-Ming - diptyque ''Aube Noire" (œuvre très impressionnante; la photo ne lui rend pas justice...)

[deanandthephantoms]

Saving sharks with Gillespie (charliexreader)

A/N: So this is a follow up story to my Gillespie campingtrip fic. This one is again a little different from what i usually write cause this has also some spicy stuff in it. I hope you’ll enjoy! :) Summary: Charlie gets invited to come on a mare nostrum trip in the Galapagos and of course he asks you to come..  Warnings: Mature content (Overall just fun fluff but there's some smut.) Wordcount: around 2500

It's a Wednesday evening and Charlie and I are chilling on my couch in my appartment. He's sitting up while my head is resting on his lap and I'm laying on the couch with Charlie's arm draped over me. We're not doing anything special, just chatting about our day and cuddling. Something we had done almost every night since we had come back from our camping trip a few months ago.. 

Tonight seemed to be nothing special until suddenly Charlie's phone starts to ring. The conversation isn't giving me any clues on who he's talking to but I can tell he's getting more and more excited the longer the phone call lasts. Finally he ends the call and I look up at him with a raised eyebrow. "What?" He asks me. "What was that about? You were getting pretty excited about whatever they were saying.." by the look on his face I can tell he's debating if he should go the serious or the teasing route. But then pure excitement takes over "okay.. so you know how I've been talking to this Mare nostrum foundation right?" I simply nod in response "okay so the founder just called me and they invited me to come on a trip with them.. I'm gonna save actual sharks Babe!" His excitement is contagious and I can't help but grin up at him. " I'm so happy for you Char! That's soo cool!" His face is absolutely beaming " RIGHT! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG AND.." he closes his mouth and opens it again to continue rambling but then closes it again and i can tell his ADHD mind is taking over and he jumps up causing me to fall off the couch." YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME! PLEASE COME WITH ME? YOU'LL LOVE IT!" i laugh "umm first of all.. ouch.. and second of all  i don't know Gillespie.. I think I need a little more convincing.. sharks are pretty intense you know.." he smirks and takes a step towards me,understanding the assignment. He picks me up from the ground, grabs my butt and gives it a squeeze while pressing me against his body and kissing me. "Remember our last trip? I promise you I'll be even better to you this time around." The sound of his voice gives away what he's hinting at and it's making me blush. "Hmm.. even better? How can I say no to that?" I say right before kissing him again.

It’s now 2 months later and the day of our trip is finally here. Charlie has not been able to shut up about it and the amount of ocean-related documentaries he made me sit through can not be counted on two hands and honestly? i loved it. I think the past two months, seeing him so passionately made me love him even more and I couldn't wait to see what actually being there would do to him. I was ripped away from my own thoughts by my over excited boyfriend that came into the room practically bouncing up and down. “Are you done packing? Are you ready to go?!” I laugh and walk over to him and take his hands in mine.  “Yes Charlie, I'm ready. are you?” instead of answering my question with words he grabs all the bags and runs out of my apartment only to run back in a minute later. “THE CAR IS PACKED, LETS GO BABE!” i shake my head “Can you calm down just a tiny bit? If no. hand me the keys Gillespie cause i’m not letting your inner hyper kid drive us.” “BUT..” i cut him off “No buts, answer my question” “sheesh.. can you stop acting like my mom?” “I don’t know.. Can you be calm enough to drive us safely?” he takes a deep breath and visibly calms down though the spark of excitement never left his eyes“ You do realize my ADHDmind is always going 340938490 miles per hour right? Yes i can drive us safely.” I smile and kiss his cheek “Yeah i know. i just had to get you to calm down just a tiny bit.” He gives me a thankful smile knowing i was right and it was all coming from a place of love he then took my hand and together we got in the car starting the journey to the airport and then the Galapagos. 

