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A tale of visiting two French cities: Lyon and Aix
... bouchons were started by the “meres” of Lyon, women who used to be in the service of rich people, factory owners and aristocrats. After the revolution in the 18th century when these types of jobs suffered a decline, many switched to cater to the silk workers and ordinary folks by opening inexpensive eateries. A must visit and a good place to eat at is Lyon’s main covered market hall called Les ...
An unexpected experience
Sorry for the days off, you'll understand after you read today's entry.On Monday morning after breakfast we
travelled up the mountain from Porte-au-Prince to Fermathe and Wings
of Hope. This is an remarkable home within the St Joseph Family!
And a warm, welcoming home it is. The caregivers, teachers and
workers at Wings offer loving care to 23 very special needs children
and young adults. Haiti does not embrace such children and many of
them came to Wings in ...
Ottawa Pride
... old :) There was a bunch of kids who wanted to help set up, and they were very good at it. I helped the kids out and drew on the ground. It was fun, just hanging out with friends after that. Bia taught me how to do origami bunnies so we did a rainbow of them. It was fun, don't ask me how to make them...I forgot!
I also volunteered at the Human Right night where speaker came to speak about issues around homophobia, our rights and youth stories.
Then on the Friday ...
Is Stupidity Contagious?
... corner, all the while watching if the German woman was glaring at me. Once we’d caught up with the stage we’d arrived at yesterday we decided to head for the bus, at which point I told Mum about my little drama, she jokingly said I needed to have a stiff upper lip, but I’m afraid all I had was a quivering lower one.
Rather than utilise the bus passes Mum and I had bought on our way into town, and fortunately made use of twice ...
Southern California - Tennis, Jay Leno, Good Food!
... of the storm. A storm which caused flooding on freeways, in underpasses and in the valleys. Thankfully we got to our hotel without much trouble, but it was a close one as the freeway just north of our hotel had 5 feet of water in the 2 rightmost lanes!! Another destination, another natural disaster averted.
Our hotel was very conveniently located just off the freeway, straddling the Brentwood/Bel Air border. Just a 5 minute ...


