Hotel Le Berry Bourges

... of the streets, a bunch of us met back at the square to go to dinner. We eventually split into three groups, so I ended up having dinner at Le Comptoir de Paris with Yvonne, Bert and Linda. Yvonne and I both had bavette (akin to sirloin), which was very tasty and considerably cheaper than last night's beef! I figured since the guy actually brought the chalkboard to our table and even explained some of the dishes to us, that it was safe to order. Linda was brave ...

... Miam!".<br><br>Then off to Sancerre, 2 hours south of Paris, in the Louire Valley, to go to french school. Unfortunately, Chris had to go back to work after 2 days in this paradise. I had told him that if he had to go back home, if he left us at a french school in a small town in the middle of France that I would be in heaven.<br><br>Before Chris left, however, we had an amazing day on bicycles ...

... is still blowing very hard, and I know that it&#8217;s cold and rainy,<br>and that tomorrow I might perhaps need to buy some glue. I&#8217;m not doing anything, and yet I&#8217;m also doing the most important thing a man can do:<br>I&#8217;m listening to what I needed to hear from myself. The consequences of my contemplation are quite contentious; I overcame the<br>sense of mankind salvation, observing sheer me. I am not a philosopher<br>and not willing to ...

... les échanges avec les pays voisins non communistes. <br><br>Durant cette période le pays va aussi se doter d'une devise: Unidade-Disciplina-Trabalho (Unitée-Discipline-Travail) et de son drapeau national.<br><br>Ce n'est que lors des élections de 1991 que le multi-partisme va être autorisé et Miguel Trovoada sera à son tour élu. <br><br>En 2001 un changement s'annonce ...

... trangers sous contrats-) en quelques heures et cela dans des conditions horribles. Ce passage est important dans l'histoire de ST car il marque un tournant dans l'histoire coloniale de l'ile et donne naissance à l'idée de "nationalisme Sao-Toméen" aisin qu'a la formation du CLSTP (Comité de Liberaçao de Sao-Tome e Prinsipe) qui sera à la base de l'indépendance de 1975. <br><br>(Prochain post: histoire moderne de 1975 à aujourd'hui) <br>

... quatorial: le température est TOUTE L'ANNÉE comprise entre 27 et 30 degrés avec une saison des pluies particuliérment importante entre Octobre et Mai. Une des particularités de l'île est la différence des précipitations. Le Nord-Est de l'ile -où se trouve la capitale- ne recoit que 60 cm de pluie par an alors que le Sud-Est recoit 6 MÉTRES de pluie par an ...

... Composition: archipel composé de deux iles principales (Sao-Tome et Principe :) ainsi que de quelques ilots. Localisation: à 300 km a l'ouest de côtes du Gabon, au milieu de l'atlantique. Pour trouver l'ile sur une carte suivez la ligne de l'équateur et vous tomberez dessus!! Langue: Portugais. Sao-Tome est une ancienne ...

Nicer than Birmingham. <br><br>Left Blois in the rain and drove south, past Chartres with the cathedral really impressive over the plain. Tried La Motte Beuvron put not nice so onward. Weather hot as we moored by canal with mad fisherman. Cycles out and into town for pression and a bit of shopping.

... putting up the tent somewhere discrete but I'm not sure how this will work out. Also actually getting the bike and luggage up on a train would be pretty difficult. Bourges is quite pretty with lots of medieval buildings and a huge cathedral. However come the lunch (2) hours it is almost deserted as the shops all shut for lunch. Incredoyible! Except Burtons! eventually they reopened and I bought an atlas; maps for the whole of france. At the hostel entrance road I was accosted ...

... in the UK and see if they are waterproof. So it was onto the road and heading north west. Well we just cruised along great bike this with the screen raised it gave good protection. I found out that of all my gear the only part that leaked was my boots, Linda was all smiles (relatively speaking) no leaks! We stopped for coffee and great food then ...