The trip went very smoothly and when we landed in the galapagos there was a guy to pick us up and drop us off at our hotel. It was already late in the evening when we arrived so we went straight to bed. In the morning i’m woken up by the first bit of sunlight coming into our room. The first thing I see is Charlie still peacefully asleep next to me and as my eyes adjust to the light I'm taking in our room, the second my eyes land on the doors to our balcony. I'm wide awake curious to see what the Galapagos actually look like. Careful not to wake Charlie i get out of bed and quietly try to open the doors to the balcony. The second i step outside i’m stunned by the views. It's so peaceful, there’s so much beautiful nature to explore and of course.. the ocean is right there. I never really appreciated all those things, hell the ocean was just a bit of water to me but that all changed when Charlie started to share his passion and knowledge with me. Now i understood how important the ocean and it’s life are to us and also learned how badly we’re treating it.. suddenly there are two strong arms around my waist and lips on my neck right below my ear. “hmm good morning to you too” i say while sinking into his hold. “You were lost in your own thoughts weren’t you?” His voice was still thick and raspy with sleep, a sound that had quickly become my weakness and every time I heard it made me feel all kinds of things. I close my eyes for a second trying to compose myself “I guess i was.. I was just taking in our surroundings. It’s so breathtakingly beautiful.” Charlie doesn't really say anything but continues to hold me and rests his chin on my shoulder.. “absolutely beautiful indeed” he eventually whispers. We just stand there like that for what feels like forever until the phone of our room rings, our wake up call, it was time to get ready and come down for breakfast with everyone involved in this Mare nostrum trip.

During breakfast we’re talked through the activities of the day and Charlie is clearly living his best life. We’re mostly gonna be on a boat today and we’re actually gonna be allowed into the water too, they assure us, or mainly me (cause my boyfriend is too excited to care), that we will be safe and they will make sure it stays that way. We finish our breakfast and only 2 hours later we’re on a boat and had just gotten into our wetsuits. I then and there decided a wetsuit was suddenly one of my favorite outfits on Charlie.. it really sculpted every detail of his body and showed off just how much he had been working out.. needles to say he looked amazing. and apparently he caught me looking at him. a smirk appears on his face as he walks over to me and teasingly whispers in my ear “ Good thing we’re gonna be in the water soon so no one will notice you’re drooling” i hit his arm “Oh shut up Gillespie'' making him laugh and he then gently slaps my butt. “Hey. That goes for me too. You’re looking insanely good right now..”  We get strapped into diving gear and after a quick lesson we’re diving in the Galapagos, seeing the most beautiful coral reefs, all kinds of fish and even sharks from a distance. It was an experience I would never forget and hopefully one Charlie and I would get to come back to. I was the first to get out of the water but Charlie soon followed, the wetsuit now actually being wet seeming to cling to his body even more, his long hair perfectly falling down, the shiny wet skin.. I felt my heart skip a beat, automatically i swallow and then my mouth starts to dry up. Seeing Charlie like that, in his element going on and on about everything he saw.. it was a massive turn on and if it wasn't for the entire mare nostrum-crew being there i would have jumped him right then and there. One of the crewmembers comes up to me and tells me i can change out of my wetsuit if i want, there’s no need to tell me twice i needed this thing off, i needed my airy, summer clothes back, i needed air in general and most of all, i needed to get away from the sight of Charlie for just a second. I rush off to the room where i changed into the wetsuit, close the door and the second I begin the struggle of unzipping myself there’s a knock on the door. “Yes?” I ask. There’s no answer but the door opens quickly and closes again just as quick. Of course he had noticed me rushing off. “ Are you okay babe?” not wanting to give anything away or keep him from those people longer than needed i just smile and nod “Yeah i’m good. Just felt like getting back into my own clothes, that’s all. Go back out there, I'll be there soon.” Totally ignoring what i just said, he closes the gap between us. immediately finding my butt again and pressing his lips hard on mine. “Let me help you..” he mumbles against my lips in between kisses while his hands roam up my back and find the zipper to slowly unzip me. “Charlie you should..” i try to half stop him, while wishing he’ll continue. but he stops me by kissing me again “You didn’t think i would just let you get out of this suit did you?”  "i.. what?" By this time I'm fully unzipped and his hands are on the bare skin of my back pulling me closer to him t kiss my cheek and then kiss up to my ear and down my neck. Through the thin, thight fabrics between us I can feel him getting hard and that's the last thing I needed to completely lose it. My hands are now all over his body and find the zipper of his suit as fast as they possibly can. There's no taking it slow. I wanted this thing off and I wanted it now! The second I fully unzipped his suit I start tugging on it trying to get it off, getting frustrated when it's not working with me. Charlie notices and lovingly takes my hands " hey, calm down.. here I'll help you" he says while pulling down his own suit, revealing his bare muscle-y chest. "Thank you" i quickly say before attacking his lips again, letting my hands trace every muscle. I slowly kiss my way down from his mouth , to his neck, chest , stomach and his hips. Pulling the suit further down and letting his hard-on spring free as i fully help him out of the suit I'm now on my knees in front of him. I look up at him and he's looking down at me, eyes filled with anticipation of what I'm about to do. Getting a little closer I plant kisses up his thigh and lower stomach. Teasing him by getting so close but not actually touching him. I decide to tease him just a little bit longer and get up again, making Charlie groan “You’re such a fucking tease”. i step closer to him, and quickly kiss his lips “I know” i tell him with a smirk and then unexpectedly grab him, making him hiss slightly and moan as I give him a handjob. Not long after he’s tugging my suit down a little more and sliding his hand in there, letting his fingers touch my clit making me moan just as much. We share a long passionate kiss until Charlie breaks it, taking his hand out of my wet suit and kneeling in front of me to fully take it off me. Then without saying anything picks me up and lays me down on top of a table in the room. At first he climbs on top of the table and then on top of me, hovering over me. His voice low and deep when he begins to talk “You were looking so fucking good in that suit.. i wanted to rip it off of you the second i first saw you.. and then you decided to tease me, and jerk me off so good.. i need to, no i want to.. i mean.. please let me fuck you?” His voice and those words made me forget about where we are , made me forget we should probably be careful, in my mind it was just me and him and no one else, no crew that could walk in at any time.. all i knew is that i wanted him. i grab his hair pulling him down to kiss him and whisper in his ear “Please do..” Kissing his way down my body he gets off the table, pulling me to the edge of the table, gently spreading my legs and aligning himself with me before carefully sliding into me “Fuck” i whisper “Feeling okay?” He asks and i just nod.”Perfect”. With this confirmation Charlie begins to move, starting off slowly but quickly picking up the pace into a pleasant rhythm. our breaths are getting heavier and our moans are getting louder both clearly getting close to our orgasm. He slows down and instead thrusts into me hard and deep hitting all the right spots making me shiver and reach my high making him follow right after. He collapses on top of me and after a minute climbs back on the table taking me in his lap to just cuddle me while we both come down from our high.

