Ibis Hotel Bourges

... century). It is dedicated to St. Étienne and used to house his relics (his jawbone, some clothing stained with blood, and a vial containing three drops of his blood). During the Wars of Religion, the Protestants came along and decided to make the cathedral Protestant, so they removed all the statues of the saints and martrys that used to stand in the niches surrounding the church. Those statues that couldn't be removed were beheaded or at least defaced. In ...

We reluctantly left Italy and took the train from Venice to Nice. First stop - Kim and Falcon Hawkin's place near Nice - not an intro to french culture but it rounded out the Hawkins adventure and was superbe! We then stayed in Aix en Provence at the apartment of another generous friend of the Bunce's. Nice to be speaking french and to be in french wine country. Chris' desire was to go wine tasting ...

Paulo Coelho was notthe first one to mention contemplation this year; my very best friend has shared a lot of thoughts coming from contemplation. I guess it is the main difference between her and me that she can, at least mentally,
hide herself from the world she involves while I am too attentive. She
will be a real saint; for the great spirit of withdrawing from
trivialities and seeking some personal meaning of her own life. Indeed,
I have thought ...

... fils du communiste Miguel Trovoada aujourd'hui à la tête du Acion démocratique Indépendante.

Sur le plan diplomatique Sao-Tome est dés son indépendance reconnut par L'ONU, le pays fait aussi parti de l'ensemble des pays de langue portugaise.
Au niveau des relation dilatérals, ST entretient de trés bonnes relations avec Taiwan, l'Union Européenne (avec laquelle le ...

... 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.

(Prochain post: histoire moderne de 1975 à aujourd'hui)

... br>Cela vient en particulier dut fait que les vents du Sud ramménent les nuages qui ne peuvent plus continuer leur route vers le Nord du fait de de la topographie de l'île. En effet, l'ile a connut une période volcanique importante; le point culminant se situe à 2024 métres et cette petite île posséde pas mois de 4 sommets supérieurs a 800 métres!!

... 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.

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.

... units. Also there are square towers in the farms. Towns in this area have big war memorials. By accident I passed through a town called Mehun sur Yevre. The traffic was completely stuffed by a medieval street layout and extensive roadworks. However it did have a rather attractive ruined castle and the extensive grounds had become parks in a rather pleasant manner. Although the school was falling down. It also has a small understated restaurant on a quiet street. And after a few ...

... that the next hotel we see we are in. Guess what the rain stopped!!!! So it was on until we decided to find a hotel for the night. We booked into the Le Continental hotel the lady did not speak any English and my French is to be honest rubbish! All went well she handed over the room key then offered another key saying for moto. She had given me ...