“I think we should get ourselves some wetsuits..” he says breaking the comfortable silence and i laugh “yeah? I’ll keep this in mind for your birthday.” He smirks “Oh you’re gonna treat me to another round of this on my birthday?” i playfully hit him “ we’ll see about that Gillespie.” We share another kiss and i’m suddenly reminded of where we are. “Uh.. Charlie? Don’t you think we should get back out there? i think they may be missing us..” Charlie and I end up getting dressed and joining the Mare nostrum crew on the deck again, and while i’m feeling a little awkward, being sure everyone knew what we just got up to Charlie doesn't seem to feel that way at all and easily steps right back into his previous conversation like nothing had happened..

[simplypaola]

L’odore di certe mattine è color “vengo a prenderti e ti porto al mare”.

(Fabrizio Caramagna)

[garc-i-a]

So Proud of Charlie!

I am sure many have seen the photos and videos of Charlie in Ecuador the past few days. He isn’t there for any old reason. He is a part of a historic new reserve in the Galápagos Islands. For those that don’t know, the Galápagos Islands are a HUGE part in evolutionary history. Charles Darwin was able to determine environmental adaptation from the differences of the animals there versus the same animals in other areas.

Charlie has been helping out with the conservation efforts there with his cousin’s environmental nonprofit, Mare Nostrum. He is also an advocate on the organization’s behalf. So he has a vested interest in what has been going on in the region.

This reserve is a BIG deal. Scientists and politicians from around the world have gone to support this initiative. Jeffery, Charlie’s cousin, has famously been speaking with the US Senate to stop shark finning in the area. That gives you an idea of how big Mare Nostrum really is. It is not some rinky dink little nonprofit for laughs. It is serious.

Charlie got to meet three world leaders including the former president of the United States. That is not something many can say. Yes there are people that get to meet the US president if they are guests of the White House but not outside of that context. Charlie is a part of something truly special here.

And for anyone who wants to come and try to put him down for this and say he cares more about animals and the environment than people, kick rocks. That is a bold faced lie. Charlie mentioned himself that he helped out in Ecuador in regards to the locals when he was there last year. He also has brought attention to the struggles that indigenous people in his native Canada and South America deal with, the poor and homeless, people in the African country of Madagascar, and more.

He even did a fundraiser with friends to raise money to help the people affected in Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria. And for those that can’t comprehend time, he did that years BEFORE meeting Mads. So no one can say he did it to make himself look good.

When I see him next time, I’ll make sure to give him a hug and tell him how much his efforts are making a difference. He is a kid from a small town in Maritime Canada. And he has achieved success in his chosen career and now in one of his other passions. He questioned if he should have gone to college to make something of himself. Everything that he has achieved these past two and a half years proves he made the right choice. 23 years old and making a mark on the world. We love to see it.